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2 men charged in 'killing spree' of over 3,000 birds, including bald eagles, in Montana
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Another day of "prosecutor uses inflammatory words to help newspapers write headlines". It's not a "killing spree", it's just poaching. They are normal poachers, not serial killers.
Another day of prosecution using the defendant's words against them. Did you read the article? They literally said that in text messages
It doesn't really say the context though. And, again, it doesn't matter if they believe it themselves. I'm not defending them. I'm saying this is no different from other poachers, and describing it as a killing spree when it went on over years is clickbait. Regardless of if they said it or not.
I think you just lack the humility to admit fault
I admit I didn't read that, but I also think it's ridiculous that just because they at some point texted that, that it somehow makes it an accurate description.
Accurate or not, it's useful for the prosecution.
It shows they knew what they were doing was wrong but kept doing it.
I mean what else would you call killing 3000 birds? That's an insane amount.
Killing one protected animal makes you a poacher, killing THOUSANDS over years for no valid reason certainly counts as serial killer behavior.
I mean over 3k birds sounds like a spree of killing sprees to me. The headline says birds, so there's no chance of confusion that it means people. They are poachers who went on a series of bird killing sprees.
Unless you dispute the word 'killing,' which I would also be happy to define for you, I'm pretty sure 'killing spree' is the correct description