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He was shot and there aren't any double blind studies that prove that police are capable of reliably distinguishing self inflicted wounds from non-self inflicte
by timthelion 3y ago
He was shot and there aren't any double blind studies that prove that police are capable of reliably distinguishing self inflicted wounds from non-self inflicted wounds.
- lostlogin 3y agoIt’s a bit dark, but the idea of trying to get ethics approval for a study of this sort had me laugh.
- siriaan 3y agoWell a university in New Zealand got the ok to blast pigs in the head with a Glock for a blood spatter study - https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/284438/how-did-shooting-pigs-in-head-get-go-ahead https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/284438/how-did-shooting-...
- sfn42 3y agoI thought firing a gun would leave gunpowder residue on your hands
- timthelion 3y agoI'm pretty sure there are other ways of putting gun powder resedue on someone.
- sfn42 3y agoYes, the point is that unless they actually take the time to do something like that, you might see that the victim has no residue on their hand and could not have shot themselves.
- fl7305 3y agoIf you are an organ donor, it will surprise you what kind of research is done using corpses. For example, "body farms".