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Murder vs Killing?

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This article talks extensively about the death of Floyd as "murder", yet the associated article about Justine Damond uses the term "killing". Justine's murderer was convicted of 3rd Degree murder, and Floyd's murder was also convicted of 3rd degree (as well as 2nd and manslaughter). Why is Justine's death called a "killing" and not "murder"? Is it because she is white? I'll post this on Justine's page, too. There needs to be unbiased uniformity at Wikipedia. Grimlocale (talk) 15:50, 14 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

As Q4 of the FAQ states, this article calls it a murder because that's what it was, as determined by a court of law. As for Justine Damond: On September 15, 2021, the Minnesota Supreme Court reversed Noor's third-degree murder conviction on the basis that the state failed to prove that he committed murder with a "depraved mind" which is a "generalized indifference to human life" as required for the offense of third-degree murder. As the conduct in this case did not meet that standard, the Supreme Court directed the trial court to vacate the conviction of third-degree murder and sentence Noor for the lesser offense of second-degree manslaughter. Writ Keeper ⚇♔ 15:58, 14 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
We don't do "uniformity" just because. We document what independent reliable sources state. You are free to disagree with the conclusion of the jury, but that doesn't change how it is reported here. There is no such thing as "unbiased", as all sources have biases. Sources are presented to readers so they can see and evaluate them for themselves when determining what they think. Wikipedia does claim to have a neutral point of view, which is different. It is a neutral point of view to call this case a murder because that's what a jury determined. If you think the jury got it wrong, go help Derek Chauvin and the others with his appeals (which I think have been exhausted). 331dot (talk) 16:36, 14 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Grimlocale, Damond's killer is convicted of manslaughter. The previous 3rd-degree murder convictions was overturned. Valereee (talk) 16:39, 14 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
And we therefore have "unbiased uniformity". – Muboshgu (talk) 16:52, 14 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
We do have info surrounding this at WP:DEATHS, but it's not exactly unbiased uniformity across all articles. Consensus at a particular article trumps, and of course bias can creep into those discussions. Valereee (talk) 17:26, 14 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Maybe, which is why we go by the courts verdicts. Slatersteven (talk) 10:57, 16 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Well, even then it's not always uniform. Killing of Walter Scott was created at Shooting of Walter Scott, even though the victim was dead. That was fairly common pre-Floyd subconscious bias when a cop shoots someone to death, especially if the cop is white and the victim black and doing anything except putting out their hands to be cuffed. It was only moved to Killing of in 2021 after two attempts to move it to Murder of, even though the perpetrator pled guilty to second-degree murder. So it's still at Killing of, where I'm not actually sure it should be. But at least it's not still at Shooting of. Valereee (talk) 12:52, 16 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
As far as I can tell there was not conviction for murder in that case, the charges were dropped. Slatersteven (talk) 15:40, 16 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
There was a plea to second degree murder, but yeah, it's arguable either way. If it had been a plea to 1st degree, we'd be on firmer ground for Murder of. If it had been a plea to manslaughter, we would be on firmer ground for Killing of. We refer to it as a murder in the lead, but we don't have it at Murder of. It's a pretty fair example of why consensus at the talk can always overrule the need for strict consistency. Valereee (talk) 15:47, 16 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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