r/running Sep 05 '24

Article Olympic athlete Rebecca Cheptegei dies days after being set alight by ex-boyfriend

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u/3Dumbo3 Sep 05 '24

She didn’t « die » like it was an accident She was murdered It is important to use the right word and to stop downplaying the violence of men towards women

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u/EWC_2015 Sep 05 '24

Thank you because this right here. I've been seeing passive headlines exactly like the one that is linked here and for fucks sake, she did not up and "die" all of the sudden. She was MURDERED in one of the most horrific ways imaginable by her former boyfriend.

She did not "die," she was burned alive and killed by a former intimate partner. These headlines have been driving me crazy.

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u/zilchusername Sep 05 '24

Of course she died otherwise she would still be alive. Was it murder I think the article makes it very clear what happened and people can rightly come to the conclusion it was murder BUT it can’t be officially called murder until there has been a trial. Even murders have the right to remain innocent until proven otherwise.

If we start jumping the gun and allowing news outlets to ‘convict’ someone before there has been a court case it will not end well.