But he's a child, maybe he panicked? The Police should be trained better to deal with this sort of thing.

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...-boy/19471925/

this is the call

The caller didn't sound overly concerned or scared though tbf and again, i know I keep repeating myself but a 12 year old playing with a toy gun like that caller described sounds about normal for a kid his age :shrug:

At no time did anyone say he was 12. It was a man and then perhaps a juvenile the caller said.

At no time did the caller (who called the cops mind) say - oh its just kids playing.

This was a gun that looked like a real firearm and not a toy

I've seen the picture of the boy, he looks really young, that article also states that he never pointed the gun at the officers, poor kid was probably trying to show them it wasn't a real gun.

You saw probably an old pic of the boy, he may have looked different to the cops. When the cops shouted down he made a move for the gun, cops do not wait until the gun is pointing at them otherwise they would be not many cops left

Well, if cops in America have a shoot to kill policy on any person carrying a gun that looks remotely like a real gun no matter what their age then maybe they should ban fake guns in America cos that is crazy.

And how do you know that picture is old, wow I don't know why you can't even entertain the possibility that the police might have made a bad call here and as a result a child is dead

:facepalm:

There are always so many assumptions in your posts. Why dont you stick to what we know rather than telling us what you probably think may have happened.

It was not a toy gun it was a replica, that means unless you hold it and analyse it it looks real.

The cop thought it was real and thought he was about to be shot. End of story.


Dont play with replica guns in public places in America

Thought he was about to be shot by a child? Thats some fine police work.

a youth and you dont die any different depending on who shot you

Did you know the colour of the officer who shot the boy?

Not even a teenager. Thats some threat.

Why is that relevant?

Jeff Follmer, president of the Cleveland Police Patrolmen's Association, said the officers were not told the caller thought the gun might be fake.

But it was clearly stated in the call that the gun might be a fake. That sounds like incompetence to me but no doubt that is justification to you.

http://www.ask.com/health/average-he...0d104f73bb0c07

According to Ask.com the average height for a 12 year old boy is 58-62 inches. Barely five foot. The officer must have been ****ting himself.

EDIT - and at that age girls are usually taller than boys./ Would he have been scared if it was girl? Its an absolute joke to say that officer was scared.

Yes he must have been, the kid had a gun, that the officer thought was real.. it's not the boy that was dangerous, but add the gun into the mix, then he is dangerous.

Rationalising the murder of a child? Some people have no shame.

At that age girls are usually taller than boys. Would he have been scared if it was girl? Its an absolute joke to say that officer was scared.

You seem to be missing the point.. if it was the kid on his own, no the officer or anybody wouldn't have been scared.. but the kid had a - what was thought to be a real - gun, that's what added the danger, so the height of the child is completely irrelevant.

Dezzy America
is like that

It matters that the person was a child. I find it hard to believe that a trained Police officer was afraid of a child to the extent that he felt he had to shoot them. I dont find it believable.

averages are made from many different heights



reaching...

So the officer should have just been shot by the child because he was just a child about to shoot him?



No, naughty cops, just shoot adults who want to kill you, and only male adults