[Liam-]

Originally Posted by GiRTh

I would expect the officer to correctly assess the threat.

Like he did with the child, they see a gun being branded in public and being aimed at people around them, they look at the gun, not the person holding it, because at that moment, it doesn't matter who's holding it because the danger would be the same no matter what.

[Tom4784]

Originally Posted by LiamPRW

Like he did with the child, they see a gun being branded in public and being aimed at people around them, they look at the gun, not the person holding it, because at that moment, it doesn't matter who's holding it because the danger would be the same no matter what.

I wouldn't say that he assessed the situation correctly if a child is dead over a toy gun.

[Christmas Dynasnow]

Originally Posted by Dezzy

I wouldn't say that he assessed the situation correctly if a child is dead over a toy gun.

how many times?

It was not a toy gun

[Tom4784]

Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet

how many times?

It was not a toy gun

If that's what you're focusing on here then I pity you, I honestly do.

[GiRTh]

Originally Posted by Dezzy

If that's what you're focusing on here then I pity you, I honestly do.

X2

[Christmas Dynasnow]

Originally Posted by Dezzy

If that's what you're focusing on here then I pity you, I honestly do.

if you cannot see the distinction then I would suggest you are just trolling this thread

[Tom4784]

Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet

if you cannot see the distinction then I would suggest you are just trolling this thread

You're focusing on pedantic and, ultimately, irrelevant things because you can't defend that child killer by any other means. Like I said before, If this murderer was competent at his job then there would have been no need for violence. Instead of calming the situation down he aggravated it. A child is dead by his hand because he failed to do his job properly and assess the situation by acting appropriately. This officer saw this black boy with his TOY gun and he racially profiled him and instead of clarifying the situation he went in and shot this kid twice.

His actions are indefensible. If you're going to accuse me of trolling then I'm going to say this. Would you be defending this man if he killed a white child?

[Ammi]

..it seems odd that the old guy who made the call and was across the street could have assessed that the gun could have been a fake but a trained police officer couldn't...

[Christmas Dynasnow]

Originally Posted by Dezzy

You're focusing on pedantic and, ultimately, irrelevant things because you can't defend that child killer by any other means. Like I said before, If this murderer was competent at his job then there would have been no need for violence. Instead of calming the situation down he aggravated it. A child is dead by his hand because he failed to do his job properly and assess the situation by acting appropriately. This officer saw this black boy with his TOY gun and he racially profiled him and instead of clarifying the situation he went in and shot this kid twice.

His actions are indefensible. If you're going to accuse me of trolling then I'm going to say this. Would you be defending this man if he killed a white child?

The colour of the youth has no bearing