[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

[Crimson Dynamo]

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...

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by 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...

Mm very good point, I think I read somewhere that the cop was a rookie, I wonder would a more seasoned cop have been so quick to pull the trigger?

[Ammi]

Originally Posted by Niamh.

Mm very good point, I think I read somewhere that the cop was a rookie, I wonder would a more seasoned cop have been so quick to pull the trigger?

...I mean, surely he would have assessed that this was a very young person, even if he wouldn't know the exact age ...and if it was a very young person that there was a chance that the gun wasn't real or wasn't loaded and he was just messing around with it...

[Crimson Dynamo]

Originally Posted by Ammi

...I mean, surely he would have assessed that this was a very young person, even if he wouldn't know the exact age ...and if it was a very young person that there was a chance that the gun wasn't real or wasn't loaded and he was just messing around with it...

not in rough areas of america

its not the uk


He shouted numerous times to get down, he saw the youth pick up the gun and put it in his waistband, he shouted down again and he went for the gun

what was the cop to do?

it looked a real gun, it was not marked, as it should have been, as a replica

the youth did not do as the police asked, he went for the weapon

what could the cop do, wait for the first bullet?

[Crimson Dynamo]

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

[Tom4784]

Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet

The colour of the youth has no bearing

And neither is the inane debate on whether the gun was a toy or not. Like I've said before, the situation would have been cleared up and wouldn't have escalated if the Officer handled the situation better, now he's a child killer and should face the consequences for his actions.

[Ammi]

http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/...r-rice-n256656

...he was shot within seconds/his body falls, in fact almost before the police car came to a halt...and when they arrived, he didn't have the fake gun in his hands but they approached and stopped right in front of him in a 'confrontational' way, rather than with 'caution' and more from a distance and then attempt to approach him and talk to him...there doesn't appear to be any attempt at 'law and order' ..also, from the distance they stopped and assuming that they have 20/20 vision as they carry firearms...could they not see that this was a very young person ...

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by Ammi

http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/...r-rice-n256656

...he was shot within seconds/his body falls, in fact almost before the police car came to a halt...and when they arrived, he didn't have the fake gun in his hands but they approached and stopped right in front of him in a 'confrontational' way, rather than with 'caution' and more from a distance and then attempt to approach him and talk to him...there doesn't appear to be any attempt at 'law and order' ..also, from the distance they stopped and assuming that they have 20/20 vision as they carry firearms...could they not see that this was a very young person ...

omg that's awful, they literally just pulled up and shot him

[arista]

Originally Posted by Ammi

http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/...r-rice-n256656

...he was shot within seconds/his body falls, in fact almost before the police car came to a halt...and when they arrived, he didn't have the fake gun in his hands but they approached and stopped right in front of him in a 'confrontational' way, rather than with 'caution' and more from a distance and then attempt to approach him and talk to him...there doesn't appear to be any attempt at 'law and order' ..also, from the distance they stopped and assuming that they have 20/20 vision as they carry firearms...could they not see that this was a very young person ...

Yes but in America
Police are like that
if the know someone has a Gun