[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet

No it is not, he was not shot dead for carrying a fake gun and you know that


The Policemen had no idea the gun was fake so it is wrong.

How about I change it to "12 year old boy shot dead by trigger happy Policeman who was in too much of a gung ho rush to diffuse the situation in a dead-bodyless manner" ?

[Crimson Dynamo]

Originally Posted by Niamh.

How about I change it to "12 year old boy shot dead by trigger happy Policeman who was in too much of a gung ho rush to diffuse the situation in a dead-bodyless manner" ?

or how about why was a 12 year old boy not in school and wandering around a park with a replica gun made to look like a real gun to anyone but an expert who could examine it?

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet

or how about why was a 12 year old boy not in school and wandering around a park with a replica gun made to look like a real gun to anyone but an expert who could examine it?

presumably because it was a Saturday

[Crimson Dynamo]

Originally Posted by Niamh.

presumably because it was a Saturday

Recordings of radio communications reveal a police officer at the scene describing Tamir Rice as aged "maybe 20" after the shooting.

A separate recording appears to confirm the officers were not told the gun might be fake.

In a recording immediately after the incident, a police officer is heard saying: "Shots fired, male down, black male, maybe 20."

A recording of the call from the operator to police officers as they were dispatched to the scene appears to confirm that there was no mention of a replica gun.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-30214859

A replica gun is a replica of a real gun

a fake gun could be a potato gun or a cap gun. A replica gun is a whole different ball game.

12 year old Boy shot dead by police was brandishing a modified replica gun