[Tom4784]

I can't wait to see how people try to blame the black child for his own murder while vindicating the presumably white killers.

It's obviously the child's fault for being killed for having a perfectly legal toy gun and not the presumably white officers' for not being competent enough to assess the situation properly before going trigger happy on the child.

[Northern Monkey]

Originally Posted by Dezzy

I can't wait to see how people try to blame the black child for his own murder while vindicating the presumably white killers.

It's obviously the child's fault for being killed for having a perfectly legal toy gun and not the presumably white officers' for not being competent enough to assess the situation properly before going trigger happy on the child.

He pulled a firearm with laser sight on an armed cop.What's the cop meant to do?wait until he's pulled it out fully and pointed it at him and possibly be killed?It takes a second to pull the trigger.

[Crimson Dynamo]

Originally Posted by Northern Monkey

He pulled a firearm with laser sight on an armed cop.What's the cop meant to do?wait until he's pulled it out fully and pointed it at him and possibly be killed?It takes a second to pull the trigger.

Don't rise to it. Smh

[jaxie]

Originally Posted by Dezzy

I can't wait to see how people try to blame the black child for his own murder while vindicating the presumably white killers.

It's obviously the child's fault for being killed for having a perfectly legal toy gun and not the presumably white officers' for not being competent enough to assess the situation properly before going trigger happy on the child.

I think it must be very difficult to police in a country where guns are so easily accessible and it's easy to point fingers at the establishment. When it comes down to it and someone pulls a gun it's probably a split second decision and it's them or you in your head. I very much doubt it has much to do with being 'trigger happy. Not all of these incidents are deliberate or premeditated and I can't imagine there is much time to see how old the person who appears to pull the gun is, or indeed if it's a real gun. The real problem is the NFA and the US gun laws.

[Tom4784]

Originally Posted by jaxie

I think it must be very difficult to police in a country where guns are so easily accessible and it's easy to point fingers at the establishment. When it comes down to it and someone pulls a gun it's probably a split second decision and it's them or you in your head. I very much doubt it has much to do with being 'trigger happy. Not all of these incidents are deliberate or premeditated and I can't imagine there is much time to see how old the person who appears to pull the gun is, or indeed if it's a real gun. The real problem is the NFA and the US gun laws.

My sympathy lies with the child whose life was ended before it truly began. I don't give the slightest **** about these officers. It was their incompetence that stole this child's life.

I lost sympathy for the police when incidents like this became a regular occurrence, it happens every other ****ing week so I think it's more than fair to blame the establishment because something is very wrong in the US when it comes to the police and far too many people are content with sticking their heads into the sand because it's black people who are the victims. If these officers shot a white child then they'd be hung out to dry and the people who think BLM is a joke and that there isn't an issue would be screaming out for blood and demanding a change.

Gun laws don't change the fact that these officers are at best, incompetent or what worst, racist and incompetent. Either way, they are incompetent and shouldn't have a badge and a gun if they shoot first and ask questions later. Guns are a last resort for officers to defend themselves or others, it's not an introduction. Pretty much all of these incidents have been a result of these moron officers thinking they are Dirty Harry and the system protects them.

[Mystic Mock]

Originally Posted by Dezzy

My sympathy lies with the child whose life was ended before it truly began. I don't give the slightest **** about these officers. It was their incompetence that stole this child's life.

I lost sympathy for the police when incidents like this became a regular occurrence, it happens every other ****ing week so I think it's more than fair to blame the establishment because something is very wrong in the US when it comes to the police and far too many people are content with sticking their heads into the sand because it's black people who are the victims. If these officers shot a white child then they'd be hung out to dry and the people who think BLM is a joke and that there isn't an issue would be screaming out for blood and demanding a change.

Gun laws don't change the fact that these officers are at best, incompetent or what worst, racist and incompetent. Either way, they are incompetent and shouldn't have a badge and a gun if they shoot first and ask questions later. Guns are a last resort for officers to defend themselves or others, it's not an introduction. Pretty much all of these incidents have been a result of these moron officers thinking they are Dirty Harry and the system protects them.

I understand what you're saying Dezzy, and I've normally agreed with you on the other cases of black kids being killed by Police, but this kid shouldn't be robbing and then holding out a Toy Gun with a lazer being pointed out at The Police, no wonder they thought he had a real Gun with the lazer coming out of it.

[Tom4784]

Originally Posted by Mystic Mock

I understand what you're saying Dezzy, and I've normally agreed with you on the other cases of black kids being killed by Police, but this kid shouldn't be robbing and then holding out a Toy Gun with a lazer being pointed out at The Police, no wonder they thought he had a real Gun with the lazer coming out of it.

Please point out the part where it says that these kids were responsible for the robbery.

[Mystic Mock]

Originally Posted by Dezzy

Please point out the part where it says that these kids were responsible for the robbery.

I thought I read that The Police was chasing him so I was assuming that a kid at his age might've been robbing.

[jaxie]

Originally Posted by Mystic Mock

I thought I read that The Police was chasing him so I was assuming that a kid at his age might've been robbing.

It said in the article 3 guys had been trying to rob with a gun, the police found 3 fitting the description, 2 ran, one pulled a gun.

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by Dezzy

Please point out the part where it says that these kids were responsible for the robbery.

yeah that part is a bit unclear as to whether the police were actually chasing these guys because they were the ones who mugged the person or not?

[jaxie]

Originally Posted by Dezzy

My sympathy lies with the child whose life was ended before it truly began. I don't give the slightest **** about these officers. It was their incompetence that stole this child's life.

I lost sympathy for the police when incidents like this became a regular occurrence, it happens every other ****ing week so I think it's more than fair to blame the establishment because something is very wrong in the US when it comes to the police and far too many people are content with sticking their heads into the sand because it's black people who are the victims. If these officers shot a white child then they'd be hung out to dry and the people who think BLM is a joke and that there isn't an issue would be screaming out for blood and demanding a change.

Gun laws don't change the fact that these officers are at best, incompetent or what worst, racist and incompetent. Either way, they are incompetent and shouldn't have a badge and a gun if they shoot first and ask questions later. Guns are a last resort for officers to defend themselves or others, it's not an introduction. Pretty much all of these incidents have been a result of these moron officers thinking they are Dirty Harry and the system protects them.

So you think the officer should just wait and let someone shoot him? What's he supposed to do when someone pulls a gun? . What about his family and his kids? You talk as if there is an hour for them to evaluate a situation. It's seconds. We are lucky we don't live in country where every potential crime has guns involved.

It's always a tragedy when someone dies but every case isn't the same and the person who is shot isn't always doing the right thing. If they had tasers instead of guns chances are everyone lives to see another day.

[Tom4784]

Originally Posted by jaxie

So you think the officer should just wait and let someone shoot him? What's he supposed to do when someone pulls a gun?

Preferably not shoot a child as a first response. Preferably they'd assess the situation before they decide they want to have a target practice session with a live target. Preferably they'd do their ****ing jobs competently but that seems way too much to ask.

Police Officers should calm situations down, not incite them. If these officers weren't woefully incompetent at their jobs then they could have ended this situation peacefully without violence but, as usual with these ****ing terrible muderous officers that give the rest of the force a bad name, they went in all guns blazing.

[jaxie]

Originally Posted by Dezzy

Preferably not shoot a child as a first response. Preferably they'd assess the situation before they decide they want to have a target practice session with a live target. Preferably they'd do their ****ing jobs competently but that seems way too much to ask.

Police Officers should calm situations down, not incite them. If these officers weren't woefully incompetent at their jobs then they could have ended this situation peacefully without violence but, as usual with these ****ing terrible muderous officers that give the rest of the force a bad name, they went in all guns blazing.

Where does all this assessment time come from when a guy pulls a gun on you? It might be dark, he might be tall, how can you tell he's a child? It's a realistic looking weapon do you have time to wonder is it real or fake? I don't think you are considering the reality of those kinds or situations. It's far from clear cut and the colour of his skin is probably the last thing on the officers mind, he's probably looking down the barrel of that gun.