13 year old boy menacingly put his hands up to resist arrest

creepycoug

Sledog said:

GreenRiverGatorz said:

I have a big fucking problem with trigger happy cops killing people.

This isn't an example of that. Kid is running with a gun after his adult "friend" was shooting at passing cars in Latino gang territory, in a city with third world murder rates, at 2:30 in the morning. He dropped the gun so the cop shouldn't have shot him, but that's an extremely high-stress, high-stakes situation and well within the bounds of reasonable accidents on the part of the police. Not at all a news-worthy story.

This is justifiable based on the limited info when the officer sees the gun behind the suspect and the suspect begins to turn toward him the decision to shoot was made. A person can make that turn and shoot you before you can make another decision and fire. Action always beats reaction. I doubt the cop had any idea he was 13. Of course there are quite a few 13 year old killers in gangs.

This is a fair point. If the cop had reason. To believe he had a gun behind his back and the kid moved you gotta shoot.

TurdBomber

Let's leave the facts and reasoning alone until the media narrative has been milked dry.

MikeDamone

Almost every one one these shooting could be avoided if the dude would have simply beat off and went to bed.

doogie

Do we know if he’d been vaccinated?

TurdBomber

MikeDamone said:

Almost every one one these shooting could be avoided if the dude would have simply beat off and went to bed.

Damone returns and immediately elevates the discussion.

Kaepsknee

Tragic situation. He had already dropped his gun. But the left continues to paint this tragedy as a harmless boy shot down in cold blood by the police. Which isn’t close to being true.

doogie

If only Congress had closed the Gun Show Exemption earlier, this kid might still be alive

Pitchfork51

TurdBomber said:

MikeDamone said:

Almost every one one these shooting could be avoided if the dude would have simply beat off and went to bed.

Damone returns and immediately elevates the discussion.

If they had a father figure like dabone it'd be all good.

SFGbob

doogie said:

If only Congress had closed the Gun Show Exemption earlier, this kid might still be alive

I thought the kid used a "ghost" gun and a stabilizing brace?

doogie