11-28-2014, 04:27 PM
(11-28-2014, 04:01 PM)username Wrote: As an aside, how about that 12 year old kid who was shot brandishing an airsoft gun? What fries my chops about THAT shooting is although the 911 caller told the dispatcher at least twice that it was "probably a fake gun", the dispatcher never even mentioned that to the officers she sent to the scene. What a monumental fuck up. I hope her ass is fired.
I've been following that one too. So sad.
Here's the video of Tamir Rice, 12, being shot within seconds of Cleveland police arriving at the park.
It reminds of the case of 13-year-old Andy Lopez who was shot dead in Sonoma County because he was walking while carrying an airsoft gun.
All the community protests, all the eyewitnesses, 2 officers on the scene, 7 bullets into Lopez -- and still Officer Erick Gelhaus was not charged.
Some of these toys looks so much like the real thing, especially without an orange safety tip. And, kids get taken off guard and don't respond appropriately. I understand why these unfortunate confrontations occur. I don't understand cops shooting over and over when there are two or more officers on the scene, the suspect is down, and the weapon could be picked up by one of them so the situation could be assessed before continuing to unload on a fallen body.