12-14-2014, 12:47 AM
(12-13-2014, 11:56 AM)HairOfTheDog Wrote: Whoever gave him the toy committed no crime nor could he/she have foreseen the chain of events that would follow.
And, IMO, we'd be having this exact same conversation if Loehmann was black and Garmback was hispanic and Tamir was white --
Bullshit. I have no idea why people call airsoft guns toys. Nerf guns are toys. Orange laser guns that flash lights are toys. Airsoft guns fire non-lethal projectiles. While created for recreational purposes, they're more sporting equipment than toys. Would I give a kid a fencing sword to go play in the park for 3 hours alone? Hell no, he might hurt himself or others. I can foresee the chain of events that led to this kid getting shot... obviously his mom foresaw possible danger.
Second, I think you personally would be having the exact same conversation if the shooter was black and the kid was white. You're interested in these types of stories. The media in general, tho, would not give it this kind of attention. Particularly, there'd be way more acceptance that the kid directly contributed to his death through his actions instead of playing it up as an innocent 12 year old. That video of him like throwing a snowball? "Typical kid stuff," says white newscaster obviously portraying the sweet poor black kid gunned down by tyrannical white police officer angle. It's ridiculous.