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Edited by Mad Max: 11/27/2014 8:15:02 PM
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[UPDATED] 12 year-old shot and killed by police

[quote]Police in Cleveland fatally shot a 12-year-old boy wielding what turned out to be a replica gun. They were responding to a 911 call in which a man said a juvenile was scaring people with a gun that probably was fake. The boy, identified by the Cuyahoga County Medical Examiner's Office as Tamir Rice, was shot in the torso in the playground area of a recreation center Saturday afternoon. Deputy Chief Ed Tomba said one officer fired twice after the boy pulled the fake weapon -- [u][b]which didn't have the orange safety indicator usually found on the muzzle[/b][/u] -- from his waistband but had not pointed it at police. The boy did not make verbal threats, Tomba said, but grabbed the replica handgun after being told to raise his hands. He died Sunday at MetroHealth Medical Center.[/quote] Sorry, I don't feel bad. There's a reason those orange tips are on toy guns. Here's a link to a NYT article, including the CCTV footage. The video is obviously NSFW. http://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/27/us/video-shows-cleveland-officer-shot-tamir-rice-2-seconds-after-pulling-up-next-to-him.html?_r=0 In light of seeing the video, I no longer have an argument supporting what the police did. Their actions amount to little more than a drive-by shooting.
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  • Edited by Styx: 11/30/2014 5:35:32 PM
    Don't hate cops just cause a few bad eggs are brought to the lime light. So everyone needs to shut up. And who cares about race? Like seriously its a waste of time to care about something that just causes self-segregation. So what if a white cop tries to stop a bad guy or fears for their life, so what if a black cop tries to stop someone different than him too, everyone is SO QUICK to waving the race flag every time, like come on stop, it makes things worse just view everyone as the same there is no white or black were all people so stfu and go judge on peoples stupidity not race or cause they are a cop. Its not all law that is bad, and i'm studying it and everyone ive met are not racist at all but actually nice.

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