[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 tmc92502: 11/24/2014 2:43:53 AMYour right and the kid didn't listen like he was told too. What if it was a real gun ? How many people would have died ? That's why the cop did what he had to do. I'm not saying that it's good that he shot him but he should have listened.
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Good. Darwinism at its finest
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One of the authors of that article is [b]John Bacon[/b]
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1 ReplyI 1v1'd him on Rust yesterday
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Did the boy 360 no scope?
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Edited by CoherentBadger: 11/24/2014 1:49:54 AMHe's 12. At that age he should have known what he was doing. Plus there's a reason why you have an orange tip on the barrel. I blame the kid.
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This is why kids should watch news more often than playing too much call of dity
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12 RepliesWhere the non lethal weapons at
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