12-year-old Shot Dead by Police

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I think we have to move on from this ridiculous idea that cops should never have their lives at risk. No one is forcing them to do this job; they chose to. Part of the job is putting your life on the line to protect others. They don't just get to shoot their way out of every single situation where they could possibly hypothetically be harmed. If the child is reaching for the toy gun on his waistband, get to cover or something; it's not a license to mow him down. Lethal force should be an absolute last resort, not something to be used whenever they feel the slightest bit threatened.

Also dead0man is a coward piece of shit, but we already all knew that.

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Don't worry folks. I'm sure in the coming days they'll unearth that this poor child was sent to the principal's office once or twice, and then we can safely label him a lawless thug and applaud the brave policeman for taking him out.

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Simfan is entirely right on the gun issue (except for the bizarre "arm the rich" non sequitor; obviously guns should be banned for rich and poor alike).

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Well, time to ban Naso.

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The police officer murdered the kid right after he got out of the car. He needs to go to jail for a long, long time.

You have to be a pretty sick sociopath to watch that clip and think the cop was in any way justified in committing murder.

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That video is insane. The car sped off the road, the policeman jumped out of the car door, and immediately gunned the kid down. WTF. There is absolutely no excuse here. Any danger the cop felt was danger he intentionally put himself in. WTF

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Yes, I see twelve year old children with toy guns as innocent. Because I'm not a sociopathic fascist.

You keep repeating that these monsters are "trained" to do such a thing. I don't care that he's trained to murder children. That doesn't make him any less guilty of murdering children.

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Yes, I see twelve year old children with toy guns as innocent. Because I'm not a sociopathic fascist.

You keep repeating that these monsters are "trained" to do such a thing. I don't care that he's trained to murder children. That doesn't make him any less guilty of murdering children.

But the 911 call didn't say "12 year old child with a toy" it said, "We have a black man waving a gun".

No, the 911 caller literally said the gun was "probably fake."

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3. Children should know enough to drop even toy guns in the presence of police.   

Unfortunately, before this child realized he was in the presence of police, they had murdered him already.