Police kill 12 year old boy in Cleveland, Ohio

[softail-joanie]

Boy shot dead after showing his toy gun to police- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FB10P9vAP4k

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[aps1080]

To be honest and without second guessing them, i do think the police might have looked at alternative routes of action.


Did they need to drive up so close ?
Could they hve stopped further away ?

Once they got so close, as soon as he went for his gun they had no choice but to shoot
Nd at hat rnge the kid had no hope of living, even with a bad shot.

Am i am normally a police supporter.

[gleee58]

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@joz*garage wrote:

i was thinking of the parents too, perhaps a lack of guidance in that area

the kid didn't deserve to die over it, i believe the police could've handled to situation better

musta been easier for them just to shoot

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If they asked a question they sure didn't wait for an answer. 

For all we know the kid could have found the gun in the park and picked it up, being a 12 year old.

12 YO against 2 armed police officers?  Surely there was a better way of handling the situation.

[aps1080]

Found in park ? Does it matter ? He was still waving it around on the street and aiming it at people.

Everyone seems to forget you cant undo any da,age if the kid had shot a cop
So they tend to not take chances.

I do think a better way of confronting the kid could have been looked at instead of charging in.
De escalating the ho situation.

[softail-joanie]

If they asked a question they sure didn't wait for an answer. For all we know the kid could have found the gun in the park and picked it up, being a 12 year old. 12 YO against 2 armed police officers?  Surely there was a better way of handling the situation.

I think the question here should be, did the boy pull out the gun on the cops?, or just pull up his shirt to show where it was? I don't believe the cop who said the boy pulled out the gun at them. I think he is hoping to justify the shooting. Even the dumbest 12 year old boy should know pulling out a gun from his waistband when police are rushing up is suicide. Thats why I don't believe the cop, I mean who would do that?

[azureline**]

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@aps1080 wrote:
He was on the ****** street in the first half of the video.
Watch it again.

I think its a good reason parents should take responsibility for their kids
And teach them right from wrong.

Banning toy guns will achieve precisely what ?
Except guarantee they are shot as no toy guns exist so it must be real.

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FYI, I did not watch your video link and have no intention of watching it .....again..............

I think all guns should be banned.

Banning toy guns in this particular case would have achieved a live 12 yo.

Most parents teach their children right from wrong, some choose to put that into action, some don't. Children make mistakes.

[lionrose.7]

**bleep** This was a LIttle 12 year old kids playing with a toy gun, my children , played cow boys and indians.

It was a TOY gun that shot Plastic pallets

American cops always shot to kill

[aps1080]

Everyone shoots centre mass. It becomes instinct, so much gun comes up, hits centres mass, pull trigger.

[azureline**]

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@lionrose.7 wrote:

**bleep** This was a LIttle 12 year old kids playing with a toy gun, my children , played cow boys and indians.

It was a TOY gun that shot Plastic pallets

American cops always shot to kill

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Australian cops shoot to kill too, they are told not to remove their weapon, unless they are prepared to kill.

I have no idea what the police were thinking or why they did it the way they did.

Was he a big 12 yo? I thought they assumed he was an adult with a real gun........................ why else would they shoot a child?

My children had toy guns, my sons had real guns................but that was a different time.

[lionrose.7]

This story is a couple of weeks old and they said it was a rookie cop shot the CHILD

[aps1080]

I dont think you see it as a child.

You watch the weapon and hands, the person is just a target.


Yes, it is a few weeks old.