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re: No charges against cop that shot Tamir Rice
Posted on 12/28/15 at 2:19 pm to Redbone
Posted on 12/28/15 at 2:19 pm to Redbone
1. Police officers arrive on the scene unaware that the "weapon" is fake.
2. Officers tell kid to put his hands up.
3. Kid reaches for gun and points at officers.
4. Gun does not have the orange safety feature on it to show it is indeed a toy.
I'm not entirely sure how this can be construed as murder.
Say what you want about his age, but 12 years old is certainly old enough to know that when a police officer tells you to put your hands up, you do it. At the least you're old enough to know NOT to point a gun (toy or real) at a police officer. It's not like he was a toddler.
It's a tragedy that a young child is now dead, but considering the circumstances above, there is no reason to bring murder charges.
Does anyone here think they just arrived on the scene and thought "Hey, I feel like shooting a child. Let's do it."?
2. Officers tell kid to put his hands up.
3. Kid reaches for gun and points at officers.
4. Gun does not have the orange safety feature on it to show it is indeed a toy.
I'm not entirely sure how this can be construed as murder.
Say what you want about his age, but 12 years old is certainly old enough to know that when a police officer tells you to put your hands up, you do it. At the least you're old enough to know NOT to point a gun (toy or real) at a police officer. It's not like he was a toddler.
It's a tragedy that a young child is now dead, but considering the circumstances above, there is no reason to bring murder charges.
Does anyone here think they just arrived on the scene and thought "Hey, I feel like shooting a child. Let's do it."?
This post was edited on 12/28/15 at 2:21 pm
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Posted on 12/28/15 at 2:21 pm to dcrews
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2. Officers tell kid to put his hands up.
arguable
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3. Kid reaches for gun and points at officers.
nope
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Say what you want about his age, but 12 years old is certainly old enough to know that when a police officer tells you to put your hands up, you do it. At the least your old enough to know NOT to point a gun (toy or real) at a police officer. It's not like he was a toddler.
Maybe 1.8 seconds elapsed in this entire portion of the incident.
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Does anyone here think they just arrived on the scene and thought "Hey, I feel like shooting a child. Let's do it."?
What I think is that this a-hole was known to be dangerously incompetent and was still put out on the streets. City/county/whatever have a massive lawsuit coming and I hope they lose.
Posted on 12/28/15 at 2:22 pm to dcrews
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Does anyone here think they just arrived on the scene and thought "Hey, I feel like shooting a child. Let's do it."?
Posted on 12/28/15 at 2:28 pm to dcrews
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3. Kid reaches for gun and points at officers.
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police officer tells you to put your hands up,
Did this really happen? The video is poor but not much time transpired between car stop and shooting.
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