yes because they've already produced the weapon. what do blacks expect to happen when they take out a replica that looks identical to the real thing when a policeman is trying to arrest them? that the cop will wait to get shot to find out if it was real? this kid is a victim of the dysfunctional african american community and most likely a single parent household that brought him up to believe stealing and carrying guns is the way to go.
But you are confusing facts with speculation.
Fact, the boy did have a toy gun, a bb gun, and was probably using it to rob somebody.
Fact, the police knew that somebody may have had a gun, so they were primed to shoot, understandably.
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But... did the boy actually pull out the bb gun as he was being chased? It's not likely.
More likely the cop shot him, then the detectives who cleaned up made sure that the crime scene would cover their buddy's version of events.
1) A 13 year old kid, this one especially, running on adrenalin from guys with guns, can run fast. I'd bet he easily was outrunning the cops loaded down with 15 pound batman belts and beer guts.
2) Somebody running from armed guys doesn't bluff with a fake weapon if he is not cornered. It doesn't make sense. A fit kid slows down to bluff with a toy gun? No.
3) American police are legendary in the lies they tell following shootings. If you look at police shootings in the U.S.
http://www.killedbypolice.net/ it is reliable that the police lie about events when the circumstances might be controversial. It's not that sometimes they lie, or that they might lie every now and then, they reliably do not tell the truth again and again. Pick a shooting from the last few days, anybody shot by cops in America under controversial circumstances, look at the story that the police first put out and see if it withstands scrutiny a few weeks later when the body has been examined, or video appears.
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As for "dysfunctional african american community", really it isn't about race. Poor neighborhoods have crime, rich ones don't. When people perceive themselves as being poor in a rich place, and with no chance of mobility, etc, they don't respect the local laws made largely to protect an economic status quo.
The U.S. government teaches its citizens to be violent. We invade countries and kill foreigners in droves. We imprison our own people at a rate higher than any other country in history, including Stalinist Russia, even current Iran, N Korea etc. And our prisons are famously violent. Americans are taught from an early age, by their government, that the solution to any problem is to kill somebody, attack, invade etc. It has nothing to do with african americans. They just happen to be stuck at the bottom economically, educationally etc.
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I don't have a problem killing somebody who is robbing with a gun, if it is appropriate. But in this case, and a lot of similar cases, it probably was not appropriate. There are some guys who enjoy the rush of gunplay, especially when they have a massive advantage and can kill without accountability. Those guys don't make us safer when they are cops. The Laquan McDonald case was in the news again a few weeks ago
http://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/cpd-moves-to-fire-five-cops-in-laquan-mcdonald-shooting/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ix2N6_jLAgAIs being a cop in America such a dangerous job that cops are justified killing so many people to protect themselves? They portray their job as dangerous but its actually less dangerous than driving a truck.
Chicago was just in the news for having its 300th or whatever murder. Do you know what the safest job in Chicago is? Police officer. It is the only major profession in Chicago that has not had a single fatality in 5 years. Chicago police have a tacit understanding with violent criminals that as long as the criminals don't target police, the police will leave them alone.
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