11-28-2014, 07:41 PM
(11-28-2014, 06:05 PM)Duchess Wrote: if it's true that the cop told him to show his hands and the kid didn't comply then I feel he brought this on himself.
I hear ya. But, it's not that cut and dry for me.
This is a good short video which includes the 911 dispatch call to responding officers, along with real time video of the shooting.
That rookie cop fired pretty effin' quickly on someone who was not reported to have fired a gun, had not pointed a gun at the officers, and was not in the vicinity of anyone else when the officers, with their doors open, pulled right up on him while reportedly telling him to put his hands up from inside the vehicle.
That's a lot going on in a very shot span of time. Had the officers known that Tamir was believed to be a juvenile who was in the park with what the 911 caller believed was probably a fake pistol, they might have taken more than 2 seconds to assess the situation before shooting to kill. The officers thought Tamir was about 20. He was 12.
We'll see where the investigation goes. This kid comes from a low income family and his parents have some domestic violence charges on their records; I sure hope that isn't used to try to smear the 12-year-old. That shit gets real old. Whether it turns out the 911 dispatcher and the officers followed policy and are cleared or not, this was a kid playing with a toy gun in the park. He didn't hurt anybody.