Or even if it isn't, if someone is 12 and apparently doing something entirely legal for an 18 year old to do, posing no public danger of any kind and, as it later turns out, is carrying a toy anyway and no-one was ever in any danger of any kind. They can kill you then too.
So it turns out that the police can shoot to kill if they think you might be a threat based on no other information, like if you actually are one. I've no idea when extrajudicial execution became an acceptable norm. Look out, it's coming right for us...
Police are supposed to protect rights. They're supposed to be the barrier between citizens and criminals and they're supposed to put themselves in harm's way to protect the former from the latter. Sometimes that means dying to do it, rather than taking the chance and executing an innocent civilian.
He ignores the fact that the officer told the boy to freeze and the boy instead reached for the toy gun in his pants.
Ask him why he refused the order just as Brown refused to get down.
Because he doesn't care to give any thought to why a gun is pulled in the first place. To him, cops should be given non lethal weapons & asked to protect a society that has a constitutional right to lethal weapons. Laughable notion that only gives criminals more ammunition. Pointless to debate any further just as before because he'll continue to ignore anything that paints an officer in a justifiable right.
Lot of these shootings, it's hard for me to say anything without actually being present to witness it for myself. Of course, you know what they say about eyewitnesses, I may still get it wrong.
I take it that you guys are referring to the shooting of the 12-year-old in Cleveland? I saw the pic of the handgun from the Google News link, and it looked convincingly real, at least from the photo. I think by law, bb guns & airsoft are supposed to have bright orange muzzle? In a country where firearm ownership is allowed, it's a pretty sensible law, at least in regards to public safety.
When I migrated to the U.S., I was twelve. I believe it was right after arriving here, my mom(my only translator at the time) warned me about dealing with the police. This actually contradicts with my previous statement made long ago, I think in the "Guns" thread, I made a claim that while living in the U.S., I didn't notice guns, wasn't worried about guns, never even thought about guns, until I started getting into the hobby myself.
Anyway, when I got here, I was warned that in the U.S., you don't make any threatening movements in the presence of police. This included sticking hand in the pocket, reaching for the wallet, etc. Talk about a culture shock, but I understood it.
Sorry I've been so long-winded, but I thought it was interesting that I was also twelve when I learned what not to do in front of the American police.
Have a great day everyone
I hope we were able to give you a different perspective on America, even if slightly. Have a good one.
