[Rabin]

https://www.police1.com/officer-shootings/articles/fbi-no-civil-rights-violations-in-calif-shooting-of-teen-carrying-replica-ak-47-pK15Uq1CC5WPpyVl/

FBI: No civil rights violations in Calif. shooting of teen carrying replica AK-47

Go Figure. Rab

[tallyhoe]

What is that?

https://www.police1.com/officer-shootings/articles/fbi-no-civil-rights-violations-in-calif-shooting-of-teen-carrying-replica-ak-47-pK15Uq1CC5WPpyVl/

[Repeal The 17th]

From: “Teen Vogue?
Really?
Why would you read crap like that?
Or think that I should?
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Control your input!

[Secret Agent Man]

libs are torn

hate cops

hate evil assault rifles

[familyop]

"At all times, the toy rifle was pointed towards the ground, with Lopez’s hand on the grip, away from the trigger."

That's one side of the story. There are claims to the contrary in other articles like the one linked in comment #2 (The Press Democrat, McClatchy-Tribune News Service, maybe one of the publications forbidding posts here, don't remember for sure).

[nickcarraway]

What about the teen in Georgia who answered his own door with a Wii in his hand and was shot dead by a female officer. And that was found to be perfectly fine.

[BobL]

“They had no reason to think Lopez was a gang member”

LOL.

[Born to Conserve]

Cops don’t shoot you once — you might not die, and then be able to sue them. They shoot you until you are dead, then shoot you several more times.

[I want the USA back]

There has been a profound change in the USA since I was a kid and young adult. The police did not fear for their lives at every traffic stop. Citizens didn’t hate cops and hurl curses at them.

Life in the USA is not what it was back then. People were not shot for holding a toy gun. There were no TV remotes, but dark hand-held objects were not mistaken for a gun, providing justification for the killing of the person holding the object.

There was more trust. Little hate or hostility. The thought of arresting a kid for “chewing a pop tart into a gun” was not possible.

To anyone born after the 60s, life was different, and in spite of my user name, I don’t see how it can ever come back. Tell me that I’m wrong.