“Was the cop just walking by, saw a kid playing w/a toy gun in his yard, told him to drop it and fire? Was he on a robbery call? Who knows.”
You need to educate yourself on this story.
“Based on what’s reported, I don’t see a prob w/the cop firing if he orders to drop and the kid begins to turn.”
You are effed up. According to your “assessment” any cop has the right to shoot someone they think might be turning on him even though he called out to him.
I can’t believe you posted that.
“You need to educate yourself on this story.”
I read the story and indicated my opinion is based solely on what’s in it. I wasn’t interested in trying to hunt down police reports and court records because I’ve done so in the past and too often found that when critical details were left out of a story (like how the cop and kid came to meet each other) they were left out for a reason - to mislead.
I stand by my opinion on the first shot. Turning w/a weapon in your hand points it in the cops direction. I don’t believe the rule is that cops have to wait for a round to go off.
Holding a weapon is not enough to fire. Bringing it to bear is.
Again, w/no other info, I would’ve fired myself in that situation, but I’m not a cop.