“Sounds like poor parental edumacation of offspring.”
1. My son knew by far younger than 12 years old not to wave airsoft type guns around in public.
2. Someone removed the orange tip. That’s asking for a kid to get shot. Maybe it was the kid. Maybe someone else.
3. This doesn’t sound like a problem policeman. It got called in and the citizen claimed the kid was pointing it at everyone. That lends credibility to the police account.
Cop Body video cams are a good thing.