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Man shot dead by police in Walmart 'after he picked up a toy gun'
Daily Mail ^ | August 7, 2014 | Julian Robinson

Posted on 08/07/2014 3:41:25 PM PDT by Altariel

Relatives of John Crawford, pictured, believe he was holding a toy gun when police shot him dead at a Walmart store A man shot dead by police in a U.S. supermarket may have been killed after picking up a toy gun, his relatives have claimed.

John Crawford was gunned down at a Walmart store in Beavercreek amid reports that he was waving a rifle at customers, including children.

But relatives of the 22-year-old have contacted civil rights organisations after claiming he was holding a toy gun in the toy section of the shop when the incident unfolded.

LeeCee Johnson, who has claimed to be the mother of Mr Crawford’s two children, said she was speaking to him on the telephone when police descended on the scene.

Dayton Daily News report her as saying: ‘We was just talking. He said he was at the video games playing videos and he went over there by the toy section where the toy guns were.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


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KEYWORDS: banglist; donutwatch; leo; toygun; toyguns; walmart
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To: Reddy
Yeah, dunno. I just posted a pic from Crosman of the model. I don't know the color and such. I looked at the video you posted and the witness said a AR-15.

Dunno why any moron would take a air rifle out of the box and run around with it in Wal Mart. But, anything can and will happen there.

21 posted on 08/07/2014 4:19:04 PM PDT by Theoria (I should never have surrendered. I should have fought until I was the last man alive)
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To: Reddy
"Eyewitness says man pointed gun at police."

Yeah, give 'em a break! There's a perfectly good reason why they couldn't take cover in order to tell him to put the toy down!

[Can you guess what the reason was?]


22 posted on 08/07/2014 4:37:18 PM PDT by familyop (We Baby Boomers are croaking in an avalanche of corruption smelled around the planet.)
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Clue:








23 posted on 08/07/2014 4:38:28 PM PDT by familyop (We Baby Boomers are croaking in an avalanche of corruption smelled around the planet.)
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To: Theoria
Dunno why any moron would take a air rifle out of the box and run around with it in Wal Mart. But, anything can and will happen there.

Play stupid games, win stupid prizes.

24 posted on 08/07/2014 4:39:55 PM PDT by Valpal1 (If the police can t solve a problem with violence, they ll find a way to fix it with brute force)
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To: Reddy

Seems likely. You point that at me, I might shoot you.


25 posted on 08/07/2014 4:40:26 PM PDT by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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To: FreedomPoster

We don’t know if that is the actual toy gun involved in the execution.


26 posted on 08/07/2014 4:48:28 PM PDT by kiryandil (making the jests that some FReepers aren't allowed to...)
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To: Altariel

Wal-Mart video records every square inch of the store 24 hours a day, for liability reasons, mostly from customers but also from employees. And even when the store is closed and empty, in case anyone breaks in.


27 posted on 08/07/2014 5:04:28 PM PDT by yefragetuwrabrumuy ("Don't compare me to the almighty, compare me to the alternative." -Obama, 09-24-11)
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To: Altariel

I thought at first they were talking about the toy section, but I know with my eight year old there are only Nerf guns there. We get all of his good toy AKs and M16s at Freds and General Dollar


28 posted on 08/07/2014 5:44:32 PM PDT by Sybeck1 (Remember Mississippi!)
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To: Theoria

If that is the rifle then they may have done the right thing. It is not a “toy rifle”. It is a weapon that could easily cause serious injury or death.


29 posted on 08/07/2014 6:52:37 PM PDT by Eagles6 (Valley Forge Redux. If not now, when? If not here, where? If not us then who?)
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To: Altariel

Sorry, but I’ll believe the cops before I believe Obama’s son.


30 posted on 08/07/2014 7:30:55 PM PDT by BobL
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To: Theoria

If that was the gun, I would have shot him. It looks like a real rifle. If I’m told there is a dangerous guy with a gun and this is what he has, I would have put him down if he pointed it at me.

FWIW, I have some issues with toy guns that look like real guns and real guns in toy colors. I’m not a fan of the CCW weapons aimed a women in pink and teal. Firearms are serious business and should always be treated with respect.

But, I am also the “boring” uncle who spent time teaching my nephews gun safety after they got airsoft rifles. They wanted to shoot at each other, and I was trying to teach them the rules of handling firearms.


31 posted on 08/07/2014 7:46:31 PM PDT by MediaMole
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To: Altariel; a fool in paradise

don’t buy toys at Wal-Mart! The cops will kill you!


32 posted on 08/07/2014 7:47:27 PM PDT by GeronL (Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans)
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To: Altariel

I almost picked up a toy pistol in Wal-Mart myself today. Was in a clearance aisle-end section.


33 posted on 08/07/2014 7:48:57 PM PDT by steve86 ( Acerbic by nature, not nurture)
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To: Altariel
Someone is going to get smart and call the police on an undercover in Walmart claiming a nut with a gun,
then call the undercover and tell him that two men posing as officers are robbing
people in front of the store.
34 posted on 08/07/2014 8:01:14 PM PDT by MaxMax (Pay Attention and you'll be pissed off too! FIRE BOEHNER, NOW!)
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To: servo1969
I’ll wait for the video.

I wonder if he was dumb enough to actually point the gun at the police, like he was going fire it.

Are gonna wait, or wonder?

35 posted on 08/08/2014 6:10:31 PM PDT by Half Vast Conspiracy (Settled science.)
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To: Reddy
The bereaved family consists of a baby momma with 2 kids under two who is pregnant again, and another girlfriend at the end of the article.

Interesting. Are you going to provide any dirt on the cops involved?

36 posted on 08/08/2014 6:12:31 PM PDT by Half Vast Conspiracy (Settled science.)
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To: Half Vast Conspiracy
Interesting. Are you going to provide any dirt on the cops involved?

Thanks for saying what I was thinking. But, in a much more delicate fashion. Well done.

I think 30% of "FReepers" are actually interns @ SPLC or MSNBC trying to make conservatives look bad. ;)

37 posted on 08/08/2014 6:25:58 PM PDT by Forgotten Amendments (Peace On Earth! Purity of Essence! McCain/Ripper 2016)
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To: yefragetuwrabrumuy
Wal-Mart video records every square inch of the store 24 hours a day, for liability reasons, mostly from customers but also from employees. And even when the store is closed and empty, in case anyone breaks in.

So does Costco. But, if they incriminate cops, the tapes will wind up like IRS emails.

38 posted on 08/08/2014 6:30:31 PM PDT by Forgotten Amendments (Peace On Earth! Purity of Essence! McCain/Ripper 2016)
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To: Theoria
Real enough. If you're expecting to see a man with a gun and you see that, real enough.

I tried resizing this per HTML Sandbox but it didn't seem to work.

39 posted on 08/08/2014 6:34:10 PM PDT by PLMerite (Shut the Beyotch Down! Burn, baby, burn!)
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To: Forgotten Amendments
But, if they incriminate cops, the tapes will wind up like IRS emails.

Like the tapes at Costco in Las Vegas.

40 posted on 08/08/2014 6:43:57 PM PDT by Half Vast Conspiracy (Settled science.)
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