[muawiyah]

I think the conclusion was that after the sheriff and a marshall had shot the kid's dog, the kid fired back in self-defense which precipitated blind firing by the sheriff, and it was his bullet in the 13 year old kid.

In any case, you had armed law officers whose stupidity resulted in their killing a kid.

Randy Weaver won a multi-million dollar award for this particular killing.

The guy in Cincinnati shot an unarmed kid who was doing nothing but fleeing. Days of rioting ensued.

Just because somebody runs is no reason to shoot them.

That's why I questioned the wisdom of the Pinellas cops taking guns to the hospice demonstration area. Unless they intended shooting down unarmed people there with their children, they really didn't have any need for them did they?

[swordfish71]

Police officers always carry their weapons--regardless of where they happen to be posted. Even at a officers funeral, many police that are off duty will have a off-duty piece in a ankle holster even when weraing their dress uniform.