Everyone on deathrow is retarded as well.
Sometimes, retardation is a after-the-fact media diagnosis or familial excuse.
Obstinate, trouble maker, commits crime = retarded.
Drug-addicts, Sociopaths, scofflaws, gangtsers.. The instant they get into trouble they become "Challenged".
I have empathy, but I'm not gullible.
Of course, this could be a mistake on the Officer's part, I'm not ruling that out, I just want to point out that we are duped by the "retardation" ploy on a regular basis.
If you read the article you will see that the 14-year old boy is a ward of the state with a diagnosis of DD, living in a group home no doubt with other mental defectives. It would appear from the evidence available that the only after-the-fact excuses are in the police report.
If 14-year old 'Tard A tells 14-year old 'Tard B, "Shoot me with your toy gun," and Tard B pulls the trigger, then we understand we have a situation of tards acting like tards. But if a 14-year old 'Tard tells a Sergent police office, one of "Chicago's Finest," "Shoot me with your toy gun," and the police officer takes that as license to shoot the 'Tard, then the police officer is even stupider than the 'Tard.