All the way down to the orange tip. What's your point? That cops can shoot because they're too stupid with fear to assess a situation? If they heard some bangs or if the kid (referred to in the story as "Mister") made some threatening moves. This is just part of the trend where we all become family dogs to the "authorities".
I totally agree with your criticism. Any idiot can shoot someone. Supposedly these people are trained and trusted to assess a possibly dangerous situation and react accordingly. These cops obviously can't handle the responsibility and need to do some time for their execution of this kid.
In Iraq, my Soldiers and found ourselves in many potentially dangerous spots, but we always held fire until we were sure. You'd think local law enforcement could practice the same level of professionalism.