[QuisCustodiet1776]

Watched the video and listened to the call.

I think the 911 caller was calm and his observations reasonable.

Victim wasn’t too bright. Waving any kind of gun around, even a toy, especially when not in the toy department, is just asking for trouble.

Cops used to say “protect and serve”.

Now all I hear is “We all went home tonight”. I cannot really tell from the video but it looks to me like they just shot him down. I’m sorry but part of being a cop is taking risks. They should have gone through the whole “drop the weapon” routine.

[Moonman62]

I cannot really tell from the video but it looks to me like they just shot him down.

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He went down quickly, but then he got back up and moved toward the police officer and what they thought was a real gun. I believe that’s what led to the fatal shot.

[ansel12]

Care to tell us where the count is on the video, of him pointing the toy at the kids, as the caller excitedly told the police?

[D-fendr]

They should have gone through the whole “drop the weapon” routine.

Yep. It's a no brainer.

Just the basics would have prevented a needless death.