If they are that panicky and trigger-happy around 12 year old children then maybe they're in the wrong profession?
Wonder how much revenue the collector thought he could collect by shooting this kid?
A split second to make a decision, a lifetime for others to pick it apart. Have you seen the bb gun in question? I might have shot hm too. I love it when guys monday morning quarterback police action. Sometimes they have a valid point. Other times they’re just pissing into the wind. Like now. Why is there no questioning that the kid was unsupervised? Why is the kid carrying a bb gun that looks JUST like a M1911 colt .45? for show and tell? Hell no! the kid was up to no good. He was out to impress or intimidate. Don’t wanna get shot? Don’t wave around something that looks EXACTLY like a gun around a cop. and you can call cops jackbooted thugs and nazis etc. all you want. But there are good cops and bad cops and while it’s true the bad cops make it hard on good cops people who second guess cops before all the facts are in don’t help either. Case in point: when the Michael Brown shooting was first announced there were a lot of people on FR saying “OMG, did that cop screw up!” or variations thereof. When the rest of the info came out a lot of people had to backpedal quite a bit. I’m not saying you shouldn’t have a right to your opinion. You certainly do and I’ll gladly defend your right to have one. Just remember these stories are reported by news organizations that are any thing but neutral, fair and balanced. News organizations that tend to have an adversarial relationship with many types of authoritary figures, including cops. Think for yourself and utilize the new media.
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