Posted on 09/15/2016 4:18:54 PM PDT by BBell
Full title:Ohio police urge public to halt Tamir Rice comparisons after cop's shooting of teen with BB gun
The 13-year-old boy shot and killed by an Ohio cop was carrying a BB gun that looked “practically identical” to a police weapon, authorities said Thursday.
Tyre King was fatally shot when police in Columbus responded Wednesday night to a call about an armed robbery.
Columbus Police Chief Kim Jacobs displayed a photo at a press conference Thursday of what she said was a “replica” of the BB gun held by Tyre, which had a laser scope on it.
“Our officers carry a gun that looks practically identical to this weapon,” she said. “As you can see, it looks like a firearm that could kill you.”
Jacobs said officers were responding to a call about armed robbery — a group was sticking people up for money on the street, and one of them was armed, witnesses told cops.
The black 13-year-old was shot multiple times by Columbus police officer Bryan Mason, who is white. Mason, a nine-year veteran of the department, opened fire when Tyre pulled what appeared to be a weapon from his waistband, police said.
Only later did investigators realize it was a BB gun, police said.
(Excerpt) Read more at nydailynews.com ...
"CLEVELAND — The police officer who shot and killed 12-year-old Tamir Rice told investigators that the boy reached for a gun just before the patrolman opened fire.
"He gave me no choice. He reached for the gun and there was nothing I could do," Cleveland police Officer Timothy Loehmann told a fellow officer in the moments after he shot Tamir at a gazebo outside the a recreation center on Nov. 22.
The officer's words — released Saturday in a 224-page report from Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Tim McGinty — mark the first time the Loehmann's account of the shooting was revealed."
> What are the odds he doesn’t live with his father? <
The father says, “Not my responsibility; I wore a rubber.”
You seem to assume this kid had parents, plural. This is fairly unlikely, statistically.
Auto spell check?
The cops shouldn’t have shot him
****************************
Do you really believe that?
That is similar to a parent allowing someone to train their child in how become a successful suicide bomber.
Dat raciss!
But, the BLM people are going to pump this story up until there's a blowout.
What are you talking about? Responding to call of an armed robbery and some AH pulls what appears to be a real firearm. Get real.
Yea, no kidding. The “kid” was bigger than I am and the video of him pointing the gun at girls walking past him in the park has “disappeared”. This dindu earned his dirt nap.
If that height and weight are correct, he was same height as me and weighed 40 pounds more.
If it was a BB gun and not a real one. The facts and information needs to come out first.
If it was a BB gun and not a real one.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
The kid drew what looked to be a real gun, cop had to assess the situation immediately. The gun looked very real, cop shot him. Good shoot.
I read the twitter feed for awhile. Most tweets were about how the police murdered another innocent black kid. Particularly vocal was that cultural identity confused Sean King.
Facts don’t matter, only feelings.
Another riot in the making...
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.