This video perfectly illustrates what I have been trying to say for months on this board.  These police came up on this child and shot him as soon as one of the cops got out of the car.  In the video, they appear not to make any effort at all to determine if this child actually had a weapon.  Didn't give this child an opportunity to raise his hands.  They just shot him!  The complete video is over 7 minutes long and the actually shooting at the 7:09 mark.  You tell me this was justified or even acceptable behavior by the police.

I couldn't see anything that happened, as the patrol vehicle was blocking the view.  

The article states the cop didn't know that, only that someone called in with a "guy holding a gun pointing it at people." According to the police the orange tip that signifies it was a toy was removed prior to the cops getting there so they have to assume it is real.

Jack and Johnny are the chief apologists for inept police actions.  Regardless whether this kid was waving around a real or fake weapon, the police rolled up on this kid and 2 seconds later shot him dead. These assholes made no attempt to determine if there was a real threat. Didn't bother to secure the area, before charging in like a bat out of hell with guns drawn, in a freaking open carry state where police should be more careful.  

I made a posting earlier with a link to an article referencing this case.  The person who called 911 sated twice that the gun was probably fake.  And the supposed magical warning you reference  happened as soon as the asshole cop step out of the car and 1 second later the kid was shot.  So unless you're one of those that believe that negroes are magical and posses superhuman capabilities....the kid had no time to react.  

You must be the brother of of the idiot St. Luis DA.

I can post bullshit like this all day long...another cop pulls and discharges a weapon during a police stop.  Actually fires into the car where a six year old was also in the vehicle. of course the driver was unarmed.  

You just don't get it. Cops, not too dissimilar to military, get thrust into "kill or be "killed" situations. They have seconds, sometimes less, to make a decision. Rational people give them the benefit of the doubt knowing this.

Hope the cop who shot the child is convicted of first degree murder.

Right. Certainly murder 1. Cop woke up that day and said "I think I'll go to the park and kill a 12 year old black kid.  

You have been indoctrinated into this bullshit line that cops have been spewing for years.  I've made countless posting with links proving cops did not have to utilize deadly force.  Countless of examples of how police in other westernized nations handle potentially dangerous situations without the use of deadly force, examples that the entire German police force fired a grand total of 84 rounds in 2012. Cases where've government convened a task for to investigate why their police killed 11 citizens over an 11 year period.  Only in this country to we allow the life of a policeman to be worth more than a citizen. I freaking demand that those who have the ability to exercise deadly force, use it as the last option rather than the first.  I demand that they exercise good judgment, and if they don't have that ability, then they shouldn't be cops period. The fact of the matter is that policing has never been safer.  It's only gotten more dangerous for the citizen who encounter the police.  Since when do we, as a nation, ever blame a 12 year old for the actions of an adult policeman? It's freaking disgusting and you need to wake up and fight this bullshit that happens every day in this country before it happens to someone you care for.
 

this police dept.'s training needs serious work to be acceptable

he wasnt taking the gun out to show them it was fake? not every kid has the same awareness of another. maybe he didnt think they would shoot him so quickly

dont give me the bullshit " it wouldnt happen to me..." as a parent there is no way you would accept that from law enforcement

can do responding to this type of call god help us if everyone gets to carry a firearm

Why do Americans do stupid things, which put themselves in the position to be confronted by police?  

According to media reports, the police told the kid to put his hands up multiple times and he reached for the gun. Problem is he was a kid and made a huge mistake. The cops were told it was a "guy" and I am sure they assumed it to be an adult by that description.  

Plenty of children are aware of the dangers that possessing a replica fire arm can bring.

Yep, at the rate the cops are carrying on their jobs, it won’t too long to get to what you describe ass hole. One day, all of the gun worshippers will kill each other off and waiting for that day.

The brain dead, the stupid, the scumbags support everyone in authority blindly. Why? They do not have brain capacity to ask intelligent questions.  

the police would react that way.

its a shame it's not normal practice in EVERY jurisdiction.

Every single one of them have GOD COMPLEX. They think they are the Gods lording over the public. This is exactly what happens when you give power without accountability. Politicians have given law enforcement too much power, they can shoot, spy and take private property without accountability.  

dolt.

Perhaps you should stop depicting yourself as a complicit person.

wastes of oxygen criminals like one in St.Louis , Skittles boy , 3/4 of the west side of Chicago and these two future pillars of society .  

breath and didn't want to see him lose his job during the holidays . I told him I would take care of the damage to my vehicle and that he needed to get before the cops showed up. He was AA by the way.  You , Mr. Everybody is a racist , would have called the cops and your insurance company because you are a pussy ! That's what my Blasian says about you .  

Shockingly you missed my point. First degree murder is premeditated. This wasn't.

look you old shriveled up raisin. go trim the fro in your ears so you can hear this If you can read this out loud to yourself without slobbering all over your self.