California officer shoots and kills boy, 15, holding gardening tool
California officer shoots and kills boy, 15, holding gardening tool
Civil rights advocates call for release of police bodycam video after Ryan Gainer killed on Saturday by deputy responding to 911 call
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I've seen enough body cam incidents to know the papers can say one thing and events revealed later by the footage depict another. General police guidance of use of lethal force is when there is an imminent danger to safety so it boils down to whether the kid charged a cop or a member of his family or not.
Have you seen the acorn cop video?
I've seen plenty of clips where the cops are in the wrong. Idiot cops firing pistols by accident or shooting in the absence of imminent threat. And that's why I support body worn cameras and full disclosure. Is is also why I am extremely skeptical of newspapers jumping to conclusions in the absence of the footage. It is very easy for relatives of the deceased to decry the cops as racist, or trigger happy and it be reported as such. And then the footage comes out and it shows something completely different.
Release the footage then. It's insane that this boy was shot and killed.
there was some footage floating around 4chan depicting someone running at the police officer brandishing a shovel
That's exactly right, release the footage and stop jumping to conclusions.
But the poster you are responding to did jump to a conclusion. I hope you're pointing that out.
A lot of people voting me down very clearly know the truth because the newspaper told them so. Despite lacking the footage to make that judgement.