Here’s What Happened After ‘Black Lives Matter’ Protester Underwent Use of Force Scenarios With Cops

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I laugh when I read what posters here would have done or what the cops should have done in a situation. I can tell you now what Car, Bal, Den, and Dal should have done to win their games this weekend.

Everyone is entitled to their opinion, but if you weren't there then you have no idea what it's like to be in a situation like that. This isn't Call of Duty on Xbox.
 

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How can anyone suggest they're happy with how this was handled?

A 12 year old kid with a toy gun was shot to death.

Because something is "legal" it does not mean it was handled well.
 

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How can anyone suggest they're happy with how this was handled?

A 12 year old kid with a toy gun was shot to death.

Because something is "legal" it does not mean it was handled well.

A Patrick McIrish sighting?

You should have said "A 12-year-old kid with a toy gun was shot to death because he was pointing a gun that looked real at park patrons and the cops."

Cop wanted to go home at night to see his family after his shift. If you don't want to get shot, don't point weapons at the cops. Stop making excuses for idiots.
 

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You seem like an okay dude except when it comes to this stuff, your bias is always out on full display.

The obvious way to handle this is put some room between you and the 12 year old kid. Shield yourself with your car, start issuing commands.

If he's been pointing at others and hadn't fired yet, why would he believe he was going to start at that moment?

But more importantly why put yourself and the kid in immediate danger?

Only you would suggest an officer barrels right in face to face with an "armed" 12 year old kid and then has to blow him away in seconds was the way to handle this.

I'd say give yourself some distance, use common sense methods to protect yourself and then find out what the real deal is.

Got a feeling if it was your 12 year old it wouldn't be so easy to accept.
 

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BTW I love the "go home to see my family" excuse every time poor judgment is used. If that was true, and not just a cool saying the public sucks up, don't barrel in to go head up with an "armed" opponent.

Watch Cops and see how much they protect themselves if they even think someone in the car is armed. Yet this cowboy rushes in ready to confront someone immediately?

Because of that reckless move he was either unwilling or unable to get to the truth of what was going on.

Anytime an unarmed 12 year old kid is needlessly shot to death it's a tragedy IMO, regardless of skin color.
 

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Personally, if I am the cop - I am not pulling up within feet of some dude that is supposed to be pointing a gun - because I do not want to put myself in cant miss target range - i would park on the street and tell his ass to drop the gun and go from there - but regardless, once they pull up u can't blame them for shooting someone with a gun in their hand - if someone is in close distance and they have a gun u just don't have time to make calculated drawn out decisions
 

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Pat, the police were not told it was a 12 year old boy with a toy gun - they were told it was a dude with a gun - at least I think that's the case
 

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Understood. My point is exactly what you led with.....

ZERO reason to put yourself (and the kid) in immediate danger where he had to "protect himself".

Again, that was the decision that made this end in a negative fashion.

Yes, according to others his ass is covered but does not mean it was handled well.
 

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You seem like an okay dude except when it comes to this stuff, your bias is always out on full display.

The obvious way to handle this is put some room between you and the 12 year old kid. Shield yourself with your car, start issuing commands.

If he's been pointing at others and hadn't fired yet, why would he believe he was going to start at that moment?

But more importantly why put yourself and the kid in immediate danger?

Only you would suggest an officer barrels right in face to face with an "armed" 12 year old kid and then has to blow him away in seconds was the way to handle this.

I'd say give yourself some distance, use common sense methods to protect yourself and then find out what the real deal is.

Got a feeling if it was your 12 year old it wouldn't be so easy to accept.

I'm not really sure what this means.

If it was my 12-year-old, I would accept responsibility my son did something wrong. That's the problem in the U.S. today. Everyone wants to blame someone else, ask for handouts or generally just sue someone because of their own actions.

Face it, if this kid was not pointing a gun that appeared to be real at people, he'd be alive today. That's the end of the story. His actions caused his own death. it's sad but reality.
 

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Understood. My point is exactly what you led with.....

ZERO reason to put yourself (and the kid) in immediate danger where he had to "protect himself".

Again, that was the decision that made this end in a negative fashion.

Yes, according to others his ass is covered but does not mean it was handled well.

The kid put himself in danger by his own actions LOL.
 

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If every 12 year old died that made a mistake, pretty sure you or I wouldn't be here.

I've probably pointed a toy gun at people a thousand times at least.

And what in hell does handouts have to do with this?

That's where you always reveal what these situations are about to you.

In your mind since blacks are guilty of not working, crime or whatever, this 12 year old "deserves" what he got. Sad.

Someone else said it, you're never going to admit being wrong.

You can't even admit the cop could have handled this better.

A white cop shot a black kid to death, even though he was in no danger, and you're happy with the result?

I feel bad for you man, I really do. Moving on, seen this guy's hatred before, it's depressing to read.

RIP to the kid, prayers for his parents.
 

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If every 12 year old died that made a mistake, pretty sure you or I wouldn't be here.

I've probably pointed a toy gun at people a thousand times at least.

And what in hell does handouts have to do with this?

That's where you always reveal what these situations are about to you.

In your mind since blacks are guilty of not working, crime or whatever, this 12 year old "deserves" what he got. Sad.

Someone else said it, you're never going to admit being wrong.

You can't even admit the cop could have handled this better.

A white cop shot a black kid to death, even though he was in no danger, and you're happy with the result?

I feel bad for you man, I really do. Moving on, seen this guy's hatred before, it's depressing to read.

RIP to the kid, prayers for his parents.

So, instead of discussing the issue, you make it personal. You say I don't admit I'm wrong? Why, because you think you're right? It's not about right or wrong. It's about having a difference of an opinion. I'm not going to make it personal.

This isn't a racial issue. I've never ever made anything racial on this board. Think again bud.
 

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The kid put himself in danger by his own actions LOL.

And so did the officer. His mistake was barreling in on an "armed" 12 year old, LOL.

He should have kept his distance if he really "wanted to go home to his family".

Silly to suggest he played this thing right. Why voluntarily endanger himself?

Both made mistakes, yet only one died.

Bottom line - an innocent kid that could in no way harm the officer was blown away.

How this could please you is beyond me.

Yes, the kid probably made a mistake, but a better officer would not have put himself in a position so he had to kill the kid before getting to the truth.

'Nuff said.
 

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And so did the officer. His mistake was barreling in on an "armed" 12 year old, LOL. He should have kept his distance if he really "wanted to go home to his family".

Silly to suggest he played this thing right.

Both made mistakes, yet only one died.

Bottom line - an innocent kid that could in no way harm the officer was blown away by the poor decision of the police.

And at the end of the day, the District Attorney looked at it closely and determined the cop did nothing wrong. The law is the law.

I don't like that a kid died because he did something stupid but that's the reality of the situation. The law sides with the cop.
 

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I don't like that a kid died because he did something stupid but that's the reality of the situation.

Yep, and a lot of people don't like that an unarmed 12 year old died because the officer did something stupid.

I don't see skin color in these things, to me it's easy. A kid and an adult involved, the adult supposedly a professional, made a mistake too.

Only the child had to pay for it.

That whole "he pointed the gun at me" buys you a lot of liberties if you have a badge. Just a real world heads up for you.

The cops life was never in danger, had he used his training he would have found that out rather than resort to deadly force immediately.

I guess it was easier to blow him away than waste time getting to the bottom of it.
 

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A Patrick McIrish sighting?

You should have said "A 12-year-old kid with a toy gun was shot to death because he was pointing a gun that looked real at park patrons and the cops."

Cop wanted to go home at night to see his family after his shift. If you don't want to get shot, don't point weapons at the cops. Stop making excuses for idiots.
You sure are a dumb son of a bitch
 

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