'They are babies!' Bystanders plead with Georgia officers as they hold 5 black children at gunpoint

[kytngirl]

14. All is not as it seems...

I read an article where the kids were playing with a "gun" - tossing it back and forth. They were also shadow boxing. Someone called cops and the kids tossed the "gun" in some bushes. They complied with the officer's command. The officer had to make sure the kids did not have a weapon before he holstered his. They did not. However, they admitted they were playing with a BB gun. Backup officers found it in the bushes. The officer explained to them how dangerous it was to play with a weapon that looked real. Their parents were called to pick them up. I'm sure their parents gave them a lecture too.

The officers said it was the by-standers who agitated the situation. As much as I support the current movement, I have to stand with the police on this one. Just think if they had rolled up on those kids while they were playing with that gun. The officer was right to talk to them about the dangers of playing with a BB gun that looks exactly like a real gun. I think, I hope, I pray, he saved a life down the road by talking to those kids today about the danger of this kind of thing.