Racism is dead! Also, black man shoots son accidentally, is charged with murder. [View all]

[Robb]

ATLANTA -- The father of the 18-month-old child shot and killed by a BB gun in an Atlanta apartment complex was charged with murder on Friday afternoon.

According to Atlanta Police, the child's father, 23-year-old Jesse Sellers fired the shot on accident. Sellers will be charged with 2nd degree cruelty to children and felony murder.

11Alive's Jeremy Campbell spoke to neighbors at the Boynton Village Apartments. They said the baby, Jesstin Sellers was trembling when the ambulance arrived shortly after.

Dickerson told 11Alive's Matt Pearl that Sellers was trying to scare his young son with the BB rifle, and did not realize it was loaded. The father usually kept the gun stored away.

Read More: http://www.11alive.com/news/article/304686/40/Father-accidentally-shoots-18-month-old-son-with-BB-gun

I'll be interested to hear theories of why so much gun dumb-shittery like this gets the "Oh, it was an accident, he's been punished enough" treatment, and this guy gets the book thrown at him.