Autopsie comfirmed: 13yr old Murdered by Cop

[DragonBorn]

44. As one of those progun posters let me repost what I said in an earlier thread

At first the news reports where that a kid armed with a realistic toy AK47 was confronted by cops, told to drop the weapon twice, he refused and then pointed the weapon at officers who then shot him. That while being tragic seems above board. Cops where in legitimate fear of their lives if thats how it went down.

Now reports are saying that the kid was not facing officers when they arrived, had the rifle in his right hand (which appears to mean that he had a one handed grip on the toy and would appear to mean he had it at his side and was carrying it like a briefcase by the receiver or had his hand on the grip. If his hand was on the grip the barrel would be pointed strait up or down towards the ground most likely.) I stress this because if he did not have two hands on the toy it most likely wasn't shouldered in a firing position. That is important because it is doubtful he pointed it at officers while holding it in a single hand.

Now a eyewitness is saying as soon as the kid turned around he was shot by officers who then shot him 6 more times while he was on the ground.

The first situation would be a good (while tragic) shooting. The second situation goes from bad shoot to murder. I really think we need to wait for an investigation to be complete before we make any definitive statements on if this was a good or bad shoot. I'm just wondering if the police should investigate their own shootings, seems like they would be biased. The FBI should be used to investigate shootings where the reason for it is disputed. (I use good / bad in terms of if the police would have been allowed to shoot the kid based on the situation, this is tragic a kid got killed because of a toy)

Sad thing is I was completely on the cop side when they said they confronted him, ordered him to drop it, and then said that he pointed the AK at them. It's looking more like we can't give police officers the benefit of doubt anymore.

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Please note that this article doesn't cooraborate the witnesses account that the kid was shot when he was on the ground but the autopsy should be able to determine that. Lets wait and see what the medical examiner says with regards to the angle of the shots. There should be dash cam footage of the shoot too since both officers took cover behind their open car doors, how about they release the footage and we can all see what actually happened.