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In reply to the discussion: Autopsie comfirmed: 13yr old Murdered by Cop [View all]mythology
(9,527 posts)It doesn't actually work that way. Stop watching so many movies. What happens if they shoot to injure and a criminal is then able to continue killing? Or what happens when a shot to the leg hits the femoral artery? Or can the cops be trained to avoid that too? Maybe we could give cops paintball guns or water guns.
There isn't yet enough evidence to say if the cop is guilty of anything other than making a mistake. But at this point, it looks like the kid made a couple of mistakes too in carrying around a realistic fake weapon, not putting it down when ordered and then turning toward the police with it. Maybe the cops' account is wrong, but maybe it's right. The autopsy suggests that the eye witness who said the majority of shots were fired when the kid was face down on the ground is wrong.