The man shot by police in an Ohio Walmart with a toy gun? Surveillance video proves he was no threat

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12. "He didn't really want to be looked at and when people did look at him, he was pointing the gu..."

"He didn't really want to be looked at and when people did look at him, he was pointing the gun at them. He was pointing at people, children walking by."

Google that witness statement if you are curious. Probably ought to look at the entire tape, because further searching indicates there are more witnesses.

If this is true, (and witness statements are often no better than partisan attorney statements), it's not a story about innocent shopper gunned down. For that
matter these days, if true, he and the other shoppers are fortunate some weapon-carrying-good-citizen didn't open up on him and start spraying the store.

Didn't have to happen.

If Walmar$ had a store policy of having ALL things that look like guns locked behind a case or in packaging that can't be removed easily and have an associate present when the case is opened he might no have died there.

I learned this when I was a small child, however. One should never, ever point even a toy gun at strangers, unless they are ready to shoot. This is why.