The officers were told by dispatch that there may be a kid with a gun on the playground. Then, the kid REACHED INTO HIS PANTS when told to put up his hands. And not into a pocket like he's going for a phone or wallet, but the front of his pants where he has no reasonable excuse to reach.
This entire situation boils down to that one movement. It's horrific, but like I said I can't fault the cops for reacting the way they did with the information they had at their disposal. I'm white, and while my encounters with police have been few in my 35 years, there have been enough bad ones that I never make any sudden movements around them anymore.
If someone hadn't given this poor child a "toy" that looked like a lethal weapon, maybe he would have lived long enough to learn this valuable lesson 
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