Texas Death Offers Grim Reminder That Gun Replicas Can Fool Police

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11. "...Gun Replicas Can Fool Police"

"In recent years, dozens of police officers in Texas, California, Maryland, Florida and elsewhere have shot children and adults armed with what they believed were handguns but that were determined later to be BB guns or other types of air pistols."

“It’s a dangerous game you want to play, if you’re going to carry a gun that looks authentic,” said Detective Jose J. Trevino, a Brownsville police spokesman."

....police are not mind readers and can not be expected to make perfect calls of life and death in milliseconds....yet, a fifteen year old child is dead....

.....someone has to be responsible, someone's to blame....lacking in adult judgment, I consider the child the victim....

"...Gun Replicas Can Fool Police"....yes, maybe so, but under the circumstances, the police should not be considered victims and should be held accountable for their judgment....