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Originally posted by Eaten By Lions
Also BYE at people defending the damn cops. They should have identified themselves. Clearly if this kid lives in a bad area he may feel compelled to carry a gun. It could have been for self defense reasons.
And YES. They were in that area to look for trouble. It was unprovoked. It was a needless death.
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That's no excuse for a 16 year old to have a gun. I lived in the slums of Memphis for 11 years, where people burned down their neighbors' houses, killed people(in bulk), and I've been assaulted there too, and I nor my family have felt "compelled" to ever get a gun. The most we had was a knife,
in the house.
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Originally posted by YourMadGesty
"Two officers exited their vehicle and attempted to speak with the young man around 11:25 p.m., according to police, when Kimani allegedly turned on them and pointed a .38 caliber pistol at the cops."
Sorry, but that's how police officers/undercovers are trained to react. That kid could have easily harmed an innocent bystander. They did what they had to do. Still RIP to the kid.
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Originally posted by Lucas32
If he pulls out a gun they have the right to shoot him
Sure they could've aimed for the leg but it's not worth 10 pages of complaining when the cops were clearly right
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Originally posted by MP2K
this fool had criminal records, he's a thug, he's no Tray Martin .
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I don't get how something so simple is so hard to comprehend. The cops did NOT have time to think it out. I would have shot the kid too. When someone is holding a gun to your head, you don't stop and think "Will they kill me?","Let me take into account where the kid lives..he's probably using that for protection.", etc. You think "Holy **** he's about to shoot me."
They did what they were trained to do. I'm not going to stop and "think it through" when my life is at risk. And I don't mean this in an offensive way, but in the area they were in, I would expect to be shot.