New Jersey cops shoot Radazz Hearn — an unarmed black 14-year-old — seven times as he pulls up pants

[discntnt_irny_srcsm]

Should the cops be trusted more with guns than an average citizen?
If so, why?

http://www.rawstory.com/2015/08/new-jersey-cops-shoot-radazz-hearn-an-unarmed-black-14-year-old-seven-times-as-he-pulls-up-pants/

Hearns was shot seven times in the back of his legs and buttocks as he ran from police officers on Friday who confronted him on a Trenton street while responding to a report of shots fired.

The shooting in under investigation by the state Office of the Attorney General because it involved a State Police trooper as well as a Mercer County sheriff's officer, who were in the city as part of a targeted law enforcement initiative to supplement the Trenton Police Department.

The two officers and another State Police trooper saw Hearns and two other males as they were walking along a street. The three officers got out of their vehicle and confronted the trio, and Hearns fled around a townhouse.

[Ed Suspicious]

1. No. Because they've proven they cannot handle their powerful little boomsticks without killing

innocent people.

[discntnt_irny_srcsm]

2. ^^^ this ^^^ n/t

[Locrian]

5. not exactly....

They are being TAUGHT to bring massive and lethal force to bear at the INSTANT they feel the least bit afraid. This is not just bad cops, but the whole cop system that is driving this. The fish rots from the head down....

[Ed Suspicious]

8. I guess I wasn't going for subtlety, but you're spot on.

[TexasMommaWithAHat]

12. What in the shit is wrong with these cops?

sigh

[Travis_0004]

3. They did recover a gun later on the scene

So fingerprints on the gun, and gunshot resude test should be able to prove who's gun it was.

[discntnt_irny_srcsm]

6. and I'm sure they felt in serious danger from the kid...

...as he ran away, so they shot him.



Maybe he was holding the gun. If he was holding a checkbook would they have shot him for writing bad checks?

[libdem4life]

14. That's as easy to fix as illegal drug possession. Well looky here what we found.

[gejohnston]

4. If the article is accurate,

this one smells like a bad shoot. It sounds like the kid was still running while "reaching in his waist band". Although I haven't had the misfortune to be in that situation, it doesn't sound logical to me.
Of course, early reports often turn out to be full of shit. Let's see where this goes. I would suggest a preliminary hearing instead of a grand jury if such a thing is needed.

[discntnt_irny_srcsm]

7. Sounds like a wise idea

Also sounds like a bad shoot but let's see.

[discntnt_irny_srcsm]

9. The Feds are watching as well

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http://www.nj.com/mercer/index.ssf/2015/08/feds_in_nj_watching_states_probe_of_teens_shooting.html

[libdem4life]

10. They now do not have to distinguish "adrenaline rush" from "fearing for their lives".

They are now one in the same.

[discntnt_irny_srcsm]

11. Shouldn't they train for "adrenaline rush"? n/t

[libdem4life]

13. Same as they should be trained not to shoot anyone in the back.

Perhaps they can get that added to their Continuing Education Units. Oh, that's right, they don't have that.

[ManiacJoe]

15. Sometimes shooting in the back is the correct thing to do.

Not saying this is one of those cases.

The initial reporting, as inaccurate as it tends to be, is suggesting a bad shoot.

[libdem4life]

16. ...

[ManiacJoe]

17. I understand your confusion.

Folks often wrongly think that the Bad Guy's gun must be pointed where his chest is pointed. His arms easily reach around his torso to allow him to shoot behind him.

[libdem4life]

18. I'm not confused...I'm sad. It's hardly an easy shot anyway you look at it.

A far-out fear for their lives of a kid's ability to do a Houdini shot compared to the dead-on accuracy to kill of trained LEOs...sorry, not buying the BS.

Over and out.

[ManiacJoe]

19. Bad choices by the Bad Guys often lead to their deaths.

Where someone is shot (front vs back) does not matter as long as the why is valid.

[libdem4life]

20. Repulsive. Reactionary. Regurgitated.

[ManiacJoe]

21. Reading, 'Riting, 'Rithmatic.