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In reply to the discussion: Deputy who shot Santa Rosa boy identified [View all]udbcrzy2
(891 posts)103. I hate that this happened
The kid had to have been laying on the ground as many times as this deputy shot him. I also understand that only 3 bullets were recovered from his body. This tells me that he had entrance and exit wounds. He mutilated this kid.
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Something like 50-60% of all police hires are ex-military and many are combat vets
leveymg
Oct 2013
#1
At a minimum, what needs to change is the mind-set that the U.S. populace is the enemy.
AnotherMcIntosh
Oct 2013
#40
From the reports I read, the kid had a replica that was made to look like the real.
Agnosticsherbet
Oct 2013
#6
If they have them in their hands, are told to drop them, and turn toward the police with them
jtuck004
Oct 2013
#13
You say "poor parenting." It may be if the parents could not choose a neighborhood where a deputy
AnotherMcIntosh
Oct 2013
#47
problem is people cut the orange off, also there are guns that look like the toy ones
loli phabay
Oct 2013
#60
Required and actually present may be two different things. There are thousands of cars on the road
jtuck004
Oct 2013
#63
All those "ifs." And when the conditions are not met, the cops can just make up their stories and
AnotherMcIntosh
Oct 2013
#45
You say that you "have been in similar situations". So you are pro-cop. Got it.
AnotherMcIntosh
Oct 2013
#65
How ironic. You don't want to see "an innocent kid mowed down by some crazy with a gun."
Comrade Grumpy
Oct 2013
#77
All the whiners need to don a uniform and take to the street with the responsibilty.
jtuck004
Oct 2013
#128
This was murder. Legal murder. The police didnt think they were in danger. They
rhett o rick
Oct 2013
#93
Think what you want, but you don't know what was in his mind. We threw his ass
jtuck004
Oct 2013
#97
WE, as in the state, put an ad out and asked for people, hired him, Fucking TRAINED him,
jtuck004
Oct 2013
#105
You try to justify shooting the boy 7 times. Was he still twitching? This looks like murder.
rhett o rick
Oct 2013
#101
Others here answered your question. If a person turns towards the police pointing what they
Agnosticsherbet
Oct 2013
#19
It would depend on the circumstances, but I wouldn't care to bet my life on
Agnosticsherbet
Oct 2013
#23
A deputy licensed to kill should be able to tell the difference between child-size 13-year olds and
AnotherMcIntosh
Oct 2013
#44
1) No gun was being held except by the cop. Not one official claims otherwise.
AnotherMcIntosh
Oct 2013
#111
You say "any reasonable person ..." There were two LEOs. The one with 11 years of experience
AnotherMcIntosh
Oct 2013
#118
Neither of those assertions, if true, changes the basics of what I have said
quakerboy
Oct 2013
#123
There is no factual basis for your claim that "any reasonable person" would have thought he was
AnotherMcIntosh
Oct 2013
#124
airsoft and other companies make the replicas to look exactly like the real thing apart from
loli phabay
Oct 2013
#32
When discussing the 13-year old, you said "gangs". Did the cop claim that he was with a gang?
AnotherMcIntosh
Oct 2013
#69
no, but you keep stating the fact he was a thirteen year old regardless if the gun was real or not
loli phabay
Oct 2013
#70
The point you missed is that normal size 13-year old kids with toy guns don't look like adults or
AnotherMcIntosh
Oct 2013
#75
normal size thirteen year olds are members of gangs and cartels, same as abnormal size thirteen
loli phabay
Oct 2013
#79
This was a Latino kid in a poor neighborhood--of course he was a gang-banger.
Comrade Grumpy
Oct 2013
#125
Big strong manly man who likes to roll around on the ground with other guys.
Spitfire of ATJ
Oct 2013
#30
...Still wondering why there are TOYS made for children that look like the real thing...
AndyA
Oct 2013
#28
There have been realistic toy guns almost as long as there have been real guns
Evelyn Gordon
Oct 2013
#82
Above someone posted that the toy had a bright orange tip, which had been cut off.
CrispyQ
Oct 2013
#107
Sickening - a shame someone like this was allowed to be in a position of power
dbackjon
Oct 2013
#34
You're saying it should be a death-penalty offense to carry one of these? n/t
Duer 157099
Oct 2013
#58
They dress like military. They by and large don't live in the city let alone the areas they ...
marble falls
Oct 2013
#50
So what law was this child breaking? Why was he being stopped and questioned?
A Simple Game
Oct 2013
#66
Yes, absolutely and immediately upon knowing the victim committed no crime.
mountain grammy
Oct 2013
#71
When I was a teen me and my friend were carrying bb guns home from the creek
The Straight Story
Oct 2013
#84
Absolutely amazing; twisting every which way to blame everything and anyone...
MindPilot
Oct 2013
#116