Not sure if this belongs in OTBT or PI. Admin, please move if necessary. Thanks.
Another teenager (like Tamir Rice in Cleveland) was shot by the police.
http://www.cnn.com/2016/04/28/us/baltimore-13-year-old-shot/index.html
This happened in Baltimore. A 13 year old carrying a pellet gun that looked like a real gun was shot by the police but he is expected to survive.
IMO many parties are guilty here.
1.The toy gun manufacturer: Why create a dangerous toy like this? Let toys be toys.
2.Parents: They should know by now the risk of carrying something that looks like a real weapon. Why encourage their children to play with such toys? At least talk to them about what can happen.
3.The Police: In this case I think they are the least guilty party. There was no way for them to know that the gun was just a pellet gun. From the picture it looks like a real one. Did they try talking to the kid before shooting him? Did they have a choice? May be not if the gun looked like a real one. However, I think the way the kid was handling the gun should have given them a clue- perhaps. The good thing in this case was that they didn't shoot to kill. In a lot of the controversial cases the police shot and killed the person.
4.Society: The fascination with violent toys needs to end. You buy kids toy guns and they grow up thinking it's cool to carry a real one, and even use it at whim. We don't need more guns. We need more education to get along with each other.
Another teenager (like Tamir Rice in Cleveland) was shot by the police.
http://www.cnn.com/2016/04/28/us/baltimore-13-year-old-shot/index.html
This happened in Baltimore. A 13 year old carrying a pellet gun that looked like a real gun was shot by the police but he is expected to survive.
IMO many parties are guilty here.
1.The toy gun manufacturer: Why create a dangerous toy like this? Let toys be toys.
2.Parents: They should know by now the risk of carrying something that looks like a real weapon. Why encourage their children to play with such toys? At least talk to them about what can happen.
3.The Police: In this case I think they are the least guilty party. There was no way for them to know that the gun was just a pellet gun. From the picture it looks like a real one. Did they try talking to the kid before shooting him? Did they have a choice? May be not if the gun looked like a real one. However, I think the way the kid was handling the gun should have given them a clue- perhaps. The good thing in this case was that they didn't shoot to kill. In a lot of the controversial cases the police shot and killed the person.
4.Society: The fascination with violent toys needs to end. You buy kids toy guns and they grow up thinking it's cool to carry a real one, and even use it at whim. We don't need more guns. We need more education to get along with each other.
