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Originally Posted by KAPPAcino
The media always seems to paint a picture of innocence on a guilty kid.
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He wasn't "guilty". He was "suspected" of a strong-arm robbery in which he stole a $48.99 box of cigars.
And the officer supposedly did not know the teen was a suspect in the robbery. If he committed the robbery, perhaps he was aggressive with the officer because he assumed the officer knew about the robbery. We will never know.
The details of this incident remain to be revealed. I don't assume the circumstances warranted him being shot and I don't assume the officer was in the wrong. I do know the trend of Blacks being shot and beaten by the police (and the increasing trend of armed citizens shooting Blacks). It is the "shoot first, ask questions last" that is disproportionately impacting Blacks, particularly Black men. This is more likely to happen to Blacks, particularly Black men, despite being a small percentage of the U.S. population.