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Originally Posted by Socks
If the cop was "scared" of getting shot, wait until he tries to sleep at night for the next 10 to 15 years. He just shot a child with a toy gun. That's scary.
imo common sense says you wait to hear a gunshot in this situation. I think we can assume that they were behind their cars for protection, wearing vests, and that any other children were cleared away at this point. If I'm a cop, and it's a child on a playground, I'm not shooting until I hear real gunshots.
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I wish there were some kind of video or eye witness account of this situation. Maybe there is and we just haven't seen it. In most cases where a gun may be in play the cops are trained to use their cars as cover. If they had their cars as cover they had no real excuse to shoot this kid. They could have drawn on him and if he pulled a gun out and shot they could have taken him down ASAP. If there are no cars for cover (or there are others around that are in danger) the situation changes.
In many cases they are not trained to just let a guy shoot before they shoot him. Imagine if it were a real gun and the guy pulled it out and got a shot off and hat shot killed an innocent bystander. The cops would get hammered for not acting fast enough.
Sadly, many of these situations are situations where the police likely can't win no matter what the outcome.