This is such a fucked up thread on so many levels.
One side want's to make all cops out to be trigger-happy psychos who only took the job so they can shoot people, and the other side that the kid had it coming for just being a dumb kid.
BTW, Xenophage - you have called the kid a thug twice now, is there more to this story than in the original article that supports that label?
Every day you hear stories about kids with guns. While it is certainly a tragedy, I think the cops responding to a call of someone brandishing a weapon that turned out to be a realistic toy are in the clear on this one.