tonyparra

Hey there, i dont hang around these parts much anymore and Im sure my post will fall on deaf ears and eyes but I always swing around to check out the board when I get a check or email from someone (few and and between these days lol)

Anyways I live in cleveland, and I get my haircut where some cops also get theirs. The kid in a description as described by a cop was mischievous but not bad, he did spend alot of time at the rec center and parents did not ever come to pick him up etc, when he did cause trouble the cop would talk to him but that was all that was needed. Basically to the cops who worked Cudell regularly he was well known and possibly unsupervised alot.

Unfortunately, the responding patrol did something very odd that goes against any and all training, that is, they pulled their patrol car within feet of the suspect who is reported as possessing and displaying a handgun, which has scared members of the public. Additionally, the driver pulls up in such a way that his passenger (the shooter) cannot safely deploy, assess the situation, take cover, and make a fitting decision. If the patrol had responded by placing a safe distance between the suspect and themselves, there is a significant probability this would have been a quickly resolved non-incident. Who pulls "into" the scene of a potential crime and dumps their patrol partner within feet of an armed suspect? This death is the result of a complete procedural disaster.

Im convinced that the kid never really heard or understood the officers command. You have literally around 2 seconds from when the officer deploys till when he fires so he basically hopped out shooting. The kid wasnt threatening anyone or pointing the toy at anyone, he did not break any laws. Ohio is an open carry state, and he was not in violation of the law. This case differs from Mike Brown by the fact the victim did not commit a crime before or during his encounter with the police.

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