You're out of your depth commenting on the toy gun, unless you were there and saw what the officer saw, heard what the officers heard, and had the experiences of those officers in that neighborhood.
@AV8R :
The timeline is already public record. FACT: The officer fired shots within seconds of arriving on the scene. And they failed to issue first aid... the family has filed a civil suit.... the cops didn't face any charges because they are given the benefit of the doubt for such things.
I doubt any cop intentionally kills a kid with a toy gun, I feel bad for the cop having to live with the knowledge he killed an innocent boy. But as the scenario of innocent people getting shot seems to be repeating, over and over again, the perception is that number of cops making very poor split second decisions is on the rise. Is that something that could be addressed? And if so how?
Or do we pretend its not an issue and stick our heads in the sand?