What have we become when a policeman deserves praise for not killing a couple of black kids?
Granted, any kid should know at this point not to be playing with toy guns that look real, especially not out on the streets. Of course, anyone with two brain cells to rub together should be just a little hesitant about assuming that a 12-year-old is playing with a real gun.
I guess police shooting minority kids has become so normalized that it's remarkable when one doesn't.
Seriously?
A white police officer who decided not to shoot a black child who was holding a toy BB pistol was praised on CNN on Wednesday for not killing his suspect.
CNN host Brooke Baldwin began the segment by reminding her viewers that 12-year-old Tamir Rice had been shot and killed by officers in 2014.
She contrast that with her guest, Columbus Police officer Peter Casuccio, who said he went into “dad mode” when he saw two black boys — ages 11 and 13 — playing with what looked like a real gun. Instead of using deadly force on the children, Casuccio decided to talk to them instead.
Granted, any kid should know at this point not to be playing with toy guns that look real, especially not out on the streets. Of course, anyone with two brain cells to rub together should be just a little hesitant about assuming that a 12-year-old is playing with a real gun.
I guess police shooting minority kids has become so normalized that it's remarkable when one doesn't.
Seriously?
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