gedaliyah@lemmy.worldM to News@lemmy.world · 5 months agoPolice in New York shoot and kill 13-year-old holding a pellet gun, authorities saywww.pbs.orgexternal-linkmessage-square64fedilinkarrow-up1347arrow-down14file-textcross-posted to: thepoliceproblem@lemmy.world
arrow-up1343arrow-down1external-linkPolice in New York shoot and kill 13-year-old holding a pellet gun, authorities saywww.pbs.orggedaliyah@lemmy.worldM to News@lemmy.world · 5 months agomessage-square64fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: thepoliceproblem@lemmy.world
An officer in upstate New York shot and killed a teen fleeing while pointing a replica gun, police said Saturday.
minus-squareHegar@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up7arrow-down5·5 months agoYes, unarmed. As in not bearing a weapon. A toy is not a weapon and poses no threat at all.
minus-squareEbby@lemmy.ssba.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down11·5 months agoThat’s why toys have red tips. If there is no red tip, as in a replica, it looks and assumed to be real.
Yes, unarmed. As in not bearing a weapon. A toy is not a weapon and poses no threat at all.
That’s why toys have red tips. If there is no red tip, as in a replica, it looks and assumed to be real.