Authorities in Utica, New York are investigating after officers shot and killed a 13-year-old boy Friday night. Michael George reports for CBS New York.
They LIED. He never displayed a gun. The BB gun was in his shirt/pants, they never knew until they tackled him and began beating him. They had NO clue, 1000% a lie.
The kid was restrained on the ground in the dark. The police officer punched him then shot him. It looked like an execution. I guarantee he didn't even see a weapon. I have the video without the blur.
@warewolven yes he had a fake gun yes he ran but still gives the cops no reason to shoot a 13-year-old boy his Brain is not fully developed he’s not an adult yet
well when death -this way -comes to your house, it will be 100% your fault!!!!! I'm sure that you are a white person because only y'all would say something like what you said! NC
He ran from the police. He pulls out a pistol. The officer has about 1 second to determine if the pistol is a 38, a 45, a 9mm, a cap gun, a squirt gun, or maybe a pellet gun. What if it wasn’t a pellet gun. Would the officer get to see his family again? You already know the answer. …Parents! Do your job, teach your children, and this type of tragedy will be next to unheard of.
It wasn’t even a pistol, get ur story straight. Your kids are probably embarrassed of you, if ur single… I can tell bc smo like u don’t deserve to be happy.
The officer who shot was a second officer who came up behind after the first had already taken down and subdued the kid, he then proceeded to shoot the kid point blank when he was already on the ground.
13 year old out at night commiting crime with a pellet gun. Come on. The cops shouldnt have to decide whether the "gun" is lethal or not in just seconds. That kid should've known he was risking his life doing what he was doing. Its still a sad loss but not a conspiracy.
Most likely the cops planted that "pellet gun" later in the scene, the cop shot him just 1 second after another cop tackled then punched the kid, it looks like an accidental discharge when the finger was on the trigger.
You know this is getting old. This is a tragedy no matter how it’s viewed but people I’m sorry you have to wake up. It’s very important that you stop demanding justice and start demanding better parenting and accountability. A 13 year old is dead but that cop has to hold that on his conscience while he lives. Also hate to break the news but a Glock 17 pellet gun replica looks exactly like the real thing, if you idiots think that the officer has the time to examine such weapon for authenticity in a few seconds while thinking his own life is about to be taken and he himself has a family to get home to and bills to pay, maybe yall should start applying to be cops and do a better job in that situation
Most likely the cops planted that "pellet gun" later in the scene, the cop shot him just 1 second after another cop tackled then punched the kid, it looks like an accidental discharge when the finger was on the trigger.
@@advancedmonkey7702 Gtfoh with that foolishness. I see you're passing propaganda on the majority of this comments, cut the bs. You aren't convincing anyone who has a mind.
@@advancedmonkey7702 anything is possible I suppose but what if they didn’t? Also how many similar instances to we need to see where it was clear that the cops planted nothing but somehow even when armed and attacking cops we always find away to make everyone else but the cops a victim? Something gotta change and I hate to tell you it’s not always the cops or their training. A vast majority of police encounters are a result of an actual crime being committed so if we want to continue to just cherry pick encounters based on race or age when statistics say something completely different then maybe we need to start sending the victims to their own part of the country or to their home countries which they love to represent more than the country they were actually born in and remove the bad bad police and let that play out for a few years so we can come back to reality. Fact of the matter is you hate cops so much? Always want to blame them? Stop committing crimes and being a low life citizen, after a couple years of crime stats dropping, the policing budget will automatically start lowering in cities due to lack of need and either reallocated elsewhere or pocketed by your perfect politicians
We need better police. You can't call them law enforcement because none of the know the law muchless constitutional rights. Most of them are just bully thugs with a authority complex
@@bfreeman2121 unless you have someone breaking in your home with a gun. What then??? You give up your gun rights to let the streets take over with theirs??
Because he’s a literal child. Tf is wrong with you? He was 13 years old and already pinned to the ground. At best, the officer accidentally discharged his gun and they’re trying to save face. It’s gross negligence and these are people we are supposed to trust to protect us?
I feel bad for the kid, but you gotta realize, run from the cops, pull a gun out, it was a gun, a pellet gun. What do you expect? "Sir, can you stop please so i can examine your gun to see if its deadly. Ok thank you, its not deadly so you may point it at me" ???
Don't forget that it was at night AND the cops were already at alert status from just the car stop alone, in what I'm sure is not the safest part of town.
You don't run from the police, otherwise you're presumed criminal. Easy as that. You don't carry and handle a gun, otherwise, you're presumed dangerous... Easier impossible.
Somebody just lost their 13 year old child to what was likely just a dumb game. Think about what it takes for 3 grown men to tackle a 13 year old to the ground before shooting them.
what about the cop? 3 cops. chasing a kid who had his back turned, 1 tackled him and punched him and the other just pulled the trigger like he was waiting for it his whole life. but let’s look at the parents first.
@troy4057 Really ? Teach your kids to run from the cops. How about this, teach your kids not to break the law, and be home at a set time. This kid was 13 and doing stupid things late at night, he then runs and points a gun at police. What outcome did you expect ? His parents are to blame for his tragic death and poor parenting.
@@MikeMike-du2ui better to be called a Marxist then to be an actual fascist who is down with state sponsored killings and having to pay out endless lawsuits as a result. Use critical thinking skills there buddy
If my 13 year old son was running from cops i know he wouldn't feel like it was a good time to pull out a fake gun! Its very sad but why would he choose then to show a fake gun
@@user-lf6hu2bi7o Cry more kid. I'm not saying the kid was innocent. He had a pellet gun on him but he wasn't threatening any cop with it. He was running with it and the pigs got scared and shot him. They literally have the body cam. So hush it child
I'm rarely on the cops side but in this case what were they supposed to do? Where were the parents? Why was he even involved in that type of situation? It seems like everyone loves running away from accountability in today's society. These kids are out of control and all people want to do is point fingers smh
You display a gun in a tense situation w a millisecond to think and react! Come on!! Seriously?! Teach your kids to respect the law and law enforcement. Come on! Kid was irresponsible. You cannot blame law enforcement here. Let's engage reason here.
Instead of yelling at the cops, try educating the public. Anti-police protests make people feel angry. Those angry people then get defiant in confrontations with police. AND THAT IS WHAT CAUSES THE POLICE TO SHOOT. So the adults need to quit acting like children and need to teach kids to respect the police. If the police yell at you to stop, you should stop. If you have a weapon or anything that looks like a weapon, you should stop and put your hands up. This is not the police officer's fault. It doesn't matter that it wasn't a real gun. The kid ran. The kid had a gun. The officer was protecting himself and the community. Educate yourselves, educate your kids. Stop teaching hate for the police.
It isn't the officer's job to wait until he's actually been shot before defending himself when a fleeing suspect pulls a gun. There was no other possible outcome to this series of events.
@@TheBigSlippy Their job is literally to put themselves in harms way for not only the safety of the community but also to serve justice to criminals, not execute them in the street. People seem to forget that the key objective is to try everything in their power to bring the suspect in *alive.*
What people don't realize about these "replica" pellet guns is that they're (exact copies) of the real thing in almost every aspect, so much so that criminals are using them to commit robberies nation wide. If a cop lets his guard down when someone is going for a weapon, he's dead. It's very unfortunate what happened here ... but was there really any other choice? It seems to be open season on cops lately, and I don't believe they the luxury of waiting around to see what type of weapon they're about to get blasted with. Sad times for all of us.
@@WillFranceschihe pulled a gun on him though, whats your point?🤔 so if it was real let the officer just be the victim instead, I dont see your point?
To all you keyboard warriors out there, body cam from the police: ua-cam.com/video/FgEtvK-8MmY/v-deo.html . While the boy did make stupid decisions, him getting shot was unnecessary. One officer already pinned him down, the 2nd officer standing up pulling the trigger. To argue that the officer feared for his life as a defense doesn't work. The officer on top already had it under control. The trigger happy officer is the one who needs better training.
How the cops gonna know if the gun is real or not? Wait to get shot first? Whats he doing out at night with it? Nothing good, probably. He knows he's up to no good, which is why he ran. Then, he makes the stupid decision to produce it while fighting to get away. Awful but lawful sorry to say.
Perhaps the altercation in the beginning was the kids fault, as was his flauting of the toy. But body cams have proved that one cop held him down, with weapon unreachable, while another executed him.
If you flee from law enforcement under darkness and brandish a weapon that is of indistinguishable type, you're asking for what this young man received. Very sad. Also very predictable.
@@robertscott5895 Could just as easily say the same about you. Could have been a real gun and an officer shot, of which you could careless about. So, try again
Asian here, and this is not totally fault of the police. We can't just blame them when the kid pulled a fake gun on cops. I would say this whether the kid was asian white or black. I'm glad to see that our Asian community is not quick to support the kid just because he was Asian. His parents failed him.
I'm sure you're not alone amongst your race,See we ain't gotta worry about y'all, we gotta worry about cbs news,who tried so hard last year to get ∆sians involved with support of BLM,remember?
You could've just said it, nobody needed to know your nationality, and it shouldn't matter what the kids was. What matters is that he was a 13 year old kid that got shot after they already tackled him to the ground. The cops got scared and they pulled the trigger. You can see them jump when it happens. Not knowing where your child is _is_ bad parenting, but don't try to make excuses for the failure of these officers to do everything in their power to bring the suspect in alive.
@@sjenkins91812he had a nearly identical replica of a Glock 17. You people are so dumb! Maybe don’t pull a fake gun on police at night? Hella dumb ong.
Officers have to make split second decisions every day. If someone is running from the police and they say stop and then you pull.out a gun? Real or not, the consequences of YOUR actions, determine the outcome. You cannot scream for justice for a kid running the streets at night with a gun. Real or not. This is sad that the kid lost his life. Where were his parents? It doesnt matter what your age is. Under these circumstances, there could be nonother outcome. It is time.parents start being parents and quit trying to be your kids best friend. Teach them right from wrong. Teach them to respect authority and police officers. Teach them to respect their elders. Stop making excuses for their bad behavior. It is high time children AND adults are held accountable for their actions. Do stupid stuff, expect negative outcomes. If any one of you think it is so easy being a cop - you go to the police academy and see just how easy it is. The abuse that officers experience daily is directly linked to why so many officers are quitting or retiring early. They do a thankless job protecting thankless people.
Improper parenting, misplaced blame, and a “community” that is not all that bright. Et voilà, that’s what you see here. Suddenly they are outraged while there is no focus on personal responsibility. It is never the fault of the individual, that is the assumption here. That is why this keeps happening.
I can only go off what I saw on the video, which was not that clear and was blurred. I saw someone running from the cops, one cop proceeds to tackle the person then punches him somewhere in the face or head and then shoots him once and backs up as if it was an accident. I know what the news reported but I see better than I hear.
I have the video of the incident because one of my friends posted it on social media. It was night time, they threw this kid to the ground, threw a punch at him and shot him. It looked like an execution.
This is for sure a tragedy. But what is wrong with these kids in trying to run? You don't have to be an adult to know you're not going to win. Then pull a gun on top of it. You can't expect a cop to know it's fake.
Im not against the police,but this was bad policing, he had a pellet gun, you cannot tell the difference especially in the dark, but also they had the kid down already,so why shoot him? Unless after he was down he aimed it at the cops? Still to many questions, also parents need to teach their kids that its no a game out here and people have real 🔫 s. And also why was this 13yr old riding around with a glock pellet gun? Aint noone tell him thats a good way to get unalived? This kid was failed on so many aspects of life, he might have been carrying it thinking he has opps cus all theis drill music videos making theis kids thinking they need opps, im not saying it's rapper faults,but kids especially this generation feels like they have to have opps and also this generation is being forced to grow up quicker now, SMH all he had to do is stay in that car and not show that 🔫, he could have told the cops he has a pellet gun on him and worst that would have happened is they would have taken it from him and had his parents come pick it up.smh, this is a bad situation and truth is cops wanna go home safe as well, so teach your kids to just be kids and also be aware and dont let them be around people that make them feel like they need a toy 🔫 to be hard around,cus he probably thought he was showing off and being a gangster and nothing good comes from that, another child lost because of bad choices and high stress.smh sad, even if the kid was in the wrong still r.i.p to him, he was still a baby playing big boy games and it cost him his life,sad for his family may he rip,and also the officer who shot him probably thought he was saving his partners life and probably feels like crap that he killed a kid, or maybe he doesn't,the point is we all dont know,cus we wasn't their and video only shows an outside look,unless you have ever been chased or shot at or fear of being shot,it puts you into this survivor mode and time happens so quickly then slows down like the matrix,im gonna wait gor the body cam to come out to see the full storyline,either way this isn't good. Rip
Now what did the kid do? Promise me when I tell you this most cops don’t wanna shoot someone especially a kid unless they feel as their life’s are in danger
I live around here and the neighbors say he was wreaking havoc in the neighborhood for a while now. He was breaking into peoples homes and stealing, using the fake gun for intimidation. Caught on quite a few surveillance videos, I blame the parents not the police.
I absolutely love how everytime something like this happens, they go and dig for the 3 year old picture of them holding some certificate or something ahahah
Why was this kid carrying a pellet gun that looked like a real gun running from police in the first place. Every time, everyone is always so quick to blame the police !!!
Well, its just like teaching a child about finding a gun. Plenty of children have been shot by other children playing with guns. Only difference here, is playing with toy guns on the street. Unfortunately the parent did a poor job of talking about how pellet guns can appear real, and could get them hurt.
He was a child!!! How was he a threat when he ran away?? He was put down on the ground and was beaten by the first cop then the second cop came and shot him on the chest?? Wtf was that??? You couldn’t tase him? Why take his life away?? He never pointed the gun at any of the cops and never started the shooting. He was already put to the ground and as you can see he had both his hand cover his face! Idc!!! This is wrong!!! You did not need to shoot this kid at all! You’re a cop your life is always at risk and I get it , but you don’t just pull your trigger just because someone appeared to have a gun. Justice need to be serve!!! No justice! No peace!
You obviously haven't watched the bodycam video which clearly shows the kid turning around and pointing his gun at the officer. I'm sure when you see that, you'll still say that it wasn't justified. It sucks because he was 13, but the cops don't know that. The cops don't know it was a pellet gun, all they see is someone running and turning back and aiming a gun at them.
@@mikester619 did the cop really have to shoot this child!? He couldn’t tase him? As you see he was already on the ground uncontrolled. This is not right! This could’ve been handled differently
@@ralynnyazaap5946 i know this is tragic. i get it, however, you have to understand that supreme courts have ruled that if there is a deadly threat to the officer, then the response could be justified. i'm not saying that this is an excuse for cops to shoot people at will, but you werent there....i wasnt there. you cant play monday morning quarterback sitting behind a keyboard.
YOu need to watch one of the other angles and remove the bias. You can't deny the facts just because a kid was shot by a cop. You think you know what you would have done? No you don't know. You think you know, because you know the gun was fake.
Are you phucking kidding me? You want the officers to be able to distinguish between an actual gun and a pellet gun in real time? No way. We're waiting for justice? Don't hold your breath while waiting.
13 and driving a car, then running from cops? Then he fights with the cops and whips out a realistic gun in the dark of night and subsequently gets shot, and the community wants justice for the punk? Are you serious?!
The 13 year old “gangster” messed up this time… you pull out a fake gun on a cop who has a real gun after running from him in the dead of night, I’m not waiting for you to shoot me. Idc how old or young you are.
what was the kid doing? why did he ran from police? you have to see the whole story. if he was a criminal and running from police just stop and deal with the ticket don't run and make it worse. if the kid was just an innocent by stander and was randomly chased then cops are in the wrong. but again why run?
The teen wasn't as innocent as the media makes him. He was connected to another crime that occurred earlier which is why he ran also he did flash the gun at the cop while being chased.
@@Kwame0007 that's a lie and you know it why don't you just start respecting the law then you won't have any problems. It seems like the white people understand this and everyone else does not
Why did he run??...it appears to be a real gun? How would the officer confirmed that?...it was dark. You don't run, if you have nothing to hide, or involving something nefarious.
Huh? It's usually the opposite. If he was white they'd have his photo on the thumbnail. If he was black they'd say "youths" or "teens" and be playing "It's So Hard to Say Goodbye to Yesterday" all through the segment.
Sad but true...teens trying to be real street people when there not...why will you be carrying a pellet gun 😂 someone wlse is gonna pull a real gun on you and your done thats what happened could of been the Police or anyone in the streets...Sad but True
I am a natural skeptic, but dude…. Dead of night running from the cops with a fake gun, equals consequences. What are the cops supposed to do “wait sir does that say smith and Wesson or toys”r” us. ..
This is truly sad. RIP to this young man. I know people are upset and hurt. However how would the police know its a BB gun? Did they mention what the victim was doing before this horrible situation happened? So sad for everyone.
People need to just blame on police, he’s 13 years old with a replica gun but think from police prospective ,will you really investigate like oh this is not a real gun bla bla? Hell no, he’s risking his life working at night time so that you guys can be safe. The kid should’ve stop if he commit no crime and just cooperate with police, that would have never happened.
That's why when the police tell you to stop you stop. It does not matter how old you are. That you should teach this in school I was taught this in school that you respect the police and you say yes sir. And the more you respect the police the more they will respect you. So who was not respecting the police officer?
Would they be airing the body cam video of the 2 officers that were on top of him? Because i don't feel like he should've been shot dead if they already was on him. If he did attempt to pull a weapon, they could have shot his hand. Who shot him? The first officer was punching him, so did the second one just came over to shoot the kid?
Looks almost like the young boy was punched several times before the shot went off. about it I’m very disturbed. My heart goes out to the parents. I will pray for them.
@@phyrhfbr1819 first off you have to wait for all of the facts to come out, but to sit there and say that it was an illegal use of force is grossly unjustified. you think the officers dont care? who wants to have to live with the fact that they killed someone, let alone a 13 year old kid, let alone when the weapon was a pellet gun? in this day and age with social media and how quick people are to react like you do, no officer wants this to happen.
@mikester619gaming4 not really, maybe I know more about this and maybe my job might have something to do with this... the punch was excessive force... the shooting is undetermined pending further investigation... they have many statements yet to collect... but those punches are considered excessive force because at the time they were delivered he had already full mounted him he had control already... how so? well he had enough control to have a free hand to through punches rather than restrain 🤔 you are an average you tube commenter who doesn't know what he's talking about... I'll serve you up though fool... and you need to come hard when you wanna take a shot at me... im a veteran of this 🙃
@mikester619gaming4 no I dont... it's an area of expertise 🤔 you on the other hand are just an average you tube commenter... I wrote a comment because I know what I'm talking about, or have you even thought to wonder why these videos are in my algorithm 🤔 you should've waited to respond to my comment, not tell me to wait... take your own advice, buddy...
The parents are mainly to blame for their (now late) son’s conduct-the child, shouldn’t have been out late at night, and “holding” a BB gun-May the child’s’ soul get justice, and Rest In Peace
Look at this in this pathetic society today Police are not allowed to shoot somebody that has a gun Somebody that committed Armed robberies with that gun Crazy
Aside from gangs, suburban teen males who shot at schools, churches, malls, etc. have specific identifiers: violent video game infatuation that takes up a huge amount of the kid's time, sketchy friends or none, weapons collections in their rooms -and parents who never noticed, inspected, spoke to them about it or sought help for these obsessions. Raising kids is hard work, a lot of sacrifice & stress. Teachers, cops, social workers... they're all trying, too. They're not to blame.
Running the streets with a gun that looks real in the dark. What do ya think is going to happen?
Those guns look real in daylight too
In most western countries? Nothing outside of a fine. In the US you can get legally killed for "finger gunning".
They LIED. He never displayed a gun. The BB gun was in his shirt/pants, they never knew until they tackled him and began beating him. They had NO clue, 1000% a lie.
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The kid was restrained on the ground in the dark. The police officer punched him then shot him. It looked like an execution. I guarantee he didn't even see a weapon. I have the video without the blur.
Age doesn't matter when a gun appears.
he was unarmed
He had a gun.
They already tackled him to the ground.
@@LongIslandSoldierwhat, guns don’t work on the ground?
@@vzfbabyhe was not. He had a pellet gun that looked exactly like a Glock 17
wow I mean in the heat of the moment you can't expect cops to know its a pellet gun jeez
They should have asked
At night, running from cops, with a fake gun.......100% his fault.
@warewolven yes he had a fake gun yes he ran but still gives the cops no reason to shoot a 13-year-old boy his Brain is not fully developed he’s not an adult yet
“I wuz only a young bul n sheet!!’
well when death -this way -comes to your house, it will be 100% your fault!!!!! I'm sure that you are a white person because only y'all would say something like what you said! NC
@giannax5645 just saw the video he pointed at cop, have the still photos
@@giannax5645it was on body camera
He ran from the police. He pulls out a pistol. The officer has about 1 second to determine if the pistol is a 38, a 45, a 9mm, a cap gun, a squirt gun, or maybe a pellet gun. What if it wasn’t a pellet gun. Would the officer get to see his family again? You already know the answer. …Parents! Do your job, teach your children, and this type of tragedy will be next to unheard of.
It wasn’t even a pistol, get ur story straight. Your kids are probably embarrassed of you, if ur single… I can tell bc smo like u don’t deserve to be happy.
The officer who shot was a second officer who came up behind after the first had already taken down and subdued the kid, he then proceeded to shoot the kid point blank when he was already on the ground.
@@zaotaku3396 We've seen the body camera dude. Also I wasn't aware guns don't work from the ground...
@@DarkPassengerphysics says it doesn’t. Plus bruh it’s illegal to shoot somebody and if he calls time out? You got to stop
@@user-ts7ns7bt2v the kid was not detained, there was a struggle taking place on the ground with an armed suspect.
13 year old out at night commiting crime with a pellet gun. Come on. The cops shouldnt have to decide whether the "gun" is lethal or not in just seconds. That kid should've known he was risking his life doing what he was doing. Its still a sad loss but not a conspiracy.
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They had him on the ground. No need to shoot him. Have some soul😢😢😢
@@pharoah-ahmose6075really so someone struggling on the ground with a gun can’t shot ?
Most likely the cops planted that "pellet gun" later in the scene, the cop shot him just 1 second after another cop tackled then punched the kid, it looks like an accidental discharge when the finger was on the trigger.
@@advancedmonkey7702 do you have proof of that ?
You know this is getting old. This is a tragedy no matter how it’s viewed but people I’m sorry you have to wake up. It’s very important that you stop demanding justice and start demanding better parenting and accountability. A 13 year old is dead but that cop has to hold that on his conscience while he lives. Also hate to break the news but a Glock 17 pellet gun replica looks exactly like the real thing, if you idiots think that the officer has the time to examine such weapon for authenticity in a few seconds while thinking his own life is about to be taken and he himself has a family to get home to and bills to pay, maybe yall should start applying to be cops and do a better job in that situation
Most likely the cops planted that "pellet gun" later in the scene, the cop shot him just 1 second after another cop tackled then punched the kid, it looks like an accidental discharge when the finger was on the trigger.
@@advancedmonkey7702 Gtfoh with that foolishness. I see you're passing propaganda on the majority of this comments, cut the bs. You aren't convincing anyone who has a mind.
@@advancedmonkey7702 anything is possible I suppose but what if they didn’t? Also how many similar instances to we need to see where it was clear that the cops planted nothing but somehow even when armed and attacking cops we always find away to make everyone else but the cops a victim? Something gotta change and I hate to tell you it’s not always the cops or their training. A vast majority of police encounters are a result of an actual crime being committed so if we want to continue to just cherry pick encounters based on race or age when statistics say something completely different then maybe we need to start sending the victims to their own part of the country or to their home countries which they love to represent more than the country they were actually born in and remove the bad bad police and let that play out for a few years so we can come back to reality. Fact of the matter is you hate cops so much? Always want to blame them? Stop committing crimes and being a low life citizen, after a couple years of crime stats dropping, the policing budget will automatically start lowering in cities due to lack of need and either reallocated elsewhere or pocketed by your perfect politicians
This Officer will feel guilty the rest if his life. While the parents mourn.
We need better police. You can't call them law enforcement because none of the know the law muchless constitutional rights. Most of them are just bully thugs with a authority complex
Stop blaming guns.
Raise better kids.
Give kids a reason to want to live, in this dismal portrayed world from our media!!!
who blamed the gun?
I'll blame the gun - in addition to the kid. Guns NEVER result in anything good.
@@bfreeman2121 unless you have someone breaking in your home with a gun. What then??? You give up your gun rights to let the streets take over with theirs??
@@bfreeman2121 I blame the person who supplied the gun and the person who supplied him. In addition to the person using the gun in a crime.
Kid had a gun, running from police and was pulling it out . Play stupid games…
your parents did.
How come every time a kid is shot the family digs out the ol graduation picture of them in a cap and gown like they’re some kind of perfect angel.
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how come everytime someone comments it’s nasty and hateful.
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Because he’s a literal child. Tf is wrong with you? He was 13 years old and already pinned to the ground. At best, the officer accidentally discharged his gun and they’re trying to save face. It’s gross negligence and these are people we are supposed to trust to protect us?
Because cBS begs them for them
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I feel bad for the kid, but you gotta realize, run from the cops, pull a gun out, it was a gun, a pellet gun. What do you expect? "Sir, can you stop please so i can examine your gun to see if its deadly. Ok thank you, its not deadly so you may point it at me" ???
Don't forget that it was at night AND the cops were already at alert status from just the car stop alone, in what I'm sure is not the safest part of town.
Because he watched fake(cbs)news
@@NikofromNikosDeli yeah they were all in fear for their lives, don't worry they get qualified immunity.
You don't run from the police, otherwise you're presumed criminal. Easy as that.
You don't carry and handle a gun, otherwise, you're presumed dangerous... Easier impossible.
He F’d around and found out.
Kid had a gun. They don't have to stop to determine its lethality. Kid messed up
Y'ALL PARENTS NEED TO DO BETTER !
Parents get lock up for disciplining their children. What happens when the child is given more rights than the parents?
Somebody just lost their 13 year old child to what was likely just a dumb game. Think about what it takes for 3 grown men to tackle a 13 year old to the ground before shooting them.
@@sjenkins91812 the fact is people are shot by teenagers with guns all the time. that is the reality we live in.
what about the cop? 3 cops. chasing a kid who had his back turned, 1 tackled him and punched him and the other just pulled the trigger like he was waiting for it his whole life. but let’s look at the parents first.
@@donnathomas9111 For abuse &/or neglect; discipline is of a different nature. Maybe you aren't familiar with it
Whatever happened to common sense, or telling your kids to never run from police? Or maybe having a curfew, mom & dad?
If your parents didn’t tell u to run from the police they failed you
@@troy4057Then they shouldn't cry when you get shot.
@troy4057
Really ? Teach your kids to run from the cops. How about this, teach your kids not to break the law, and be home at a set time. This kid was 13 and doing stupid things late at night, he then runs and points a gun at police. What outcome did you expect ? His parents are to blame for his tragic death and poor parenting.
@@troy4057 don’t see you getting very far in life, troy.
Where were his parents? Why is he out that late, running from the cops with a fake gun on him? His parents failed him.
At 13 your brain is not fully developed and obviously the kid was scared for his life so he ran. Basic logic
you can't just blame the parents for everything.
Mar'xist cBS never fails to be on the wrong side
@@djhowell5273scared for his life? Way to make excuses for the stupid kid.b
@@MikeMike-du2ui better to be called a Marxist then to be an actual fascist who is down with state sponsored killings and having to pay out endless lawsuits as a result. Use critical thinking skills there buddy
I’m defending the cops unless it’s a clear cut wrong doing. And here’s a idea though don’t run from the cops and don’t display what looks like a gun
You are a Bootlicker regardless
@@grizzle2015 too bad cops do not know the difference between a pellet gun and a real pistol.
You’re why our rights are being eroded. You don’t deserve to call yourself an American
Don't show your hands then? Because the cops have said empty hands looked like a gun, they also said a plastic bag and a cell phone look like guns.
@@afather.bro. “resembles a glock 17” also at night, in a split second during a high intensity moment.
If my 13 year old son was running from cops i know he wouldn't feel like it was a good time to pull out a fake gun! Its very sad but why would he choose then to show a fake gun
Technically he didn't pull out the fake gun, when he got tackled to the ground the fake gun became visible and the cops got scared and shot him
Every child is different in mental development.
@@Kay-ol1yeliar
@@user-lf6hu2bi7o Cry more kid. I'm not saying the kid was innocent. He had a pellet gun on him but he wasn't threatening any cop with it. He was running with it and the pigs got scared and shot him. They literally have the body cam. So hush it child
@@Kay-ol1ye you are delusional
I'm rarely on the cops side but in this case what were they supposed to do? Where were the parents? Why was he even involved in that type of situation? It seems like everyone loves running away from accountability in today's society. These kids are out of control and all people want to do is point fingers smh
You display a gun in a tense situation w a millisecond to think and react! Come on!! Seriously?! Teach your kids to respect the law and law enforcement. Come on! Kid was irresponsible. You cannot blame law enforcement here. Let's engage reason here.
Instead of yelling at the cops, try educating the public. Anti-police protests make people feel angry. Those angry people then get defiant in confrontations with police. AND THAT IS WHAT CAUSES THE POLICE TO SHOOT. So the adults need to quit acting like children and need to teach kids to respect the police. If the police yell at you to stop, you should stop. If you have a weapon or anything that looks like a weapon, you should stop and put your hands up. This is not the police officer's fault. It doesn't matter that it wasn't a real gun. The kid ran. The kid had a gun. The officer was protecting himself and the community. Educate yourselves, educate your kids. Stop teaching hate for the police.
Fr
have u ever heard of a corrupted cop?
A BB gun is a gun, sorry at 13 I knew better as well, I blame his parents for letting him be out after street lights came on.
He did have a gun. Period
a toy ! where the hell did you grow up | Too many cops are a little too trigger happy these days
@@rolandwallick844 they should have to decide it's a toy in 2 seconds. No. Are you running the streets with a pellet gun.
@@ashleypearson3846 exactly its dark outside and you got seconds to decide on if its a real gun or not
@@rolandwallick844a toy? Wrong
@@rolandwallick844how is a pellet gun a “toy” gun? Can you buy one at Toys R Us?
It isn't the officer's job to wait until he's actually been shot before defending himself when a fleeing suspect pulls a gun.
There was no other possible outcome to this series of events.
A 13 year old boy that you tackled to the ground with a bb gun has you so scared you must shoot him when you’ve got him on the ground? Get real
no other possible outcome to this series of events is wild. you might be the acorn cop
@@TheBigSlippy
Their job is literally to put themselves in harms way for not only the safety of the community but also to serve justice to criminals, not execute them in the street. People seem to forget that the key objective is to try everything in their power to bring the suspect in *alive.*
They LIED. He never displayed a gun. The BB gun was in his shirt/pants, they never knew until they tackled him.
@@0phid-Sage How is ANYONE, including you, able to determine if the gun is an actual firearm or a pellet gun when it is dark AND it is pointed at you?
They ain't no child in America safe with a water pistol when it comes to heavy handed trigger happy cops.
How not to cause your own death
Don’t run from Police
Don’t struggle with Police
Respect authority
You sound dumb
What people don't realize about these "replica" pellet guns is that they're (exact copies) of the real thing in almost every aspect, so much so that criminals are using them to commit robberies nation wide. If a cop lets his guard down when someone is going for a weapon, he's dead. It's very unfortunate what happened here ... but was there really any other choice? It seems to be open season on cops lately, and I don't believe they the luxury of waiting around to see what type of weapon they're about to get blasted with. Sad times for all of us.
Why he ran from cops
cuz he was breaking the law
That doesn't matter- running from cops does not call for unaliving on the scene
Oh I see it’s started. Attacking the cops before you all have even half the facts typical
@@mysteriousjz he effed around n found out I guess
No GED?
Asian male huh? The story will be short-lived
I know, i about fell over when seeing that .
He pulled a gun wether it was real or not. Justice was dealt
How would feel had that been a kid in your family
Justice was dealt bull 💩 justice was not ,that has nothing to do with justice
Probably didn't pull it. It probably just fell out tbh.
He pulled what looked like a gun. The police qualify anything from empty hands to cell phones as gun look alikes
@@WillFranceschihe pulled a gun on him though, whats your point?🤔 so if it was real let the officer just be the victim instead, I dont see your point?
To all you keyboard warriors out there, body cam from the police: ua-cam.com/video/FgEtvK-8MmY/v-deo.html . While the boy did make stupid decisions, him getting shot was unnecessary. One officer already pinned him down, the 2nd officer standing up pulling the trigger. To argue that the officer feared for his life as a defense doesn't work. The officer on top already had it under control. The trigger happy officer is the one who needs better training.
*Listen to this news actress's voice and cadence,she wants you to hate the police*
😅😅😅😅😅😅
Media twisting the narrative as usual...13yr with a gun "Pellet" out at night Thuggin....running from cops....Blame the parents
They LIED. He never displayed a gun. The BB gun was in his shirt/pants, they never knew until they tackled him.
@@d.a.n.3086 watch the video....dems wanted video...7 got it!! watch the video that was released
How the cops gonna know if the gun is real or not? Wait to get shot first? Whats he doing out at night with it? Nothing good, probably. He knows he's up to no good, which is why he ran. Then, he makes the stupid decision to produce it while fighting to get away. Awful but lawful sorry to say.
Unfortunately, this is on the kid and his parents, not the cops.
Most people are going to blame the cops unfortunately :/
@@jacobfrench19475
Yeah
The "criminal'community"SMH
Perhaps the altercation in the beginning was the kids fault, as was his flauting of the toy.
But body cams have proved that one cop held him down, with weapon unreachable, while another executed him.
If you flee from law enforcement under darkness and brandish a weapon that is of indistinguishable type, you're asking for what this young man received. Very sad. Also very predictable.
Why would you be running around wit a fake gun at night man SMH, 13 years old you should of been in the house 💯
They LIED. He never displayed a gun. The BB gun was in his shirt/pants, they never knew until they tackled him.
Sucks but a 13 year old knows right from wrong AND should not be out late night alone.
His fault completely
Not a tragedy
Have a fake gun is not an excuse
How are officers suppose to know that in a fraction of a second ?
your statement makes you sound COLD and HEARTLESS!!!!!!! NC
@@robertscott5895 you should think with logic instead of emotion
You wouldn't say that to the family, keyboard warrior
@@arnelevans4803 i would tell the family to be better at raising kids and not thugs
@@robertscott5895 Could just as easily say the same about you. Could have been a real gun and an officer shot, of which you could careless about. So, try again
Asian here, and this is not totally fault of the police. We can't just blame them when the kid pulled a fake gun on cops. I would say this whether the kid was asian white or black. I'm glad to see that our Asian community is not quick to support the kid just because he was Asian. His parents failed him.
I'm sure you're not alone amongst your race,See we ain't gotta worry about y'all, we gotta worry about cbs news,who tried so hard last year to get ∆sians involved with support of BLM,remember?
You could've just said it, nobody needed to know your nationality, and it shouldn't matter what the kids was. What matters is that he was a 13 year old kid that got shot after they already tackled him to the ground. The cops got scared and they pulled the trigger. You can see them jump when it happens. Not knowing where your child is _is_ bad parenting, but don't try to make excuses for the failure of these officers to do everything in their power to bring the suspect in alive.
@@sjenkins91812
child talk,you have no idea what it's like, and by your naive comment I know you never served in military
Fr! Some people really just think all blue man bad.
@@sjenkins91812he had a nearly identical replica of a Glock 17. You people are so dumb! Maybe don’t pull a fake gun on police at night? Hella dumb ong.
Officers have to make split second decisions every day. If someone is running from the police and they say stop and then you pull.out a gun? Real or not, the consequences of YOUR actions, determine the outcome. You cannot scream for justice for a kid running the streets at night with a gun. Real or not. This is sad that the kid lost his life. Where were his parents? It doesnt matter what your age is. Under these circumstances, there could be nonother outcome. It is time.parents start being parents and quit trying to be your kids best friend. Teach them right from wrong. Teach them to respect authority and police officers. Teach them to respect their elders. Stop making excuses for their bad behavior. It is high time children AND adults are held accountable for their actions. Do stupid stuff, expect negative outcomes. If any one of you think it is so easy being a cop - you go to the police academy and see just how easy it is. The abuse that officers experience daily is directly linked to why so many officers are quitting or retiring early. They do a thankless job protecting thankless people.
Improper parenting, misplaced blame, and a “community” that is not all that bright. Et voilà, that’s what you see here. Suddenly they are outraged while there is no focus on personal responsibility. It is never the fault of the individual, that is the assumption here. That is why this keeps happening.
Why are the parents letting their 13 yr old son run wild in the streets
It is NEVER the duty of an officer to inquire if a gun is real; s/he will find out at the morgue. Kid wanted to play with guns; got what he asked for.
You know who defending the shoot but disregarding a grown man punching an already downed kid.
Why would this kid pull that out when the cops are trying to arrest him if that's really what happened that was pretty stupid
I can only go off what I saw on the video, which was not that clear and was blurred. I saw someone running from the cops, one cop proceeds to tackle the person then punches him somewhere in the face or head and then shoots him once and backs up as if it was an accident. I know what the news reported but I see better than I hear.
You need a close up to see where the gun was pointing when officer shot.
I have the video of the incident because one of my friends posted it on social media. It was night time, they threw this kid to the ground, threw a punch at him and shot him. It looked like an execution.
Lol is that so? And it also shows the part where he tried to flee, and pulled a gun?
This is for sure a tragedy. But what is wrong with these kids in trying to run? You don't have to be an adult to know you're not going to win. Then pull a gun on top of it. You can't expect a cop to know it's fake.
Im not against the police,but this was bad policing, he had a pellet gun, you cannot tell the difference especially in the dark, but also they had the kid down already,so why shoot him? Unless after he was down he aimed it at the cops? Still to many questions, also parents need to teach their kids that its no a game out here and people have real 🔫 s. And also why was this 13yr old riding around with a glock pellet gun? Aint noone tell him thats a good way to get unalived? This kid was failed on so many aspects of life, he might have been carrying it thinking he has opps cus all theis drill music videos making theis kids thinking they need opps, im not saying it's rapper faults,but kids especially this generation feels like they have to have opps and also this generation is being forced to grow up quicker now, SMH all he had to do is stay in that car and not show that 🔫, he could have told the cops he has a pellet gun on him and worst that would have happened is they would have taken it from him and had his parents come pick it up.smh, this is a bad situation and truth is cops wanna go home safe as well, so teach your kids to just be kids and also be aware and dont let them be around people that make them feel like they need a toy 🔫 to be hard around,cus he probably thought he was showing off and being a gangster and nothing good comes from that, another child lost because of bad choices and high stress.smh sad, even if the kid was in the wrong still r.i.p to him, he was still a baby playing big boy games and it cost him his life,sad for his family may he rip,and also the officer who shot him probably thought he was saving his partners life and probably feels like crap that he killed a kid, or maybe he doesn't,the point is we all dont know,cus we wasn't their and video only shows an outside look,unless you have ever been chased or shot at or fear of being shot,it puts you into this survivor mode and time happens so quickly then slows down like the matrix,im gonna wait gor the body cam to come out to see the full storyline,either way this isn't good. Rip
Because it only takes a second for that boy to take aim.
Now what did the kid do? Promise me when I tell you this most cops don’t wanna shoot someone especially a kid unless they feel as their life’s are in danger
They certainly seem to shoot people regardless of personal danger
Fr
@@panzerwolf494”blue man bad! All blue man bad!” Grow up.
@@jacobfrench19475 Yeah, ones that violate their job sure are
@@panzerwolf494 they dont tho... its very rare for cops to have an unjustified shooting
I live around here and the neighbors say he was wreaking havoc in the neighborhood for a while now. He was breaking into peoples homes and stealing, using the fake gun for intimidation. Caught on quite a few surveillance videos, I blame the parents not the police.
He ran from the police, he pulled out a weapon on the police. That is all on the parents
Why can’t we hold the parent responsible for teen being out after 10pm and robbing people?
I absolutely love how everytime something like this happens, they go and dig for the 3 year old picture of them holding some certificate or something ahahah
cynical
@@ddhh1270 chama
A BB Gun a pellet gun are considered firearms. Believe the instructions address that issue and your local laws also.
Why was this kid carrying a pellet gun that looked like a real gun running from police in the first place. Every time, everyone is always so quick to blame the police !!!
Well, its just like teaching a child about finding a gun. Plenty of children have been shot by other children playing with guns. Only difference here, is playing with toy guns on the street.
Unfortunately the parent did a poor job of talking about how pellet guns can appear real, and could get them hurt.
He was a child!!! How was he a threat when he ran away?? He was put down on the ground and was beaten by the first cop then the second cop came and shot him on the chest?? Wtf was that??? You couldn’t tase him? Why take his life away?? He never pointed the gun at any of the cops and never started the shooting. He was already put to the ground and as you can see he had both his hand cover his face! Idc!!! This is wrong!!! You did not need to shoot this kid at all! You’re a cop your life is always at risk and I get it , but you don’t just pull your trigger just because someone appeared to have a gun. Justice need to be serve!!! No justice! No peace!
You obviously haven't watched the bodycam video which clearly shows the kid turning around and pointing his gun at the officer. I'm sure when you see that, you'll still say that it wasn't justified. It sucks because he was 13, but the cops don't know that. The cops don't know it was a pellet gun, all they see is someone running and turning back and aiming a gun at them.
@@mikester619 did the cop really have to shoot this child!? He couldn’t tase him? As you see he was already on the ground uncontrolled. This is not right! This could’ve been handled differently
@@ralynnyazaap5946 i know this is tragic. i get it, however, you have to understand that supreme courts have ruled that if there is a deadly threat to the officer, then the response could be justified. i'm not saying that this is an excuse for cops to shoot people at will, but you werent there....i wasnt there. you cant play monday morning quarterback sitting behind a keyboard.
YOu need to watch one of the other angles and remove the bias. You can't deny the facts just because a kid was shot by a cop. You think you know what you would have done? No you don't know. You think you know, because you know the gun was fake.
Attention parents: If you don't raise your child, the streets will raise him.
Will you just listen to that low impulse control Tyrone screaming, Yikes
Are you phucking kidding me? You want the officers to be able to distinguish between an actual gun and a pellet gun in real time? No way. We're waiting for justice? Don't hold your breath while waiting.
Why did he have a pellet gun anybody would think it’s a real gun
They LIED. He never displayed a gun. The BB gun was in his shirt/pants, they never knew until they tackled him.
The parents should be held accountable. If they had control over their kids he would not have been out getting shot.
Control your children or society will
13 and driving a car, then running from cops? Then he fights with the cops and whips out a realistic gun in the dark of night and subsequently gets shot, and the community wants justice for the punk? Are you serious?!
Why boy out at night run from police with pellet gun? He should be home doing math problem. Haiyaa! - Uncle Roger, probably
I think the reason they run is self evident. They don't want to die . Didn't you cops have pellet guns when you we're kids
@@Harrybrown4570huh? Please either raise or lower your dose. You're not making much sense.
You didnt do your english homework.
@@Harrybrown4570🤡
@@TheGuardianssorrow🤡
The 13 year old “gangster” messed up this time… you pull out a fake gun on a cop who has a real gun after running from him in the dead of night, I’m not waiting for you to shoot me. Idc how old or young you are.
Cops reacted properly. Kid is up to no good, charge his parents with child neglect. If they properly supervise the by, he still be alive.
what was the kid doing? why did he ran from police? you have to see the whole story. if he was a criminal and running from police just stop and deal with the ticket don't run and make it worse. if the kid was just an innocent by stander and was randomly chased then cops are in the wrong. but again why run?
Crazy how all these pro cop bots never use the correct syntax for run, ever.
This wouldn’t even be a comment if he was white 😂 stop it
Why carry a pellet gun
The teen wasn't as innocent as the media makes him. He was connected to another crime that occurred earlier which is why he ran also he did flash the gun at the cop while being chased.
@@Kwame0007 that's a lie and you know it why don't you just start respecting the law then you won't have any problems. It seems like the white people understand this and everyone else does not
Why is a 13 year old running the streets with a pellet gun?
Marvelous, stop running from the cops and fighting the police
If a person is carrying a replica gun then the police have every reason to act in the way that they did
Mar'xist cBS never fails to be on the wrong side
Another clear example of play stupid games, win stupid prizes
Why did he run??...it appears to be a real gun? How would the officer confirmed that?...it was dark. You don't run, if you have nothing to hide, or involving something nefarious.
Was the fake gun used in case being investigated ? It's strange he would have a fake gun on him after a crime was just committed.
The minute I saw the title didn't contain the race of the victim I knew he wasn't black
You racist always play victim 😂😂😂
@@realmills581 Nah he's got a point.
Huh? It's usually the opposite. If he was white they'd have his photo on the thumbnail. If he was black they'd say "youths" or "teens" and be playing "It's So Hard to Say Goodbye to Yesterday" all through the segment.
@@realmills581 there is no universe where your comment makes one bit of sense.
actually yea, that is a valid point.
The video is too dark to see if the kid actually had a gun
Sad but true...teens trying to be real street people when there not...why will you be carrying a pellet gun 😂 someone wlse is gonna pull a real gun on you and your done thats what happened could of been the Police or anyone in the streets...Sad but True
I am a natural skeptic, but dude…. Dead of night running from the cops with a fake gun, equals consequences. What are the cops supposed to do “wait sir does that say smith and Wesson or toys”r” us. ..
Dont blame the police.
Moral to this story: Don’t run from cops
This is truly sad. RIP to this young man. I know people are upset and hurt. However how would the police know its a BB gun? Did they mention what the victim was doing before this horrible situation happened? So sad for everyone.
People need to just blame on police, he’s 13 years old with a replica gun but think from police prospective ,will you really investigate like oh this is not a real gun bla bla? Hell no, he’s risking his life working at night time so that you guys can be safe. The kid should’ve stop if he commit no crime and just cooperate with police, that would have never happened.
That's why when the police tell you to stop you stop. It does not matter how old you are. That you should teach this in school I was taught this in school that you respect the police and you say yes sir. And the more you respect the police the more they will respect you. So who was not respecting the police officer?
Those pellet guns look just like other semi-handguns. AND, it WAS a pellet gun. Do you want to take a pellet?
Cops have always done this. Welcome to America.
Just as you would if you were a cop.
Headline should add he was carrying a gun. Period
This type of news only will be found in USA, and find often.
Would they be airing the body cam video of the 2 officers that were on top of him? Because i don't feel like he should've been shot dead if they already was on him. If he did attempt to pull a weapon, they could have shot his hand. Who shot him? The first officer was punching him, so did the second one just came over to shoot the kid?
Looks almost like the young boy was punched several times before the shot went off. about it I’m very disturbed. My heart goes out to the parents. I will pray for them.
I saw that too, and yes that was an illegal use of force... and no, they don't care...
And pray for the police officer who has to live with this for the rest of his life
@@phyrhfbr1819 first off you have to wait for all of the facts to come out, but to sit there and say that it was an illegal use of force is grossly unjustified. you think the officers dont care? who wants to have to live with the fact that they killed someone, let alone a 13 year old kid, let alone when the weapon was a pellet gun? in this day and age with social media and how quick people are to react like you do, no officer wants this to happen.
@mikester619gaming4 not really, maybe I know more about this and maybe my job might have something to do with this... the punch was excessive force... the shooting is undetermined pending further investigation... they have many statements yet to collect... but those punches are considered excessive force because at the time they were delivered he had already full mounted him he had control already... how so? well he had enough control to have a free hand to through punches rather than restrain 🤔 you are an average you tube commenter who doesn't know what he's talking about... I'll serve you up though fool... and you need to come hard when you wanna take a shot at me... im a veteran of this 🙃
@mikester619gaming4 no I dont... it's an area of expertise 🤔 you on the other hand are just an average you tube commenter... I wrote a comment because I know what I'm talking about, or have you even thought to wonder why these videos are in my algorithm 🤔 you should've waited to respond to my comment, not tell me to wait... take your own advice, buddy...
I didn't know striking a 13 year old child with a closed fist was police protocol.
First thing you learn in academy.
gun was in his hand he was trying to disarm him
watch this encounter from the other camera angles, from the mind of a cop who didn't know the gun was fake.
AND THAT'S NOT PEACEFUL PROTESTING
Now everyone gets to know how it feels to live in America 🇺🇸 😢
The parents are mainly to blame for their (now late) son’s conduct-the child, shouldn’t have been out late at night, and “holding” a BB gun-May the child’s’ soul get justice, and Rest In Peace
Look at this in this pathetic society today
Police are not allowed to shoot somebody that has a gun
Somebody that committed Armed robberies with that gun
Crazy
Evolution at work.
Aside from gangs, suburban teen males who shot at schools, churches, malls, etc. have specific identifiers: violent video game infatuation that takes up a huge amount of the kid's time, sketchy friends or none, weapons collections in their rooms -and parents who never noticed, inspected, spoke to them about it or sought help for these obsessions. Raising kids is hard work, a lot of sacrifice & stress. Teachers, cops, social workers... they're all trying, too. They're not to blame.