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Originally Posted by Dids
12.
Years.
Old.
That they killed within SECONDS of showing up.
Yeah, he was 12, but I can see how the officer may have not thought about his age as he was concentrating on the thing that looked very much like a gun in his hand. When he called it in, I believe he described Rice as "about 20 years old". I'm not saying he actually thought he was 20, but it's hard to tell.
Yeah, he was 12, and it's a tragedy, but what the **** was he doing with that thing in his hand? That's not exactly a super-soaker water gun, is it?
If any of us had a 12 year old kid and they said "hey dad, check this out" we'd all snatch it out of their hand and explain how dangerous it was to walk around with that thing, wouldn't we?