We all know that the development of the amygdala, the portion of the brain which generally fosters judgment, is not complete until the early 20’s, but how could other behavior-controlling/influencing parts of the brain not be well developed enough to provide the message “do not hold a gun or a reasonable facsimile of such in the direction of the police”? I made plenty of judgmental mistakes in my youth and adolescence, but I’m sure that the lack of wisdom in pointing even a toy gun at a law enforcement officer (who gets lots of training, and range time), was apparent to me at age 6 or 7. Was this kid developmentally disabled in some fashion? Tragic, to be sure.
Young boys do play that way.
A teen who goes to that park said many of the boys bring BB guns and shoot things there.
Our schools don’t train children to be obedient to adult authority figures any longer. And his parents seem to have been generally worthless, based on their criminal histories, so it seems likely they sure didn’t.
Wish..I'd a seen this 30 years ago!!