The point is that chickenfinger with his hand in his pocket can appear as if he has a gun — but he doesn’t.
Are you going to shoot him because it “appears to be a gun”???
Chip, from reading the article, this was no chickenfinger. The kid had what looked almost indistinguishable from a gun. That is still not enough to support shooting him. Two warnings to drop the gun, ignored. Probably still not enough to support the shooting. At least some evidence suggests he raised the barrel in the direction of the cops. If true—and I don’t know if it is true— that justifies the shooting. Agreed?