No movement or actions by the cop to move a gun out of the way if there was one. From the video, the kid was unarmed, was not doing anything to suggest he was taking aggressive action against the officer. He was cornered and raising his hands. Manslaughter unless someone has quote of officer saying he was going to kill the next person...
Except for the fact that the kid had gunpowder residue on his hands, indicating he'd fired the weapon. So did the 21 year old parolee he was with.
Neighbors reported hearing multiple gunshots in the neighborhood, to which CPD responded.
How much you want to bet the parolee handed the gun to the kid before the police got there and that set off this tragic set of events?
There are also reports the kid had joined a local gang, so this may have not been the sweet little 13 year old boy he's being painted out to be.
Facts matter. Let's let the full truth come out before jumping to conclusions and blaming the police.
there’s a couple of frames at 2:04 - when played at 1/4 speed you can see something shiny in his right hand. His left hand is on the fence and he seems to make a throwing motion with the right hand. To me it looks like he had a gun, threw it behind the fence (there’s other videos where you see a gun behind the fence) and turned quickly to the officer. The cop fired as his now empty hands came up. This is all split second decision making.
The cop may have seen more clearly than the video shows. That said, the media is going to ride this hard.
Single frame showing gun in hand. He threw the gun as he drew his hands up.
https://mobile.twitter.com/The801_life/status/1382798141141897216/photo/2
The kid threw the gun over a fence it was retrieved this was a good shoot!!
Kid had a gun.
Did it ever occur to you to search a little first?