Comment 67900

By Mr. Meister (anonymous) | Posted August 12, 2011 at 03:05:40 in reply to Comment 67718

Being 13 is probably totally irrelevant to this situation. I cannot imagine the police basing their decision on the fact that he was 13, nor should they. A 13 year old can pull the trigger on a gun just as quickly as a 25 year old. The boy was shot in West Humboldt Park a large park in a part of the city with one of the highest crime and violence rates in the city. Since this incident there was another shooting not involving police where someone opened fire on 5 men on a porch about 2km from the park. So we have police called to a very violent part of the city at 11 o'clock at night in a park because shots had been fired and people are surprised that the boy got shot when he did not obey the police instructions.

The fact the boy was shot 8 times is probably due to more than one officer opening fire. Typically that would mean either the police were out to gun him down or he did something to provoke the shooting. I find it hard to believe that the police had it out for the boy from the time they got the call but I guess it is possible.

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