An officer in upstate New York shot and killed a teen fleeing while pointing a replica gun, police said Saturday.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/17056255

An officer in upstate New York shot and killed a teen fleeing while pointing a replica gun, police said Saturday.

  • Malfeasant@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    6 months ago

    You don’t question whether the kid actually pointed the gun at them, cop says he did so he must have. Not like a cop would lie to cover his ass, right?

    • Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      6 months ago

      Cops are all wearing body cams these days. With a case like this, he’ll either submit the body cam footage, or he won’t.

      And if he doesn’t then it’ll be real suspicious as to why.