5-year-old shot and killed while playing in front yard

Suspect caught and charged with first degree murder within 24 hours of the shooting. It was a week and half before Chauvin was charged with second degree murder in the killing of Floyd George despite multiple videos of the incident and widespread protests.

https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/13/us/north-carolina-boy-killed/index.html

I’d say this is getting as much coverage as some other shooting lately.

The problem is guns. Get rid of them.

Lenny Leonard wrote:

I’d say this is getting as much coverage as some other shooting lately.

The problem is guns. Get rid of them.

How about get rid of the people who use them for crime?

yawntown wrote:

browski wrote:

Tamir Rice had a pellet gun and was attempting to hold people up with it. He then pointed it at cops. You idiots act like SWAT teams kicked his classroom door in and opened fire Rambostyle.

He wasn’t attempting to hold people up with it, the cops shot him before he had a chance to respond to any requests, and even the person who called the cops said the gun was fake. Oh, and he was 12.

had it been a real gun and not a bb gun look a like you think a 12 year would be unable to pull the trigger and kill someone?

You're an idiot wrote:

If guns were outlawed and this criminal didn't have one he would have simply stabbed the boy with a knife, or maybe kidnapped him

Nonsense.

Murder rate in America is 10x that in the UK because of gun availability.

yawntown wrote:

browski wrote:

Tamir Rice had a pellet gun and was attempting to hold people up with it. He then pointed it at cops. You idiots act like SWAT teams kicked his classroom door in and opened fire Rambostyle.

He wasn’t attempting to hold people up with it, the cops shot him before he had a chance to respond to any requests, and even the person who called the cops said the gun was fake. Oh, and he was 12.

I went looking for the person you mentioned - do you have a video with sound? I found this but couldn't get any sound

True. It enables people like you to live alongside those who don't share your prejudices.

Lenny Leonard wrote:

I’d say this is getting as much coverage as some other shooting lately.

The problem is guns. Get rid of them.

CNN reluctantly just reported it after mounting pressure.

ukathleticscoach wrote:

You're an idiot wrote:

If guns were outlawed and this criminal didn't have one he would have simply stabbed the boy with a knife, or maybe kidnapped him

Nonsense.

Murder rate in America is 10x that in the UK because of gun availability.

Population?

Smith & Wesson wrote:

yawntown wrote:

He wasn’t attempting to hold people up with it, the cops shot him before he had a chance to respond to any requests, and even the person who called the cops said the gun was fake. Oh, and he was 12.

had it been a real gun and not a bb gun look a like you think a 12 year would be unable to pull the trigger and kill someone?

I think the likelihood of a gun being real is certainly age-dependent. If it had been a 6 year-old would you still be okay with how they handled it? A 3 year-old?

Smith & Wesson wrote:

yawntown wrote:

He wasn’t attempting to hold people up with it, the cops shot him before he had a chance to respond to any requests, and even the person who called the cops said the gun was fake. Oh, and he was 12.

had it been a real gun and not a bb gun look a like you think a 12 year would be unable to pull the trigger and kill someone?

A 12 year-old with a toy gun can tell the difference between playing and killing someone. It's the police that can't tell the difference.

Smith & Wesson wrote:

Lenny Leonard wrote:

I’d say this is getting as much coverage as some other shooting lately.

The problem is guns. Get rid of them.

CNN reluctantly just reported it after mounting pressure.

It was reported as soon as they were informed about it. What was the "mounting pressure"? What was the "reluctance"?

Reflection_ wrote:

As far as the "racist" aspect, as long as the media continues with their systemic racism, the race card will always be in play. If they don't divide us and keep us snarling at each other like feral dogs, they lose money, big time money.

I hear this media blaming constantly and I just don’t get it...Name a time period prior to media influence when race (race card) in the US didn’t need to be pulled? Name a time period in US history when racial harmony existed and this country wasn’t divided?

I just don’t get blaming the media exposing what has always existed!! As if, if they stop covering racism...it would cease! In who’s mind is that a remote possibility?

Yes, you just don't get it

ukathleticscoach wrote:

You're an idiot wrote:

If guns were outlawed and this criminal didn't have one he would have simply stabbed the boy with a knife, or maybe kidnapped him

Nonsense.

Murder rate in America is 10x that in the UK because of gun availability.

Does the UK have a significant problem with gang related violence compared to the US? If you remove the urban Democratic war zones from the equation, we really don't look so bad.

Lenny Leonard wrote:

The problem is guns. Get rid of them.

Where are the protests, riots, and looting after the death of a 5-year-old boy?

I've said it before, I'll say it again.

All of you leftists are hypocrites.

All lives matter, not just one color.

Viking21 wrote:

ukathleticscoach wrote:

Nonsense.

Murder rate in America is 10x that in the UK because of gun availability.

Does the UK have a significant problem with gang related violence compared to the US? If you remove the urban Democratic war zones from the equation, we really don't look so bad.

And what if you remove urban war zones from the UK numbers too?

"Remove all of X and there isn't as much X" is a genius argument.

facts and reason wrote:

Lenny Leonard wrote:

The problem is guns. Get rid of them.

Where are the protests, riots, and looting after the death of a 5-year-old boy?

I've said it before, I'll say it again.

All of you leftists are hypocrites.

All lives matter, not just one color.

Please point out how it is hypocritical. This should be good.

Viking21 wrote:

ukathleticscoach wrote:

Nonsense.

Murder rate in America is 10x that in the UK because of gun availability.

Does the UK have a significant problem with gang related violence compared to the US? If you remove the urban Democratic war zones from the equation, we really don't look so bad.

...until we remove the worst areas from the UK as well.....then we are right back up to 10x as bad.

Armstronglivs wrote:

enough is enough wrote:

So this is how the deranged liberal mind is going to treat this? Just want to sweep this under the rug?

Marginalize this disgusting hate crime, this horrific murder of a savage walking up to a 5 yr old riding a bike and executing him. Yeah, it happens every day. No big deal.

You're right on one thing. There is a problem in the way society is organized here. It's called desegregation.

True. It enables people like you to live alongside those who don't share your prejudices.

Do you think this guy had any prejudices?