In Pittsburgh, a brand new cop who had just been sworn in 90 minutes earlier, shot and killed an unarmed 17 year old black child. Antwon Rose was in a car that had been pulled over for suspicion of being involved in a shooting earlier. Once stopped, 2 occupants of the car got out and started running. The officer decided it was a good idea to shoot and kill this kid. Smh.
There is no excuse for this. Yes, these were the suspects. Firearms were found on the floor of the car and the back window had been shot out during the previous shootout of earlier in the day. But nothing can justify that when Antwon was shot that he was unarmed. Perhaps an officer with more time on the force, oh say….. a full shift, would not have shot this kid. Sigh.
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Edit to add- it is not definitive that these were the suspects. I was presumptuous