I agree.

In that Slate article you had quoted, I see the following gem at the bottom: "Officers say Crawford ignored orders to drop the BB gun. A representative of Crawford's family says that Crawford may not even have been aware of officers' presence before they began firing."

Unless they were using telepathy or whispering, I'd have to say that is BS judging from the Walmart audio.

Look at the video at around 08;26;57;20. The cop that shot him has cover behind a pallet of kitty litter. It's the stuff in the bright yellow containers. That pallot is lined up with a pallet of Ol' Roy dog food at the head of the aisle that the kid was standing in. you can see both pallets in the video to the left. You can see the pallet of red bags of dog food in the video to the right. Why is a cop, with cover and with backup, with a clear shot of the target, not verbally identifying himself and commanding the citizen to put down what he thought was a deadly weapon?

This whole situation is a travesty of justice. I don't know how anyone can watch that video and decide not to charge the cop. And the person who called 911 should be charged as well. They don't even have to find either of them guilty, but you have to charge them. The fact that they didn't is staggering.

http://www.infowars.com/walmart-shop...ing-up-bb-gun/

Innocent bystander Angela D. Williams, 37, of Fairborn, also died following the shooting.

The county coroner said she was “apparently running from a dangerous situation inside the Walmart store when she collapsed. She was taken to Soin Medical Center where she died at 9:14 p.m.” In a sad twist, the mother of two was due to be wed on Saturday.

I am going to say after watching with sound the cop is in the wrong and the guy calling is in the wrong. He said the dude pointed it at the kids when clearly he didn't. Completely ****ed up situation. I am guessing that Holder will have his slimy little hands in this one as well. He might actually do some good here.

Walmart sells BB guns no?

This is ****ed up. There is NO reason to make a BB gun look like a high powered rifle. None.

I think Ohio's an open carry state. So would he even have needed a license?

I'm guessing a whole different set of folks might get upset if that happened.

The bullshit train just keeps on rolling............probably just a thug so it's all good. They lying mofo on the phone needs his ass whooped.

I stand corrected since Holder is stepping down. And I would also like to say that my analysis is based on that video with the audio. If that audio is off by a couple of seconds I could change my opinion slightly. Either way that dickhead who called it in should get some nut hooks.

Well for once I don't think KC Native was wrong, it just came from his side of the fence.

This is ****ing criminal, and it's getting worse every day...

Well, here's the thing: how many stories have you heard about cops shooting people, usually a kid, who has a toy gun? In a situation like this, guy in a Walmart has a gun, not shooting anyone, not threatening anyone, just walking around looking at shit on the shelves, a reasonable person would have to consider that it may very well be a toy, especially considering that they sell toy guns / bb guns in Walmart, and curb his enthusiasm accordingly. These cops were ****ing morons.