Ok, alot to unpack here. First of all, we need to separate the media account we read and then put yourself in that situation. When cops come onto the scene of a call...and let's look at his...Chicago, 2:30AM...shots fired....you're not just going to go whistling up to see what's going on with no premeditation, that's be HUMAN, not a cop. Secondly, you have no idea how old the people there are?? Why a 13 year old is out at 2:30am, with or without a gun is another story. At 2:30am, it's dark, there's alot going on.
I really don't know what many of the dissenters think the cops should do in these situations?? We are heading towards a place where it's like Portland and the police do nothing and let violence happen and the cities be torn down.
Personally, I will support the actions of Police. They have been in the field for a specific time, they have been trained and it works about 98% of the time. Please look into the statistics folks. The only reason many people think that only blacks are shot by the police is that's the only shootings that are reported by the national media. We have to understand that the national media is in the ENTERTAINMENT business. This means if they don't get people to turn on their channel, they don't have jobs. More whites are shot by police than blacks nationally. That seems preposterous but it's true.
We are living in times when very few people follow up on things. They just take what is on national TV and social media as gospel.
With nearly all these shootings of blacks the last few years, what has been a common thread? The person has had issues with the police in the past, or they are resisting arrest, trying to get away, not complying. These are not solid citizens who are getting shot. We hire police to keep order in our cities and towns. I think for some they only feel the police should shoot when they are directly being shot at. That's simply not reality.