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>I'm thinking he pulled out his phone to record the cop, the
>cop thought it was a gun (because the police are afraid of
>black people and are cowards) stumbled and shot dude. And
>let's assume the kid did have a gun, the police aren't trained
>to use non-lethal force? they can arrest white domestic
>terrorists who shoot up schools and movie theaters, but a
>black kid who (allegedly) had a gun and didnt even squeeze off
>any shots has to be put down? OK.

IF the "kid" really pointed a gun at the cop then the cop was definely justified in shooting him. That's called "suicide by cop".

You don't meet lethal force with non-lethal force.

Is the cop supposed to wait until they pull the trigger before they can shoot back?