How a mundane dispute between a homeowner and teenagers sparked gunfire, protests and outrage

[Babe_Ruth]

http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-anaheim-video-20170223-story.html

Cop white, kid Latino. Protests growing.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry...res-gun-at-minors_us_58ae34aee4b057efdce8f729


The video on this HuffPo link shows about three minutes of the confrontation. The cop will not let go of the kid, whose friends are also pleading with him to let go as he drags the kid all over his lawn. No violence and no threats until the cop starts trying to tackle the kid, some of the friends jump in, and the cop whips the gun out of his waistband and shoots (didn't hit anyone).

 

[CaptainObvious]

What's missing here is the cops claim that these kids walk through and trample his lawn every day. He also claims he's told them not to walk across his lawn and they've been disrespectful. We also don't know what transpired before they starting recording.

It does look bad, but I hate the knee jerk "white cop, Latino kid=racism" card that immediately gets played.

 

[Major]

This seems like one of those situations where everybody involved acted irresponsibly.