California officer shoots and kills boy, 15, holding gardening tool

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California officer shoots and kills boy, 15, holding gardening tool
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Also, why charge a cop with a weapon, though? Teenager at least had the agency to not rush a cop.

Why there? Googled it, this is from a different article:

"The officer-involved shooting was reported before 5 p.m. Saturday, after the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department received a 911 call about a domestic disturbance in Apple Valley, authorities said.

The caller reported that 15-year-old Ryan Gainer was attacking his sister and smashing up glass and doors at the family home."  

He was having a mental health crisis. But instead of being helped, he was executed by a full grown man afraid of a boy with a stick

A stick with a heavy pointy piece of metal attached to it. Anything can be a weapon and some are more effective than others.

Anything can be a weapon

Well, that explains the trend of cops shooting people with random objects in their hands. And acorns.

Acorns are fucking dangerous, next thing you know you're just walking down the street and a gang squirrels comes out and gives the run down for all your seeds and shit.