Quote:In fairness, the kid wasn't a suspect at the time he was shot.  He and his cohort were walking down the middle of the street blocking traffic when the officer pulled up.  He was connected to the burglary after the fact. 

 

Right but they could put 2 and 2 together pretty quick. The fact that the "kid" was just involved in a robbery could've helped quite the talk about an innocent child being shot in the back. That's what had everyone so upset at the start, it was being reported this kid was shot for walking in the middle of the street, add to the context he was leaving a robbery and it changes the public perception of what happened.

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