What.. he did EXACTY what the cop told him to do. HE DIED FOLLOWING DIRECTIONS. The boys body language as he tossed the gun said it all. It was exactly the body language that anyone who has been around kids and young teenagers, has seen when they are trying to hide something. It is not body language that indicates a violent act is going to follow, specially shooting anyone. There was NOTHING in the kids hands, which where raised, when he was shot.. it's not splitting hairs.. It's FACT! If the cop took one second to verify if the kids hands where empty the kid would be alive. IF the cop had proper training, the kid would be alive, if the cop used the strobe light as indicated in the manuals, and police training, the boy would be a live.
Stop blaming the kids. This is 100% on the cop.