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<blockquote data-quote="oldngray" data-source="post: 1380840" data-attributes="member: 45230">Its unclear exactly what happened but none of the news reports I saw mentioned race as a factor so that just seems to be playing the race card. And it was a Crossman .177 caliber pellet gun that does look fairly real at first glance.<img src="http://media2.wcpo.com/photo/2014/08/07/Air_rifle_Walmart_John_Crawford_1407438015444_7261728_ver1.0_640_480.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />The man was apparently shot after he didn&#039;t comply with the police instructions and they still considered him a threat to the public. There needs to be an investigation (and there will be) but this is not a case where people should rush to judge before knowing facts.<a href="http://www.wcpo.com/news/local-news/walmart-near-dayton-ohio-evacuated-after-gusnshots-fired-inside-store" target="_blank">http://www.wcpo.com/news/local-news/walmart-near-dayton-ohio-evacuated-after-gusnshots-fired-inside-store</a>&nbsp;And the mother said she was talking to her son on the phone and he was over by toys and videogames, which seems unlikely because a pellet gun would not be in the toy department. Also, she immediately cried it was racial and called NAACP about it without knowing the details herself.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="oldngray, post: 1380840, member: 45230"] Its unclear exactly what happened but none of the news reports I saw mentioned race as a factor so that just seems to be playing the race card. And it was a Crossman .177 caliber pellet gun that does look fairly real at first glance. [IMG]http://media2.wcpo.com/photo/2014/08/07/Air_rifle_Walmart_John_Crawford_1407438015444_7261728_ver1.0_640_480.jpg[/IMG] The man was apparently shot after he didn't comply with the police instructions and they still considered him a threat to the public. There needs to be an investigation (and there will be) but this is not a case where people should rush to judge before knowing facts. [url]http://www.wcpo.com/news/local-news/walmart-near-dayton-ohio-evacuated-after-gusnshots-fired-inside-store[/url] And the mother said she was talking to her son on the phone and he was over by toys and videogames, which seems unlikely because a pellet gun would not be in the toy department. Also, she immediately cried it was racial and called NAACP about it without knowing the details herself. [/QUOTE]

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