[el ess A]

Without any other evidence (eyewitness, video, etc.), then the police's version is what happened. Don't care if it actually is true, but go ahead and dispute it without any supporting evidence to the contrary. Good luck with that.

At least the kid wasn't found with Skittles and a soft drink in his hands. Now THAT would be another story altogether. But he had what appeared at the time to look like a real weapon. I glanced at the photo of the fake gun and instantly thought it was a real one until I read the commentary. And I wasn't trying to make a snap judgment about the weapon to see if it was fake or not.

Turn around and raise a real looking fake gun (as alleged) on any officer that's ready and see what happens. Doesn't matter intent. You're going down like a tired old ass-clown. No matter who's right, you're still dead.

Until there's evidence brought forth to the contrary, I'm siding with the LEOs on this one.