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First off, last I checked, stealing a car and running from the Police was a crime. look at the time of day, 3am. Typically not a lot of 13 year olds out and about at that time of day. Second, does age of the driver matter? I'm sure if any of the officers involved had seen another way out of the situation, they would have tried. There are a lot of cops, and crime victims in general, who have been injured or killed by 13 year olds. Third, typical of the family to rush forward and scream after the fact!! Where were they for the 13 years prior to this in raising a responsible, law abiding child?
Sad to see the back peddling that APD is now doing, same as the Rodney king incident. Current lapd policy allows and trains for this use of force, just like in the king case, they acted as they were trained, then abandoned by their agency. Its a tough job, split second decisions which result in living or dying. Try it.
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