SHOT 7 TIMES

Yesterday Erica wrote a well written essay on a young Latino who got deliberately shot 7 times by policemen in fear of getting fired on themselves. The young boy was carrying a rifle that looked real and loaded.

Erica kept using the rhetorical question why 7 times to convey the magnitude and cruelty of the situation. Yes the boy posted a threat but what caused police to shoot this boy 7 times ? There is no reason for this madness or am I being biased?

Was there a reason to there madness. I was affected emotionally by this essay but maybe I should put myself in the police shoes. Dr. Preston showed the classroom the comparison of both rifles. I was appalled almost in awe at the reality of the rifle. It looked real. What was this kid doing with this rifle? If the rifle were to be real would the young kid have actually shot at the police men? 

But after going over both perspectives of the situation I thought firing at the young kid was the right thing to do. But not 7 times. Not SEVEN bullets fired into that child's body. One shot kills a bear. 3 shots killed our president. But seven shots into this child is just manslaughter. 

May his soul rest in peace. He was put into a society that influenced him wrong. He died with innocence and not understanding. Anyone of us could of been his shoes. Lets just say we are the lucky ones.