Crowds protest Utica officials after teenager fatally shot by police 

Don't mug people with a fake gun and then act like its a real gun when running from the police

dont point guns at police fake or not

Act like a thug, get treated like a thug

What are they outraged about? You don’t EVER point a real or fake gun at an officer. Period.

Don't raise your child to be a thug.

Are they dumb? The kid aimed a pellet gun that looked like a real gun at police.

The parents aren’t victims. The people those teenagers robbed were victims.

Why run? Because they were connected to the reported crime.

If you use a fake gun as if it was real to rob people you should be treated as if it is real.

They won’t let them explain because they know the kid was in the wrong.

The kid showed a gun even though a pellet gun officers had no way of knowing NOT THE OFFICERS FAULT!!

Wheres the responsibility of the parents? What was a 13 year old doing out late at night robbing people? Who could have known the gun wasn't real?

I’m a father of two and if my child’s actions led to the consequences of that boy……. I would blame my self.

Teenagers running around with a real looking pistol! The police don't know it's not real!

After committing two armed robberies, he ran and pointed his gun at police ... what in the world is there to protest except his stupidity?

13 year old pointed a gun at police. Police Officer justified in taking action to save his life and go home safely to his family.

Your son was robbing people and pulled out a real looking toy gun on the officer's. This is what happens when you do this, if you don't like how things are done here, you have other options.

Crowds should be protesting outside the parents home and demanding answers from them, not the city. Blame the parents, the police were justified in shooting an individual who pulls a gun while being detained. No way the officers could know it’s only a replica and why was he even carrying a replica gun, trying to look gangsta?

Don’t blame law enforcement! Lock up the border and toughen immigration laws!

Two youths were stopped. On fled, pulled and pointed a gun. The other is still alive today! I rest my case!

Where we’re the parents not knowing the kids were robbing people. So sad for Loss of life but cops have have a split second to decide to shoot. Those toy guns look real

They'll be mad no matter the reason the officer shot someone. And they are never "satisfied with the answers" the police give because they just want to cause as big of a deal as possible.

Those people live in America but only one spoke English. All they did was scream and disrupt the police conference. While I feel compassion for anyone who's lost a child, that boy shouldn't have been out doing no good with a fake firearm.

They need to stop blaming the police for the actions of criminals!

When a kid in the late night hours has gun, real or pellet, is asking to get shot. When police are being shot almost daily, why wouldn't they take this step. Why were those kids not at home? Nothing good comes from being out late at night.

He pointed a fake gun at the cop.. who's really at fault here. Definitely not the cop. Ya'll are luney.

Why people not mad at the parents for their child having a gun fake or not, what do they think he was doing with it?

The young VICTIMS mother? That kid was not a victim.

0:28 - If you display what appears to be a gun while police are chasing you, what do you expect is going to happen???

I saw the body cam video, and as tragic as this is, the kid was in the wrong. It’s almost guaranteed the law supports the actions of the police. As for the officers, knowing how things usually goes, the one that fired the shot will be marked as unlucky by most of his dept and the blue community overall. It sounds stupid given the nature of the job, but there is a stigma attached to these incidents within LEO circles, no matter how justified it may be. If that officer is not smart enough to navigate that or have the right connections to back him up, it will impact his career. If push comes to shove, he may even be politically sacrificed too.

13 year olds don't play with fake guns unless they're up to no good, it was probably used to prank or rob someone.

The mother was outraged in the video, but in reality, she's the point of failure. Her 13-year old son was out at night robbing people with a pellet gun that looked like a real gun. In addition to that, he ran from and pointed the gun at the police. If you don't want blame the kid, blame the her for the situation.

Don't blame on police. That kids does have a gun. We can see on the video clearly.

As soon as you pull out a weapon around police, you have forfeited your life

Blame the kid. Put the parents in jail.

Ignoring the fact that he was 13 years old, what did he expect to happen when he pulled out a fake gun and pointed it at the officers. Was he going to go “pow pow” and then the cops run away in fear?

Kid had a gun, ran from the cops, and pointed said gun at the cops. The cops did a good job, the parents did not.

Whats the confusion here? Detained thug ran and pulled a gun on police and was shot.His choice,not the cops.

Police officers met a young man with a weapon. They don't have time to negotiate about whether it's a replica or a real gun. The cops are probably pretty upset. But I don't blame them.

I am from Myanmar, I would blame parents to let this kid get the fake gun first and not teaching well how America is so dangerous to carry a real/fake gun around. It's not officer's fault. They were investigating, he run, he became a suspect, he pointed the fake gun and he was shot. The whole scene is obvious the officers were defending themselves or they would die like former cases. Sorry for this kid. This family doesn't represent our country. Not blaming victims but the kid was dead because of carelessness and not well educated.

Police should background check all protesters, I'm 100 percent certain that there is a APB

This entire room owes the police an apology.

Keep your kids on a leash!

Bad parenting, bad kids. Kid is dead because his parents forgot to be parents.

Great example of why PARENTING REFORM and YOUTH CONDUCT REFORM are critically needed in our communities!

He was probably robbing their people. Humans simply don’t own their responsibility.

Don’t play with guns real or fake!

Oh son. What are you doing with a fake gun, waking around the streets in the middle of the night.

Sad situation overall. The police were justified; they want to go home to their families too. Still a loss of life is a loss of life. This is how the community is going to grieve but I don’t think they should crucify the officers

Police don’t have the options to ask is that a real gun. Kids should know what happens if you play this game.

OMG !! YOU KNOW THAT IF YOU PLAY LIKE THAT WITH THE POLICE IT IS NOT GOING TO END WELL HIS PARENTS SHOUL'VE KNOWN TO WARN HIM ABOUT ALL THIS STUFF!! LIKE REALLY

Don't be using fake guns when people have real ones

Bad culture, bad parenting.

1: kids driving illegally 2: kids flee 3: kids present a replica of a Glock (how are police to know it's not real? Take a chance at getting shot?) 4: kids disobeyed every order by police 5: where were these kids parents? 6: I want to know if they were illegal immigrants! Obey the law and you won't get shot!

Should’ve raised your kid better

Sorry for their loss but having fake Or real gun that kid are looking for trouble. No excuses to point at someone . I held my first gun at 12 and never once hide it on me til I got my first concealed permit . What a tragedy 😢

Why do they need an interpreter for an American town hall meeting. If you’re gonna come here, learn the language at least. The disrespectfulness of the parents who won’t even learn the language of the country they live in seems to have rubbed off to the kids who had no respect for the law enforcement of that country.

People lie, videos do not. So did the lady in green not beleive her own eyes or?

Family doesn't want to take responsibility for the fact that their child pointed a gun at a cop smh. It's not like the kid pulled out a cell phone and the cop thought it was a gun and he shot him. He CLEARLY seen that it was a gun and it became a matter of its either you or me. Was he supposed to wait and see if he got shot in the face before taking action to protect himself? And I understand that regardless of why it happened, that the family is grieving the loss of their child. But it's their child's fault for making an absolutely outrageous decision that he's no longer living smh. For every one finger you point at someone else there's 3 fingers pointing straight back at yourself

Why are they always the victims? Take some responsibility for your actions and the horrible parenting that led your son to these consequences. I’m over hearing about this on the daily in the same communities.

the mother is responsible for her son‘s death, she raised her son as a robber

All these people out here yelling now, where were any of them when this 13-year-old was running the streets at 10:30 PM with a replica gun robbing people and then running from the police? That would’ve been a good time to be out in the streets yelling and hollering. None of you cared then though. Stop blaming everyone else and do better.

I like how they also scream police brutality, but ignore the fact that they tried to give the kid CPR after he was shot.

This case isn't as clear as they say. The child had a fake gun and he caused the shooting by aiming the weapon at officers during the evasion attempt. It's a tragedy but this kid caused it.

It doesn't matter. If it was fake, does it if you point a gun at somebody and they have a gun to protect themselves, they're going to do so you don't get a chance to say?Is it real so sick of these stupid people thinking that because someone did something stupid?There should have been no repercussions

If they would have stayed in their own country instead of invading ours he would still be alive today.

Imagine pulling out a toy gun thinking nothing will happen.

Definitely won't grow up to be a hardcore criminal, failed parenting.

Kudos to the Police officer

No big deal. If he woould reach 20, he probobly would be in jail😢

You never point the gun at the police, whether it's true or fake! What a bunch of idiots!

The officer clearly asked " Do you have any weapons?"..The " kid" who talks the talk and runs the walk...13 or not he was presenting an image of himself and he lost.Thank God no innocent people were injured.

This teaches people it's ok to rob someone with a fake gun. The city probably wont pay out anything higher than 10,000 dollars. Thats pretty much his fault. He could of put his hand up and just gone with the police.

Don’t understand the outrage. Stop pointing a gun at police. Or better yet, when confronted maybe don’t run away at all.

0:51 when the reality of your failures hits and you can't take accountability

Stupidity. Never brandish a gun replica or not. The police will see you as a threat. The parents should know! The police is doing their job!

Dress and act like a thug, you will be treated like one.

People defending his stupid behavior says alot.

So why didn't the kid put his hands up and cooperate. Oh wait he was just robbing someone and police ran up on him and he decided to run and fight back. This mother acting like he was walking down the street and police shot him for no reason. I have alot of empathy but come on. I feel for the mother but you need to teach your child to behave and not rob someone

So the parent and family are just going to overlook the fact that they were out there committing crimes? 😒

teach your kids better and this sort of thing wouldn't happen.

They need to go this is America our country don't like it leave

Dumb, waste of time. Do a better job as a parent and that wouldn’t happen.

If this parents really cared they should have kept an eye on there son

The teenager was "coming home after an 8th grade barbecue", dressed like a ninja in mission, sporty dark clothing and waving a Glock. Was it a costume barbecue? A ninja slumber party?

Why was he at home? He’s dead because you’re a terrible parent.

C'mon now! What did they'd expect to happen when you point an expected handgun at a cop! It's the kid fault!

The children now are just doing what they see and live everyday. The adults in your community have to do a better job. It is to bad that children watching adults do this and think they can do it to. If you have guns in your home lock them up unloaded and the ammunition is stored away from the gun. A 13 year old should have never had a real and parents most teach their children a toy gun is just a dangerous if you are walking around in the community with it. People can distinguish a real gun from a fake from a distance. I am sorry for your loss. I had an adult friend who thought he was being funny. While working on his car in the street he put a toy gun in his waistband in his back. While he was bending over to wrench on the car. A police car pulled up. All the sudden guns are drawn the cops were pointing their guns at me and my friend. I did not have a gun fake or real. Since I was with someone that did I was just as guilty. When the police found out it was a fake gun they were not happy. Because they were ready to take us both down town. I even warned my friend not to mess around with the toy gun. He almost got me shot.

Hes speaking english! What interpretation is needed?

These young men got to stop running from these police officers and playing with them

Sad young man died but he set everything into motion by running with gun in hand

People who make excuses for this kid are part of the problem. 😳

The families fault clearly

He had a fake gun that can very easily been mistaken for a real one. I'm sorry but it is what it is

What exactly are they protesting?

It seems like Southeast Asians are the not the model immigrants that people see in Asians.

Kid did armed robberies with a realistic looking gun, ran from police and pointed the gun at them and then struggled with the cops over the gun on the ground. All indisputable facts; most of which of are on the video. These people are delusional!! I understand the mother not being able to accept facts, but others are using this incident for their own political advantage.

If you watch the video he still had the gun pointed at the cops so what do you think the car is gonna do real or fake still what's gonna happen

play stupid games win stupid prizes,and who is the victims?this kid just won the Darwin award

Don’t points guns at police there after a payout