Another Twitter user who is apparently at the site said that the riot ‘sounds like a war zone.’
Robert Jackson. Amadou Diallo. Sean Bell. Kimani Gray. Ramarley Graham. Shantel Davis. All shot & killed by #NYPD #BrooklynProtest—
Johnny Golightly (@JohnnyGolightly) March 12, 2013
Brooklyn. Young people on street are demanding an investigation of NYPD shooting of 16 yr old Kimani Gray. instagr.am/p/WvaNonsG14/—
Michael Skolnik (@MichaelSkolnik) March 12, 2013
#KimaniGray What happened to the good ol days when u could run from the cops with an illegally owned firearm point it at them & not get shot—
NO (@DR0N3Z) March 12, 2013
When PD beat Rodney King, LA was shut down. Need a strong response or this keeps happening ppl. #KimaniGray #BrooklynProtest #OWS #OO—
Jayron (@Jayron26) March 12, 2013
I'm not worried about drones killing me but I am worried about cops with guns killing my nephews.#KimaniGray—
kenyatta yamel (@KenyattaYamel) March 12, 2013
I guess Obama has another would be son. #KimaniGray—
S.M (@redsteeze) March 12, 2013
His name should be trending on twitter. Everyone should know what NYPD is doing -.- #KimaniGray Rest in paradise 🙏—
Brianna Henry (@Briannaaxd) March 12, 2013
While Wall Street parties at center stage, kids like #KimaniGray are murdered on the back lot — @mikebloomberg 's New York—
Will Bunch (@Will_Bunch) March 12, 2013
RT @AlexStevens: FACT: #BrooklynRiot framing depoliticizes resistance & reifies criminalization of youth of color. Reframe: #BrooklynProtest—
HUE (@hueglobal) March 12, 2013
Lets see, he had a gun, he pointed it at the officers, they shot him and now teens are rioting. I guess the police need to be shot first and then return fire. I dont know all the facts nor do the rest of you. But I do question why he had a gun. I dont give any truth to the boys friends statements about him crying for help and pleading for them to stop shooting the suspect. Lets see in Chicago a 6 month old baby was shot 4 times by gang bangers and killed, how about some protesting and anger. Its ok and I am a black man so i can say this, we allow black men to kill each other in record numbers day in and day out and no one protests no anger is displayed but let a cop or a white male kill a black man and now we want to riot. No excuse for it our leaders are nothing but pimps pushing b/s and for some reason we seem to accept it.
How bout instead of threatening to riot, we teach our fucking kids A. Not to obtain illegal fire arms, and more importantly, B. not to point illegal firearms at the police?!!!!!!! We live in a world where everyone loves to place responsibility on all but themselves.
Was he really reaching for his gun? And if he was, why? And why, if he was armed and reaching for a gun, are people threatening to riot? Why did the officers approach him? A lot is missing from this story. How sad. I pray for his family.
what the hell is wrong with people???