http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/11/24/cleveland-shot-boy/19471925/
Why aren't police trained to avoid deadly force rather than use it in situations like this?
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The father of a 12-year-old boy fatally shot by police after wielding a replica gun questioned Sunday why police did not use a stun gun to subdue him.
Tamir Rice was shot in the torso in the playground area of a recreation center in Cleveland on Saturday afternoon. He died in a hospital Sunday morning.
His father, Gregory Henderson, told the Cleveland Plain Dealer:"Why not taze him? You shot him twice, not once, and at the end of the day you all don't shoot for the legs, you shoot for the upper body."
Henderson told reporters over the weekend that his son was a "respectful" young man who minded his elders.
Why aren't police trained to avoid deadly force rather than use it in situations like this?