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    ABC News‏Verified account @ABC Aug 15

    Police use Taser on 13-year-old gun-toting runaway in Alabama. Authorities say he fled from police as they approached him and reached into his pocket before being shocked and taken into custody.https://abcn.ws/2BfyE50 

    10:40 AM - 15 Aug 2018
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      2. Gregory‏ @MinGjones60 Aug 15
        Replying to @ABC

        Just glad they didn’t kill the boy! Police should resort more often to less lethal means when dealing with children! Good Job officers!!!

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      3. Vicki A Linzy‏ @LinzyVicki Aug 15
        Replying to @MinGjones60 @ABC

        Not a kid when he's armed ! Charge him as an adult! Put him in jail and let God save him.

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      4. Gregory‏ @MinGjones60 Aug 15
        Replying to @LinzyVicki @ABC

        A 13 year old who just hit puberty? You’re a maniac

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      5. Vicki A Linzy‏ @LinzyVicki Aug 16
        Replying to @MinGjones60 @ABC

        Until people quit tolerating armed young offenders being slapped on the hand, and put them where they can get real help, our main concern should be to protect the innocent. Adopt him and put him in your home. The church talks big but does nothing to solve these problems.

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      1. Bradley Wilbanks‏ @wilbrad35 Aug 15
        Replying to @ABC

        At least they did not use deadly force!

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      1. Bruce Roberts‏ @broberts1958 Aug 15
        Replying to @ABC @WTOKTV

        Wow.. let’s thrash them. They could have pulled out the sucker jar or offered him bubble gum😩😩

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      1. Mike‏ @silvernbluelife Aug 15
        Replying to @ABC

        But the Parents will say " The police officer should of asked him to put the gun down before tazing him"

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      2. Valerie Gourdine‏ @gourdine38 Aug 15
        Replying to @ABC

        At lease he wasn’t shot and will live.

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      3. Gigi‏ @Gigi63965468 Aug 15
        Replying to @gourdine38 @ABC

        Ya he didn’t have a chance to rob or kill some one himself! If ya run ya got reason, why would he need a gun?

        0 replies 0 retweets 1 like
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      2. Ricky Dixon‏ @RickyD224 Aug 15
        Replying to @ABC

        So what should they have done? He had a gun. They get damned if they shoot or don’t shoot

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      3. Vincent's Id‏ @projectvincent1 Aug 15
        Replying to @RickyD224 @ABC

        Except nobody’s damning them, the incident is being reported as it happened.

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      1. Kat‏ @KatKathKit Aug 15
        Replying to @ABC

        Seems like a prudent and necessary use. They stopped the situation before it escalated further.

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      1. Lemhead‏ @OKDecent Aug 15
        Replying to @ABC

        Sounds like the only reasonable thing to do /s. I also hate that I can say that I’m glad they didn’t shoot him. This getting out of hand.

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      2. Riziki‏ @Riziki254 Aug 15
        Replying to @ABC

        Police did not shoot and kill a black teen with a gun?

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      1. Vicki A Linzy‏ @LinzyVicki Aug 15
        Replying to @ABC

        The minute he picked up that LOADED gun he became an adult. And he should be charged as an adult. Wuit feeling sorry for underaged criminals...

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      1. Jane Kennedy‏ @ajk11tenn Aug 15
        Replying to @ABC

        Everyone should walk in a policeman’s shoes for a couple of days before you say, “he/she should have.....”

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      1. John Gray‏ @Jarhead0331775 Aug 15
        Replying to @ABC

        Play stupid games, win stupid prizes. Lucky not dead.

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      1. JAKKOV‏ @BiniekL Aug 15
        Replying to @ABC

        Let me guess one of those "common sense gun laws" would have stopped this,,,,,, 🙄

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