FOR THE CHRISTMAS SEASON-
(REAL OR FAKE): After the tragic shooting death in Cleveland, Ohio, which involved a 12 year old Tamir Rice, who was playing with a realistic-looking fake handgun in a public recreation area by an officer of the Cleveland Police Department in 2014, Magnolia's Police Chief Donald Hall is encouraging parents of Magnolia not to purchase these realistic toy guns for their children to play with during the summer while they are ...out of school.
"It's very difficult for police officers to determine if these toy guns are real or not (with the red tips removed) in a split-second, especially after arriving on a potential crime scene..." Hall explained.
"And, no officer wants to be involved in an incident where a child is shot."
With that said, a concern citizen of Magnolia, Eric Graham, is demanding that all Dollar General Stores, in the area, to remove all replica handguns from their store shelves in order to prevent other incidents like the one involved in Cleveland from reoccurring--Contact Richard Dreiling CEO of Dollar General 1-(615) 855-4000 and let him know you want these toy guns removed from his stores.-The Evolution of an MC-Pocket Full of Ghetto Poems Vol.2
