Slain Teen's Mother Shocked D.A. Won't Prosecute

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The Memphis police officer who shot and killed a 15-year-old boy will not be charged, and the teen's mother is outraged. She didn't know the Shelby County District Attorney had decided not to prosecute Officer Terrance Shaw until ABC 24's Marcus Holliday told her.

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RealDeal - 2/4/2013 7:44 PM

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He may have 'fathered' some spawn, but he would not raise it even if he had survived. It would turn out JUST like him, & we taxpayers would be footing the bill to house & feed it (in jail, or otherwise). I simply can NOT have any sympathy in situations like this. Darwin HAS been proven right, yet again.

UnoHoo - 2/4/2013 7:03 PM

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She is only shocked she can't get any money out of the situation.

concerned - 2/4/2013 2:22 PM

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the gosad part is that at 15 he probably has fathered at least one child so his DNA will continue

concerned - 2/4/2013 2:19 PM

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I am sorry for her. The pain and grief must be unbearable but what was a 15 year old doing out at that hour? If she has other children I hope she becomes more involved in their lives.

nomercy - 2/4/2013 10:50 AM

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don't want to get shot ? don't try to rob people, if you do and get shot it is no ones fault but your own. how stupid do you have to be to understand this ??

ReligionStinks - 2/4/2013 7:30 AM

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The officer exterminated a thug with a future rap sheet a mile long. GOOD.

So Haven - 2/3/2013 10:08 PM

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There's the problem right there - the mother doesn't understand the definition of "rob". Chalk up another one to Darwinism.

Das Boot - 2/1/2013 8:26 PM

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You know if she spent this much energy being a good parent, he wouldn't have been in a gang, he wouldn't have been out trying to rob people, and so on. I feel she is just as much to blame for his death as the guy that pulled the trigger.

gnfergu - 2/1/2013 6:00 PM

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Although I can sympathize with this mother, its not what you feel. Its what the state can prove. New evidence can come along to convict this guy. But if you try now and lose, then you don't get another shot at him.