Daily News | It’s not enough to say ‘society failed’ when a child is killed by police | Helen Ubiñas
It’s been two weeks since Philadelphia police fatally shot a 12-year-old boy in the back, and we’re still trying to understand what happened to Thomas “TJ” Siderio that Tuesday night on a dark South Philly street.As with his death, information about TJ’s life has been hard to come by. But one thing is already agonizingly clear: He faced some challenges in his short time on earth.who was behind bars for at least a quarter of his life: Thomas Siderio Sr.
TJ also spent time in the child welfare system. Erica Smith, who said she was a foster mother to TJ when he lived with her for six months,page set up by a family friend that seems to speak to a life in turmoil: “The death of a child is not only devastating but it is a tragedy no matter what the situation. These grandparents must now say goodbye to their only grandchild the grandchild they could not save.
With only those meager threads of detail from TJ’s brief life, it’s unclear what was done, or not done, at ground level to try and save him. There’s still a lot that we don’t know — and might never know. In this sickening incident, there is plenty of blame to go around — especially for the police officer who fatally shot a kid in the back as he was running away. The four undercover officers involved in the shooting of TJ on March 1 weren’t wearing body cameras — absolutely inexcusable in a department as large as Philadelphia’s.
Outlaw’s comments were a telling rebuke of her officer’s actions, which she said were in clear violation of the department’s own use-of-force policy. The guidelines state that officers should not shoot at a fleeing suspect “who presents no immediate threat of death or serious bodily injury.”
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