Us policeman kills black teen armed with air gun

OHIO: A white police officer fatally shot an African-American teen robbery suspect in capital city Columbus, Ohio, after the boy pulled out an air gun, media reports said. Responding to reports of an armed robbery, a police officer shot 13-year-old Tyre King, multiple times on Wednesday during a police confrontation, after he drew what looked like a handgun from his waistband. Chief Kim Jacobs, speaking to reporters at a news conference on Thursday, held up a photo of the type of gun found at the scene and said “Our officers carry a gun that looks practically identical to this weapon.” “It turns out to not be a firearm in the sense that it fires real bullets, but as you can see it looks like a firearm that could kill you,” USA Today quoted Jacobs. Jacobs identified the officer who shot King as Bryan Mason, a nine-year war veteran. He will be placed on leave for at least a week during the investigation. “There are allegations that have been made regarding his actions, and those allegations cannot be taken as factual until a thorough, unbiased investigation has taken place,” lawyer representing King, Sean Walton told CNN. In other cases of black people being shot by the police, in July police shot dead 37-year-old Alton Sterling in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, while 32-year-old Philando Castile was fatally shot by police in St. Paul, Minnesota, the next day. This case has also drawn a sharp comparison with the November 2014 killing of Tamir Rice, a 12-year-old African-American boy, who was shot by a police officer in Cleveland. The first draft of boundary changes of parliamentary constituencies has been proposed in the United Kingdom. The changes aim to equalise the number of voters in each constituency to 70,000 and reduce the cost of politics by an estimated £66 million per Parliamentary period. After a five-year wait, the Boundary Commissions of England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland have put forward their ideas. Based on the principles of a fair Parliament, are