I don't know...but it was a kid...He had an argument at home and yes he had knife. Today's kids live (very often) in terrific circumstances. Parents divorced (if ever married), they do not have exemplar in family, they have all kinds of confusions, socially, psychologically, etc...
I feel sorry for them. Society did not find way to deal with those anomalies that modern way of life and too much of personal freedom (and not enough responsibility) brought. But they are just poor kids (before they become junkies, criminals, etc...
I understand that being a policeman is dangerous job (and hard one) and they may not have sufficient salaries for that...but here in Australia they openly say that they are trained "shoot to kill". On TV tonight, one of them said that they are not out there to disarm anybody...it's not their task...their task is to "shoot straight in body"...to kill. I can be a policeman that way, just give me a gun. And yes they kill...kids; disturbed people, mental patients...and they are offered counseling instead of proper training and other solutions but guns...
As for me this is outrages... Why would I feel compassion for "upper class" kid in Greece (which I do) and not for disturbed kid in Melbourne. They are both dead and we don't have an idea what would happened in their future if they stayed alive...
I saw on TV someone written "Murder in the name of law is still murder". I agree...
And Colman, wait for your kid to be 15 and you'll find out how hard it is nowadays...and how hard it is to be a parent of 15 years old...I wish you all luck in this.
Poor mothers and fathers that lost their kids in Greece and Melbourne...that's all I can say....