StL County Cops Shoot Teen

[williamthewildcat]

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/08/10/st-louis-teen-police-shooting/13856377/?utm_source=feedblitz&utm_medium=FeedBlitzRss&utm_campaign=usatoday-newstopstories



Apparently  there was a shooting in Ferguson, MO yesterday where a kid was shot by police (unverified) nine times. Lots of tension over the shooting and about 100 other LEO's were called in to keep the situation secure.

The information was coming out rather slow and the Ferguson PD has held a press conference stating the shooting started after the cops confronted the teen and his friend as they walked in the street. The kid was unarmed.

The PD's version of events says the teen assaulted the officer and one shot was fired inside the car. The teen ran away from the car, was shot in the leg about 35 feet away from the car, stopped and put his hands up,  and then was shot multiple times while on the ground.

[kim carnes]

no way!

[sys]

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/08/10/st-louis-teen-police-shooting/13856377/?utm_source=feedblitz&utm_medium=FeedBlitzRss&utm_campaign=usatoday-newstopstories



Apparently  there was a shooting in Ferguson, MO yesterday where a kid was shot by police (unverified) nine times. Lots of tension over the shooting and about 100 other LEO's were called in to keep the situation secure.

The information was coming out rather slow and the Ferguson PD has held a press conference stating the shooting started after the cops confronted the teen and his friend as they walked in the street. The kid was unarmed.

The PD's version of events says the teen assaulted the officer and one shot was fired inside the car. The teen ran away from the car, was shot in the leg about 35 feet away from the car, stopped and put his hands up,  and then was shot multiple times while on the ground.

it's ridiculous to have armed cops.

[Fake Sugar Dick (WARNING, NOT THE REAL SUGAR DICK!)]

It's STL, what do you expect?

[SPEmaw]

I really expected gE to have more to say on this. Was really looking forward to reading the commentary.

[j-dub]

i hate cops. i really do. i don't trust them to not be complete idiots. they are mostly incompetent, arrogant entitled losers who either weren't smart enough or ambitious enough to go to college. i shudder when i think of the guys from my high school who became cops.

[chuckjames]

i hate cops. i really do. i don't trust them to not be complete idiots. they are mostly incompetent, arrogant entitled losers who either weren't smart enough or ambitious enough to go to college. i shudder when i think of the guys from my high school who became cops.

.  This x1,000,000.

[Kat Kid]

I read an article that Mike Brown was friends with a KSU athlete.  I'm thinking DJamer or Nino?

[CNS]

Agree mostly.  I know three ppl from my HS that are/were cops.  Two guys, one girl.  Both of the guys were kicked off for eventually being charged with beating their wives.  The girl is the wife of one of the two guys.   

One of the two guys sold weed and speed in HS.

Pretty high end product keeping the streets "safe".

[cas4ksu]

i hate cops. i really do. i don't trust them to not be complete idiots. they are mostly incompetent, arrogant entitled losers who either weren't smart enough or ambitious enough to go to college. i shudder when i think of the guys from my high school who became cops.

This x1,000,000.

Have a HS friend that is a cop now. I believe that he's adequately competent to perform as a cop. However, it's a small town that he'll be working in so his duties will really deal with HS kids drinking hooch on the weekends and speeding tickets.

Can't really speak for how it is in major metropolitan places, but I see cops job in small towns ( > 15,000-20,000) as essentially a mall cop with a car, not a Segway.

[EMAWmeister]

I think it's odd that this town outside StL doesn't have dash cams in police cars.

I'm also really sick of stuff like this happening, and if the eyewitness accounts are even close to true, this officer should be in a lot of trouble.

[K-S-U-Wildcats!]

It'll be interesting to see how the media covers this as compared to Treyvon Martin. This sounds a lot worse, but the cop seems to be getting more deferential treatment because he's a cop.

Sounds like this guy did a very stupid thing attacking a cop, but then he ran away. Does police protocol even allow you to shoot a fleeing attacker once, let alone multiple times?

The ensuing riots were also pretty disgusting.

[schreds21]

How come Daris hasn't weighed in on this?
SHOW YOURSELF COPPER!!!!

[nicname]

i hate cops. i really do. i don't trust them to not be complete idiots. they are mostly incompetent, arrogant entitled losers who either weren't smart enough or ambitious enough to go to college. i shudder when i think of the guys from my high school who became cops.

This x1,000,000.

Have a HS friend that is a cop now. I believe that he's adequately competent to perform as a cop. However, it's a small town that he'll be working in so his duties will really deal with HS kids drinking hooch on the weekends and speeding tickets.

Can't really speak for how it is in major metropolitan places, but I see cops job in small towns ( > 15,000-20,000) as essentially a mall cop with a car, not a Segway.

I used to think that, but cops' job has them dealing with some pretty messed up situations anywhere you go. There is domestic battery, child abuse, drugs everywhere you go.

[nicname]

Surprised there isn't more anger over this.

http://www.fox23.com/news/news/man-shot-and-killed-northwest-tulsa/ngwYB/

[RickRampus]

Surprised there isn't more anger over this.

http://www.fox23.com/news/news/man-shot-and-killed-northwest-tulsa/ngwYB/

that is pretty awful, so many questions

[TheHamburglar]

Surprised there isn't more anger over this.

http://www.fox23.com/news/news/man-shot-and-killed-northwest-tulsa/ngwYB/

Off duty police officers shooting someone in a personal issue.  They're both in jail.  Not really sure what additional outcome angry people would want.

Also, Tulsa PD leadership has a pretty good relationship with civic leaders.  There's not a lot of underlying angst. 

[nicname]

Surprised there isn't more anger over this.

http://www.fox23.com/news/news/man-shot-and-killed-northwest-tulsa/ngwYB/

Off duty police officers shooting someone in a personal issue.  They're both in jail. Not really sure what additional outcome angry people would want.

Also, Tulsa PD leadership has a pretty good relationship with civic leaders.  There's not a lot of underlying angst.

Cool.

[cas4ksu]

i hate cops. i really do. i don't trust them to not be complete idiots. they are mostly incompetent, arrogant entitled losers who either weren't smart enough or ambitious enough to go to college. i shudder when i think of the guys from my high school who became cops.

This x1,000,000.

Have a HS friend that is a cop now. I believe that he's adequately competent to perform as a cop. However, it's a small town that he'll be working in so his duties will really deal with HS kids drinking hooch on the weekends and speeding tickets.

Can't really speak for how it is in major metropolitan places, but I see cops job in small towns ( > 15,000-20,000) as essentially a mall cop with a car, not a Segway.

I used to think that, but cops' job has them dealing with some pretty messed up situations anywhere you go. There is domestic battery, child abuse, drugs everywhere you go.

Yeah. It definitely varies from place to place.

[Unruly]

Good strat here.

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['taterblast]

Good strat here.

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i have no idea what's going on, but are they doing this in response to what the cops did?

[Unruly]

Good strat here.

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i have no idea what's going on, but are they doing this in response to what the cops did?

http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/2014/8/11/after-vigil-and-lootinghepeopleoffergusontrytopickupthepieces.html

She took her two young children to a QuickTrip convenience store that had been looted and burned in northern St. Louis County. She and a few other people were sweeping the parking lot, picking up trash and moving large pieces of debris out of the area as others swung by to view the damage.

[bubbles4ksu]

Good strat here.

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i have no idea what's going on, but are they doing this in response to what the cops did?

not directly.

[mortons toe]

Good strat here.

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i have no idea what's going on, but are they doing this in response to what the cops did?

not directly.

Yes, and this is the way they 'revolt'...

[420seriouscat69]

Ugh. Nick Wright is going off on @KrisKetzKMBC. He said he was just RT the riots and not explaining the act on 96.5 the buzz. Something about how we treat black youth differently than minorities in news coverage.. He loves talking about this stuff.