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http://www.cnn.com/2014/10/09/us/st-louis-officer-shooting/
More rioting over recent shooting
(CNN) -- Vonderrit Deondre Myers, a teenager who died in a police shooting, was struck by seven or eight bullets, St. Louis city Medical Examiner Dr. Michael Graham said Thursday night.
"All but one gunshot wound were to the lower extremities," Graham said. "The one fatal wound was to the head."
Police Chief Sam Dotson said the killing happened Wednesday evening when a suspect shot a pistol three times at the St. Louis officer, who was off-duty but wearing his uniform while moonlighting for a security company. The officer fired his pistol 17 times, police said.
The shooting sparked angry street protests, with residents pointing out similarities to the August killing of Michael Brown in nearby Ferguson.
Myers and Brown were both 18 and black and killed by white police officers. One big difference: Police said Brown was not armed.
"It`s a clear case of this young man being gunned down by an insensitive white officer who was off-duty," Akbar Muhammad, part of a coalition seeking justice in the Brown shooting, told CNN affiliate KTVI. "He chased them off a corner."
Were 17 shots excessive? St. Louis Police Officers' Association lawyer Neil Bruntrager discussed that Thursday night on "Erin Burnett OutFront."
"When he uses deadly force he uses deadly force until the threat is gone," Bruntrager said.
Bruntrager said without video of the incident or unbiased witnesses, the police and the public must rely on physical evidence. A 9mm pistol allegedly fired by Myers was found at the scene, police said.
But Van Jones, a civil rights activist and CNN contributor, said nobody can trust the police after the Brown killing.
"You're seeing a wholesale breakdown of trust," he said on "OutFront."
Thursday night, St. Louis residents held a candlelight vigil for Myers at a sandwich shop where he bought food shortly before being shot. They sang hymns, prayed and released balloons into the air.
Speakers urged the people to remain peaceful.
"The chief did an outstanding job yesterday, keeping the tension down between the police officers, as well the protesters," Missouri state Sen. Jamilah Nasheed of St. Louis said to KTVI. "It is an unfortunate situation. My heart goes out to the family, but again from what I am hearing it was a direct correlation to racial profiling, racial profiling went deadly."
The Myers shooting occurred just ahead of a "Weekend of Resistance" in St. Louis, where activists will push for movement in the investigation into the Brown case.
Tensions are already high in the community, and it's uncertain how the latest shooting will affect its mood.
An animated crowd quickly gathered late Wednesday near the shooting site close to the Missouri Botanical Garden, chanting slogans as St. Louis police officers stood by.
"Hey, hey, ho, ho, these killer cops have got to go," the crowd chanted, repurposing a popular chant from the Brown protests.
The confrontations with police were intense and laced with profanity.
"That was somebody's baby," screamed one man, referring to the man who was killed.
"Think about your own child," pleaded another person in the crowd.
Despite the tensions, Dotson said no businesses were looted and no windows were smashed. He praised officers for showing a "tremendous amount of restraint" as members of the crowd confronted them face-to-face and damaged three police cruisers.
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Burning ol glory :-\
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"When he uses deadly force he uses deadly force until the threat is gone," Bruntrager said.
I'm sick to fuckin death of this hypocrisy. I actually support this cop blasting this chump, but WHY isn't this same argument used for regular individuals when faced with danger?? >:(
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"It`s a clear case of this young man being gunned down by an insensitive white officer who was off-duty," Akbar Muhammad, part of a coalition seeking justice in the Brown shooting, told CNN affiliate KTVI.
LOL
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This is just rediculous that people are upset about this. Dude shot at a man, and the man shot back. Now he's dead. Case closed.
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"Vonderrit Deondre"
Seriously, are black people always high when they name their illegitimate kids?
How the fuck does someone come up with a name like that? Put a bunch of syllables into a hat and pull them out and string them together to get a name out of them?
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I guess the poor unfortunate Hebrew young man should have shot at a "sensitive" white officer.....
::) ::) ::)
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Thatll teach him to be black.
We, to be black and shoot at the police.
derp.
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"That was somebody's baby," screamed one man, referring to the man who was killed.
"Think about your own child," pleaded another person in the crowd.
That is exactly what the cop was thinking about when he fired 17 times. He was making sure he went home to his own child. Good shoot, I love happy endings! :D
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Pfft. Drone strikes take out subject and 20-30 collaterals. Chump change.
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He fired at the cop first? Then 17 shots is completely legal. And justified.
Now, if they discover the man was on the ground, and the cop walked up to give him a headshot, well, that's murder.
We are still waiting for the report from the first shooting - that was 3 months ago. It'll probably be a while for this one, huh?
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"That was somebody's baby," screamed one man, referring to the man who was killed.
"Think about your own child," pleaded another person in the crowd.
That is exactly what the cop was thinking about when he fired 17 times. He was making sure he went home to his own child. Good shoot, I love happy endings! :D
WONT SOMEBODY PLEASE THINK OF THE CHILDREN!!!!!
fuck im so tired of this shit. Dumbass shot st the cop. Thays instant suicide.
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cop figured it was him or the other dude, I don't blame the cop at all. split second decisions can mean u end up in a box or u go home to see your wife and kids that night. cant wait to hear the kids mother on tv saying he was a good boy and went to church and helped homeless people ::)
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cop should have went to the dudes house afterwards and taken out his whole damn family so they dont make more like this clown
can we just get this race war over already and round up all these clowns and send them back to africa???
enough..of this crap... crime, jails overcrowded, etc because of these idiots...
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Maybe he should have fired just once and waited to see if the young man fired again.
We should probably institute a law for 1/1 bullet exchange ratio or 2/1 (affirmative action) if numerator is black.
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I would have shot him seventy times - after all young people need to be injected with values.
Love how low lives can use "hate crimes" to sabotage America from within.
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This punk was a verifiable piece of shit with a criminal history. Good bye, the world is better without you. At least he won't be able to have a ton of kids he doesn't support.
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Justified. Bailiff, next case please.
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As an aside it's interesting to note that the darker the shading of the majority inhabitants of a country/region, one will see a correlative decline in the overall environment. For example:
US, Canada, Europe: Majority white, Most problems caused by black/brown minorities.
Mexico, Central/South America: 3rd world shitholes mired with corruption, relative lawlessness, rampant violence.
Middle East: Hell On earth; Koranic-led parasites for whom an eternity of water-boarding using gasoline in lieu of water would be too good.
Africa: Ebola/AIDS originating hellhole wrought with famine, disease, bushmen, Brillo-haired miscreants and stray lions.
Racist post reported. Expect a time out.
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It's always a bit amusing to me when they make a big deal as to how many bullets were fired. If you're life is in danger you keep firing until the threat is 100% over. Assuming you are the victim the onus shouldn't be on you to guess when you're safe. Anybody that has fired a gun knows how fast those bullets go.
The best defense I've ever heard when a man was asked in court why he fired 15 shots at his assailant His reply was:
"Because that's all the bullets I had."
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Yawn ::)
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black "people"...
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As an aside it's interesting to note that the darker the shading of the majority inhabitants of a country/region, one will see a correlative decline in the overall environment. For example:
US, Canada, Europe: Majority white, Most problems caused by black/brown minorities.
Mexico, Central/South America: 3rd world shitholes mired with corruption, relative lawlessness, rampant violence.
Middle East: Hell On earth; Koranic-led parasites for whom an eternity of water-boarding using gasoline in lieu of water would be too good.
Africa: Ebola/AIDS originating hellhole wrought with famine, disease, bushmen, Brillo-haired miscreants and stray lions.
you forgot to generalize Asia.