Posted on 09/17/2017 8:41:19 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Jason Stockley, the former police officer whose acquittal sparked three days of riots and protests in St. Louis, says he did not murder Anthony Lamar Smith.
“I did nothing wrong,” Stockley told the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. “If you’re telling the truth and you’ve been wrongly accused, you should shout it from a mountaintop.”
Stockley, 36, was acquitted by Judge Timothy Wilson of first-degree murder in the 2011 shooting of Anthony Lamar Smith, a 24-year-old black man with a lengthy police record. During his 28 years on the bench, Judge Wilson has ruled both for and against police.
Before the shooting, Smith had led police on an extended car chase over a suspected drug deal. Smith had previously been convicted of dealing drugs and unlawful possession of a firearm. He was out on probation on a theft charge the day he died.
Stockley now lives in Houston, Texas, and has changed careers. He said the taking of someone’s life is agonizing, but he did his job and did not murder Smith or plant a gun on him, as prosecutors alleged.
While he’s pleased he was acquitted, Stockley is saddened by the riots in St. Louis, and is worried for police officers who are being attacked by anti-police protesters like Black Lives Matter.....
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At least he’s following the first rule - never apologize to leftists.
I fully agree with his statements, but maybe this is not the best time to attract even more attention to himself or other officers.
Do it anyway.
Actually per capita New Orleans is the murder capital of the U.S.
If blacks don’t want to live around whites, we should ask them if they want segregation. If so, let’s give it to them.
Unfortunately, if they got that, they would still never be happy because others would prosper and they would be jealous.
There’s a third option, the one Lincoln was pondering when he died.
That would be the best option. If they don’t like it here, no options but to be shipped to Africa. See if they like it any better.
They should be happy their ancestors sold them off. If they’re not happy, they should sue their African ancestors.
Extend the offer to the leftists that defend them. Give them a chance to fully experience the consequences of their actions.
Whether or not they got that, they would still never be happy because others would prosper and they would be jealous.
Good for him - don’t give in to these bastards.
Guilty not guilty, none of it matters. There would have been riots either way. We have large groups of people that want to destroy our Country from inside and they are going to take every opportunity they find to do that!
Perhaps, but when the enemy lives in a perpetual state of rage, there is no good time...which is EXACTLY why they do it!
Agree. He’d be better off laying low for a while.
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