Two police officers wounded amid continuing tension in Ferguson

The Los Angeles Times ^ | September 28, 2014 | Molly Hennessy-Fiske and Matt Pearce

[2ndDivisionVet]

There were no demonstrators outside the Ferguson Police Department or on the city's main business center Sunday afternoon, yet the wounding overnight of two police officers in apparently unrelated incidents left the troubled Missouri city far from at ease..

Tensions flared in the St. Louis suburb over the weekend after officials said a Ferguson police officer was shot in the arm Saturday while chasing a suspect outside the city's community center.

In a separate shooting incident shortly after midnight early Sunday morning, an off-duty St. Louis city officer was hurt by breaking glass after the occupants of another vehicle shot his car multiple times as he was driving on the freeway, officials said. That officer was treated and released....

[re_nortex]

Another outbreak of holdering.

[Mr. K]

they are trying to force this to increase into riots.

They are planning something

‘Occupy [your town here]” was supposed to be the big uprising the community organizer-in-chief wanted, and it fizzled into nothing

They are proceeding with the plans though... just getting more brazen about it with no ‘cover’

[Jet Jaguar]

Obamaphone riot finder app is busy again.

[South40]

cess·pool ˈsesˌpo͞ol
noun
a disgusting or corrupt place.

[EagleUSA]

Status quo? Maybe. Maybe not.

[Jaxter]

"..wounding overnight of two police officers in apparently unrelated incidents.."

Right. Saying that this is related to the Gentle Giant shooting would be like saying cutting somebody's head off is terrorism.

[freedumb2003]

>>Another outbreak of holdering.<<

Most Excellent!

I would send a smiley for my positive reaction except that holdering is so tragic.

I shall be using said term in my tagline (and per FR guidelines, without attribution).

[freedumb2003]

>>Another outbreak of holdering.<<

Most Excellent!

I would send a smiley for my positive reaction except that holdering is so tragic.

I shall be using said term in my tagline (and per FR guidelines, without attribution).

[Dallas59]

The ongoing black crisis where thugs, thieves, unintelligible English, looting, lawlessness, sex, drugs, weed, crime is touted as desirable traits for a section of society.

[EEGator]

When keepin' it real goes wrong...

[Blood of Tyrants]

I’m sure glad that Obama and Holder are out there keeping the peace./sarc

[Fido969]

Nope not connected with the Brown incident.

And the incident in Oklahoma was “workplace violence.”

[NonValueAdded]

Helter Skelter

[Thanks RR Rest Well]

Flipping channels with mute on this morning, landed on MSNBC with a graphic about the overnight shootings. Graphic faded & the hostess got a huge smile. Rewound and put sound on - she started talking about the new season of Scandal as the shooting graphic faded - then smiled. Maybe it was just bad optics.

[A_Former_Democrat]

They are desperate to GOTV

[bray]

Have the Whites started rioting in OK City yet?

Pray America wakes

[WilliamofCarmichael]

. . . simmering resentment over Brown's shooting has led to venting at police. "People are just angry and want somebody to take it out on."

Definitely people are using this to stir maximum violence and bloodshed -- no matter the truth of what really happened.

Even under the Obama-Holder Dept. of Just Us and Our People there are unbiased studies of police - citizen cooperation marred only by relatively minor difficulties.

My summary of STUDY FINDS SOME RACIAL DIFFERENCES IN PERCEPTIONS OF POLICE BEHAVIOR DURING CONTACT WITH THE PUBLIC

An estimated

• 62.9 million U.S. residents age 16 or older, or
• about 26 percent of the population,
• had one or more contacts with police in 2011.

Contact between police and the public

• 51 percent persons requesting police assistance, while
• 49 percent police initiated,
  • traffic stops or
  • street stops.

The majority of persons

• believed the police behaved properly
  • 93 percent of those requesting police assistance,
  • 88 percent of drivers in traffic stops, and
  • 71 percent of persons in street stops

thought the police behaved properly during the contact. Less than 5 percent filed a complaint.

Black drivers were more likely than

• white and
• Hispanic drivers

to be pulled over in a traffic stop; 13%, 10% and 10% respectively.

Less than one percent each

• blacks,
• whites and
• Hispanics

were (equally) likely to be stopped in a street stop. Blacks were less likely than whites and Hispanics to believe the police behaved properly during the encounter.

About

• eight in 10 drivers involved in traffic stops and
• six in 10 persons involved in street stops

believed they were stopped for a legitimate reason.

For the traffic stops

• black drivers,
• Hispanic, and
• white drivers

67 percent, 74 percent, and 84 percent respectively believed the reason for the stop was legitimate.

When residents and officers are

• of the same race or
• Hispanic origin,

the residents were more likely to believe

• the reason for the stop was legitimate and
• that police behaved properly.

About

• three percent of drivers in traffic stops and
• 19 percent of persons involved in street stops
• were searched or frisked by police.

The majority of both did not believe the police had a legitimate reason for the search.

White drivers were searched at lower rates than

• black and
• Hispanic drivers.

About one in eight U.S. residents

• requested assistance from police at least once in 2011,
• most commonly to report a crime,
• suspicious activity or
• neighborhood disturbance;
• 93 percent thought the officers spent an appropriate amount of time with them,
• 86 percent thought the officers were helpful,
• 90 percent were likely or more likely to contact the police again for a similar problem.

Police response

• 91 percent of persons reporting noncrime emergencies and
• 82 percent of persons reporting crimes or neighborhood disturbances

were satisfied with the police response; and

• whites,
• blacks and
• Hispanics

who reported a crime or neighborhood disturbance thought the police were helpful.

For noncrime emergency

• blacks were less likely than
• Hispanics and
• whites

to think the police were helpful; 83 percent, 96 percent, and 94 percent respectively.

Other findings include―

"In 2011, there were small racial differences in the percentage of drivers who were ticketed. A greater percentage of black (7 percent) and Hispanic (6 percent) drivers were ticketed than white drivers (5 percent).

"About one percent of drivers pulled over in traffic stops had physical force used against them by police. Of these drivers, 55 percent believed the police behaved properly during the stop.

"About six in 10 requests for police assistance involved face-to-face contact with an officer."

"These finding are based on the Police-Public Contact Survey (PPCS), a supplement to the National Crime Victimization Survey, which asked a nationally representative sample of U.S. residents age 16 or older about experiences with police during the prior 12 months.

"The reports, Police Behavior during Traffic and Street Stops, 2011 (NCJ 242937) and Requests for Police Assistance, 2011 (NCJ 242938), were written by BJS statisticians Lynn Langton and Matthew Durose. The reports, related documents and additional information about the Bureau of Justice Statistics’ statistical publications and programs can be found on the BJS website at http://www.bjs.gov/."

My EMPHASIS ON SURVEY.

People including policemen injured in Ferguson should seriously consider suing the protest organizers and MSM employees using the doctrine of vicarious liability.

[VeniVidiVici]

Did the Ferguson police chief apologize for interrupting criminal acts?

[moovova]

“She can tell you ‘bout the plane crash, with a gleam in her eye.

It’s interesting when people die, give us dirty laundry.”