The perp's mother claims that the ute was only carrying a sandwich.
Maybe it was a sandwich in the shape of a pop-tart gun?
It’s racist to shoot a black “yoot” now, even if they started shooting at you first!
If you weren’t so racist, you would take the bullet with a smile, whitey!
Looks pretty clear cut. The perp decided to fight it out rather than get arrested and have his bond revoked.
Not surprised...Beckel was defending the yoot on this.
How dare that white officer not take a bullet for the crimes of his race. CHECK YOUR PRIVILEGE WHITEY!
I’m going to go out on a limb, here, and suggest that maybe Mommy Dearest is lying through her teeth.
Three shot from a peanut butter and jam sandwich and then it jammed.
Poor choice to arm himself with. I would have went for a pastrami on rye.
MY QUESTION IS WHEN IS A COP SHOOTING A CRIMINAL A GOOD SHOOT IN THE EYES OF THE “BLACK COMMUNITY?”
EXACTLY. WHEN. ?
1st, that sounds like a perfectly good shoot to me.
2nd - 17 rounds, that's kind of embarrassing. In the LE community there are a lot of opportunities to do live-fire training under stress, so that you learn to accommodate the adrenaline, fear and surprise to be able to respond effectively with 2-3 rounds. This minimizes possible 'mushroom' casualties.
3rd, Not sure what caliber the officer was using but if it was a nine mm and the 'teen' was a large man on drugs I could see it taking a lot more than 2-3 rounds to get him down without a head shot. I used to carry a 4 1/2 inch .357 S&W Model 19 with 110 grain hollow points...we had options back in the day and I figured that was good enough to take a man down efficiently but not go through too many walls.
BTW, my beat included Lacledetown, aka Pruitt-Igoe, back in the mid-eighties. About as ghetto St. Louis as it gets and I always was able to talk to people, even the bad guys. It's a different world today, too much fear and bs in certain demographics where there's no middle ground anymore...it's just straight up instant hostility. Glad I don't serve now.
The recently deceased “sandwich” carrying thug perp was awaiting trial on a gun (maybe an illegal “sandwich”) charge. He also had an ankle monitor on as a bond condition. We all know that he was a good teenager in the process of turning his life around.
If they're black
You can't shoot back
or
If you're white
Defending yourself just ain't right
this is a school day, why wasn’t he in the house doing homework....why didn’t his parent(s) teach him better than to open fire on an armed police officer????
Why is an 18 year old a teen? He’s an adult. He was armed. He’s dead by his own actions.
TFB.
17 shots? It is clear that this officer needs lots more range time.