St. Louis police fatally shoot man who brandished knife

stltoday.com/ ^ | August 19, 2014

[Second Amendment First]

ST. LOUIS • City police are investigating a police shooting this afternoon in St. Louis.

Police were called to Riverview Boulevard and McLaran Avenue in St. Louis city about 12:30 p.m.

Police shot a suspect who brandished a knife at officers, according to authorities.

[Currentriverrat]

This is in the city of St. Louis.

[Second Amendment First]

About the same distance to the airport.

[cripplecreek]

The map calls it Jennings.

[Rona Badger]

The suspect was referred to as an African American, 23 years of age. Just to keep the original statements from the presser:

According to police, the suspect pulled out a knife and was acting erratically when officers arrived. Chief Sam Dotson told reporters the suspect told responding officers to “shoot me now, kill me now.” Dotson said officers asked the suspect to drop the knife, which he was holding in an overhead grip, and the suspect refused to do.

When the suspect approached the officers carrying a knife, officers fired shots striking the suspect. The suspect was pronounced dead at the scene of the shooting.

[Rona Badger]

Right. The local news anchors are emphasizing that this incident has “nothing to do” with the events taking place in Ferguson. Okay then.

[jennychase]

Now agitators had to be in two place at one time. Too much work.

[cripplecreek]

Apparently Ferguson was already picked clean by looters so its on to new grounds.

[Second Amendment First]

Lived several times in places where postal is different from corporate. Frustrating when zip code doesn’t match your address on vendor software.

[cripplecreek]

I live in a very small zip area that keeps trying to put me over near Detroit.

[Rona Badger]

Hadn’t considered that, makes sense!

[Gator113]

This must be someone that missed out on Capt. Johnson’s “Hug a Thug’ program.

How long before this bug get’s his 3rd autopsy??

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x99yfo_another-marmotte-bites-the-dust_fun

[Currentriverrat]

It is close to Jennings but in the city of stl.

[Second Amendment First]

Just a crime of “opportunity”.
Created by ...?

[Currentriverrat]

Check craigslist probably hiring more activists.

[Rona Badger]

Meet me in St. Louis, Louis
Meet me at the fair
Don't tell me the lights are shining
Any place but there

[VRWCarea51]

Dotson said officers asked the suspect to drop the knife, which he was holding in an overhead grip, and the suspect refused to do.

See those racist Bastards are now admitting shooting innocent black kids with their hands in the air. /s

[cynwoody]

Vlad's News Service is on the case already. They did manage to fit a key detail into the first sentence.

From further down in the article: Apparently, two cops fired simultaneously from a distance of three or four feet.

[Rona Badger]

Don't forget to check this first: Interactive Map of Looting, Shooting and Violence

[MrB]

+1...

We’ll need to examine from which this mindset comes on the left...

It has to start with “what does God say about this” and turn it on its head, then you’ll get what the left thinks of any issue.

[Moonman62]

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