[Former Proud Canadian]

Here we go again. Near Ferguson.

[jsanders2001]

Just let the blacks destroy their towns and let them devolve into Detroit Jrs not providing any funding if they want to live lawlessly.

[YourAdHere]

If Obama had a son....

[dforest]

I guess we all know that there are blacks out there purposefully trying to incite altercations with white cops.

Those cops best be careful.

[ilovesarah2012]

There should be a law that cops can only shoot white people who are shooting at them. That would solve the problem.

[Vendome]

Another black mark on....

[smokingfrog]

Because — racism. (or something)
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Ballistic evidence recovered from the scene indicates that the teen fired three rounds at the officer before his weapon jammed, Col Dotson said, adding that the gun was also recovered.

The officer, who was not injured, fired 17 shots, Col Dotson said.

“An investigation will decide if the officer’s behaviour was appropriate

[Graybeard58]

In this case, the feral yute pulled a gun on the cop. I suppose the cop was supposed to let the poor aspiring rapper just shoot him.

[WilliamofCarmichael]

The FBI and other sources homicide by law enforcement figures below include the majority of all police departments.

The point of this reply is to point out that whites are the most likely to die while being arrested.

The Obama-Holder U.S. Dept. Just Us and the race-grievance industry will of course exploit all shootings to the max vis-a-vis race more than any concern for the poor victim.

The ARD data show that whites are more likely to die while being arrested and IMO there is no doubt that some of those deaths were the intention of the police.

But the main point is I bet that policemen don't care about race compared to protecting themselves from being killed or maimed.

And what about Ms Carey the unarmed, young black woman chased, surrounded and gunned down by federal agents in D.C.? Where's the Obama-Holder U.S. Dept. Just Us and the race-grievance industry caring about her and her baby?

Arrest-Related Deaths, 2003-2009 - Statistical Tables

"From 2003 through 2009, a total of 4,813 deaths were reported to the Bureau of Justice Statistics’ (BJS) Arrest-Related Deaths (ARD) program."

Of these, about 6 in 10 deaths (2,931) were classified as homicide by law enforcement personnel, and 4 in 10 (1,882) were attributed to other manners of death.

Table 1 Number of reported arrest-related deaths, by manner of death, 2003-2009

Manner of death	2003-2009	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009
All manners	4,813	627	673	689	721	745	629	729
Homicide —by law enforcement	2,931	376	375	377	447	455	404	497
by other persons	27	3	4	4	2	7	3	4
Suicide	541	60	84	82	67	78	76	94
Intoxication	525	83	83	90	76	89	54	50
Accidental injury	272	53	41	47	39	35	28	29
Natural causes	244	26	46	32	34	42	33	31
Unknown	273	26	40	57	56	39	31	24

Note: Due to variation in reporting, caution should be used in comparing counts from year to year. See Methodology for information on missing data by state for each year. Counts may differ from previous publication due to additional information.

Table 5 Number of reported arrest-related deaths, by manner of death and demographic characteristics, 2003-2009

Demographic characteristics	All manners	Homicide	Suicide	Intoxication	Accident	Natural causes	Unknown
Total	4,813	2,958	541	525	272	244	273
Sex
Male	4,594	2,851	517	490	259	218	259
Female	218	107	24	35	13	26	13
Unknown	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
Race/Hispanic origin
White, non-Hispanic	2,026	1,233	327	178	95	110	83
Black, non-Hispanic	1,529	937	80	217	111	85	99
Hispanic	949	599	110	109	55	29	47
Other*	150	107	12	17	4	4	6
Unknown	159	82	12	4	7	16	38
Age
17 or younger	127	99	6	5	13	0	4
18-24	909	685	80	53	54	10	27
25-34	1,391	893	140	177	65	41	75
35-44	1,238	658	159	190	78	66	87
45-54	752	390	105	84	45	75	53
55 or older	317	188	44	11	12	52	10
Unknown	79	45	7	5	5	0	17

*Includes American Indians, Alaska Natives, Asians, Native Hawaiians, other Pacific Islanders, and persons of two or more races.

To me this shows that it is not a racial thing. It happens to all races. These figures however do not show those thought "murdered" by police. I have not yet located data for recent years. Why can't I find data for recent years? I do not know.. maybe the Dept of Just Us and Race-Grievance Industry don't want it known that whites are the most likely to die being arrested.

[RoosterRedux]

Per twitter...

Suspect's aunt cries: "they shot my Drew 16 times. All he had was a sandwich"

Heheh. Shouldn't shoot your sandwich at cop.

[Roman_War_Criminal]

Honest question: If blacks continue to attack police officers, why should I give a damn if they are killed in the process?

Seems to me blacks are advocates of straight up evil. Their voting record shows it, their daily behavior shows it, their “protesting” (rioting) shows it, the jails show it. Apparently they love lawlessness.

[Mouton]

Why 17 times? Because that is all the bullets he had IMO. Good for him...too bad he was not carrying an extended 33 rounder.

[arthurus]

"An investigation will decide if the officer's behaviour was appropriate," he said.

The Teen fired three shots at the officer. It were only appropriate if the officer had been hit?

[deport]

Shaw Mo, 11 miles south of Ferguson, Mo. Cop working off duty for
a private firm. Deceased fired 3 rounds, cop fired 17.

[SWAMPSNIPER]

[moovova]

“Hours after the shooting, a crowd gathered at the scene in Shaw, 11 miles (18km) south of Ferguson.”

Protestors from Ferguson migrated over to Shaw.

It helped that both towns were on the bus line.

[yefragetuwrabrumuy]

In this case, the cop is in the wrong, legally and rationally.

1) The cop was off-duty, acting as a security guard. This means he was *not* acting as a cop, and his authority as a security guard was *limited* to that area where he was working. Outside of that area, *unless* he observed a felony crime in progress, that he could respond to as a cop, he was under “civilian” rules.

2) He observed a group of men standing around, *not* committing any obvious felony. When he approached them, one of them took off running.

His *critical* mistake was in pursuing him out of his authorized area. At that point, legally he was on the same ground as a civilian with a gun chasing another civilian. As such, his “predator” police training failed him.

He should have called a cop.

3) A civilian with a gun chasing another civilian can *legitimately* be considered, by the chased man, as a threat to his life. “...the suspect (NOT A SUSPECT, BUT A CHASED MAN) approached the officer (THAT HE COULD NOT HAVE KNOWN WAS AN OFFICER) in an “aggressive” (DEFENSIVE) manner, with a physical altercation occurring. The (CHASED) man then turned and fired three rounds at the officer before his gun jammed...”

At that point, what the chased man did was *indistinguishable* from a “stand your ground” defense.

“The Missouri Stand Your Ground law justifies the use of deadly force when victims reasonably believe their lives to be in danger, and provides them immunity from civil and criminal action.”

4) Thus, being the aggressor, even though the off-duty cop was shot at, his response of shooting back resulted in some form of criminal homicide.