Pine Lawn police officer kills 17-year-old rap performer (St. Louis County)

St. Louis Post-Dispatch ^ | Nov. 28, 2003

[TJFLSTRAT]

The "alternative" schools here where I live are for the trouble makers, and hardened juvi punks.

[verity]

Pine Lawn police officer kills 17-year-old rap performer

I am not fond of rap either!

[BOBWADE]

One less thug on the streets to mess with.

[Missouri]

It's not nearly as bad as it's made out to be.

We could debate about all night. Some parts are the city are tolerable. I do have a problem with the leftist government that runs the city.

[Arpege92]

The cop didn't shoot him because he tried to speed off....he shot him because the guy was holding onto the cop while trying to speed off.

[Blue Jays]

Good Evening All-

No doubt we will see lots of interviews with spokespersons from the Hip-Hop Community ^TM sharing their stories about young Kyle.

Sticking to the script, they'll say how he was "...turning his life around and helping his Mom..." and a couple other predictable soundbites.

~ Blue Jays ~

[knuthom]

He said the officer fired almost immediately when Dismukes drove away, with the officer clinging to the door. The officer grabbed the door and Kyle hit the gas pedal, and the car came to a stop a short distance away," said the man, indicating a distance of perhaps 30 yards. The man said he didn't hear any gunfire but added that "the cop must have shot him right away" because of where the car stopped.

Is there a minimum distance that a police officer has to be dragged by a car before defending himself?

[BBell]

>>>He was a very loving person who was kind and intellectual<<<

It never ceases to amaze me why people think rappers are intellectual.

[Frank_2001]

The FATHER????? LMAO, that's a good one!;)
Seriously, in prison or dead;)

[SAJ]

Of course the story is poorly written. It appeared in the Post-Disgust, whose reporters are not required to have passed, or even taken, Bonehead English 100.

[SAJ]

Hey, what'dya expect after 60 yrs (exactly, btw) of 1-party rule? Soviet Union, St. Louis, doesn't matter -- same result.

More's the pity for the citizens, true?

[xm177e2]

The car Byron was driving turned out to be stolen.

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It "turned out to be stolen."

I hate it when that happens to me, I'm just driving along, and then it turns out that my car is stolen.

[Mark17]

Yea, but nobody was using it at the time. (Sarcasm off)

LOL. Or maybe it was parked by a cemetery, and he thought the owner was dead.

[Gigantor]

The Rap Performers were just doing their job, following standard procedure. There is no record of any Rap Performer ever violating any Policeman.















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[Desdemona]

I do have a problem with the leftist government that runs the city.

Oh, there's some idiots at city hall and on the board of alderman, that's true. But, Slay is managing to get the streets paved little by little.

[Missouri]

It never ceases to amaze me why people think rappers are intellectual.

Standards have become so low now that the media can presents rappers as intellectuals.

A couple of months ago, I was involved with a thread in which rap music was being compared to country music. Country music may not be the most complex music on earth but at least singing and choords are involved. Also country music is more wholesome and patriotic than rap. Was an interesting thread.

[Missouri]

The FATHER????? LMAO, that's a good one!;)

Someone had to bring this up so why not me?

The commom denominator in alot of these incidents is there is no father in the house. With about a 70% out-of-birth wedlock in the black community, its a real problem to us all.

My father is 82 years old and still plays the part. I don't always agree with him but its something about an older male running the show that brings stability to a household.

[Missouri]

More's the pity for the citizens, true?

How true.

Notice how there are alot LESS citizens in St. Louis now than in 1943? You don't think that the citizens who had left had a belly-full of democratic rule do you? .

Always glad to hear from you SAJ. Hope you had a nice Thanksgiving.

[Missouri]

Slay is managing to get the streets paved little by little.

Slay is a better manager than the past three mayors. My dad does business in the city and says things have got better in that respect.

Slay still panders to the radicals and criminal element.

[SAJ]

The census year when STL had max population was 1950. Straight down ever since. Can't imagine why, can you? (w!)

Had a very nice T-day with the family, I hope yours was the same, and Happy Hols to you!