Posted on 10/09/2014 1:34:45 AM PDT by maggief
Update, from 1 a.m. media briefing:
St. Louis Police Chief Sam Dotson said the officer was patrolling the neighborhood for a private firm at the time of the shooting. He confirmed that the victim was 18 years old.
Dotson said the officer was in a car when he saw three males and one of them started to run away but stopped. The officer did a U-turn and then all three ran. He drove through streets following them and then chased them on foot. He then got into a physical confrontation with one that escalated into gunfire.
The teenager had a gun and fired at least three shots at the officer, who returned fire, the chief said. The teenager attempted to fire more but his gun jammed, Dotson said.
The officer fired 17 times, he said. It is unclear how many times the teenager was shot.
Police recovered a 9mm Ruger, he said.
Dotson did not identify the 18-year-old but said he "was no stranger to law enforcement."
(snip)
Relatives who came to the scene, however, said the victim had been unarmed. They identified the victim as Vonderrit Myers Jr., 18
(Excerpt) Read more at stltoday.com ...
This is really a godsend for Obama...... he can go to St Louis and induce racial peace
Cop was off-duty, working a second job. Was the car marked, was he in uniform?
You may recall, a few years ago, when the St Pete SWAT team cornered an illegal alien, who had earlier shot and killed a police officer..they shot his 68 times, killing him..
The media of course went nuts...HOW COULD YOU SHOOT HIM 68 TIMES!!
The police chief's response:"Because that's all the ammunition we had."
MASSIVE PROTEST IN ST. LOUIS CITY POLICE CARS ATTACKED After COP Shoots Black Youth! PHOTOS VIDEO
Posted by Jim Hoft
I wonder if the 18-year-old veteran criminal was a product of the Democrats creation of “the hood” through their New Deal, Great Society, and welfare giveaway programs.
They do this so that the blame doesn’t fall on only one cop. Makes it seem more justified, less of a career buster for one guy. Doesn’t matter to the perp who is just as dead with one shot. Only problem is, then the ignoranti start harping on the number of shots, like it proves insanity.
Actually it was the Lakeland/Polk County Swat Team. And, it was Grady Judd who made the statement! ...if that’s the story you’re thinking of.
Gentleman!
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 |
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.
That's almost two cats worth.
Here in LA they shot a kid 100 times on the freeway in a chase where the kid was literally begging for it [by calling 911 and taunting the police].
The parents sued for $1 million for each bullet. 100 million dollars.
About a year and a half later, I noticed just recently the case was dismissed.
” All he had was a sandwich
What? No chips?
No, that’s correct. It’s from Missouri’s Case.net.
This is another neighborhood under seige that has to pay for police officers to work secondary because there are not enough regular patrol officers on the street to get a handle on what is going on.
I am sure the NBPP and CPUSA and every other special interest group is going to demand that police officers not work secondary.
Mornin’ Ken!
Thanks for posting a pic.
.... and, we’ve got a hashtag.
https://twitter.com/search?f=realtime&q=%23shawshooting&src=tyah
#shawshooting
Thank you.
Bump!
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