Posted on 07/15/2018 6:28:52 AM PDT by Ennis85
Police in Chicago have clashed with protesters after an officer fatally shot a black man who was suspected of carrying a gun.
A crowd of about 150 people shouted "murderers", threw objects and jumped on police cars during the confrontation in Chicago's South Side area.
Officers armed with batons traded punches with the protesters, local media reports said.
Three officers sustained minor injuries and there were four arrests.
A string of police killings of black men, some unarmed, has caused outrage and led to protests in cities across the US.
Police said the demonstrators in Chicago on Saturday were dispersed at about 22:30 local time (03:30 GMT).
The shot man's identity has not yet been released but he is thought to have been aged in his 30s, local media reported.
A police statement said officers on patrol in the South Shore district at about 17:30 local time saw the man "exhibiting the characteristics of an armed person".
"An armed confrontation ensued resulting in an officer discharging his weapon and fatally striking the offender," the statement said, adding that police recovered a gun and two ammunition magazines at the scene.
Chicago police patrol chief Fred Waller told US media that officers saw a bulge in the victim's trousers that they thought was a gun.
When they approached the man, he "started flailing and swinging away, trying to make an escape" and then "reached for the gun", Mr Waller said.
(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.com ...
Hey chief sounds like an execution to me.
The word Chicago has become synonymous with cultural transformation and degeneration.
Will the crowd of 150 show up at a local house where an actual murderer lives?
US Police??? What’s that supposed to mean?
Rahm Emanuel’s Chicago
Well, it IS an Election Year, so here we go again
Who are the “us police”?
Didn’t they have a rally for gun control in that city recently? And one of the main premises of gun control is to rely on the police to be the only ones permitted to keep firearms for protection.
The Second Amendment means that it’s legal to “have the characteristics of an armed person”, although, admittedly in the Obamotopia of Chicago, the Second Amendment no longer applies.
P.S. police officers also have the characteristics of armed people. Is it ok to kill them, too?
Modern day line from Mae West?
I am glad that the BBC pointed out that Chicago - as is most LIB controlled cities in US- is nothing but a ‘killing zone’ which remains unchecked.
Granted they are just (for the most part) killing each other but still makes it dicey going about ones daily business AND like England - the LIBS have seen to it that the cities are nothing but a place waiting for ‘crime scene tape’ BUT the average, law abiding citizen is forbidden to carry something to protect himself.
‘Great line for the ‘old J Jackson/M Barry/A Sharpton crowd’
When a Black was accosted in an ‘affluent’ neighborhood the outcry was
“OUTRAGEOUS- the man has a right to travel the city”
BUT when a White was accosted in a ‘ghetto’ hood, the outcry was
“OUTRAGEOUS- he should have known he shouldn’t be in that neighborhood- serves him right”
The report is from the "beeb" so what do you expect.
You must have missed the memo. All LEOs are considered by the Brits to be “US Police” apparently. They could have been more honest with the headline “US Police murder another black man!” And, why did they not capitalize Black? Just sayin’. /s
“Hey chief sounds like an execution to me.”
Why?
Chicago, you don’t like or want Police, then the Police should vacate.
I’m(/s) sure that would work out really well.
Maybe 0bama, the Community Organizer, could return home and bring peace and order?
Chicago is more dangerous than Syria at this point. I’d never step foot in it, and I just got back from LA ffs. LOL.
Rahm Emanuel does not support his police force.
I guess it is a two way street.
Chicago PD, #1 With a Gun! “You’re Dead, If We Even Suspect You are Carrying!”
Oh. I didn’t even notice the source was The Beeber. Never mind. The only thing worse than fake news is fake news from a fake media in a fake country.
Fake foreign *government* media news at that.
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