The Shooting Gallery: Police Violence MEGATHREAD

[The Brain]

Why did you quit?

[CountDeMoney]

I was overqualified.

[The Brain]

Your 29 inch waist?

[CountDeMoney]

Now you're getting nasty. 

Go fuck up a different thread, Leon Trollsky.

[garbon]

https://gma.yahoo.com/unrest-st-louis-police-officer-shoots-kills-man-061859179--abc-news-topstories.html

Unrest in St. Louis After Police Officer Shoots, Kills Man

The fatal shooting of an 18-year-old black man in south St. Louis by an off-duty police officer sparked a night of unrest in a city still reeling from the August slaying of an unarmed man in nearby Ferguson.

Wednesday's shooting happened at about 7:30 p.m. in the city's Shaw Neighborhood, and involved an officer working a department-approved secondary job for a private security company, Police Chief Sam Dotson said at an early-morning news conference.

The officer approached a group of men. One of the men took off running, Dotson said, so the officer pursued. Dotson said the suspect approached the officer in an "aggressive" manner, with a physical altercation occurring. The man then turned and fired three rounds at the officer before his gun jammed, Dotson said.

The officer, who was not injured, returned fire, shooting 17 times and fatally wounding the man, Dotson said.

A gun was recovered at the scene. The officer was placed on administrative leave, as per department policy, police said.

Police have not identified the officer or the man he killed.

The incident comes nearly two months to the day after the police shooting of Michael Brown, 18, in the St. Louis suburb of Ferguson, located about 20 miles away. Brown's shooting sparked weeks of protests and spawned national discourse about police use of force.

Some of the people protesting recently in Ferguson were seen in St. Louis after Wednesday's shooting, Dotson said.

"Tensions in the region are very high," Dotson said. "Any police officer use of force certainly will draw attention."

St. Louis Alderman Antonio French, who documented the turmoil in Ferguson after Brown's Aug. 9 shooting death, reflected on the region's renewed anguish.

"At the scene of yet another young man's death," he wrote on Twitter. "This happens too often in our city. It's a crisis that we should all be concerned about."

Activists took to the streets of St. Louis overnight, marching and chanting, seeking answers.

Some police vehicles were damaged during the protests, with windows smashed, Dotson said.

People also shared their frustration on social media, with #shawshooting the most popular national trending topic on Twitter.

[derspiess]

HANDS UP DON'T SHOOT (even if I shoot at you first)

[DGuller]

https://gma.yahoo.com/unrest-st-louis-police-officer-shoots-kills-man-061859179--abc-news-topstories.html

Unrest in St. Louis After Police Officer Shoots, Kills Man

The fatal shooting of an 18-year-old black man in south St. Louis by an off-duty police officer sparked a night of unrest in a city still reeling from the August slaying of an unarmed man in nearby Ferguson.

Wednesday's shooting happened at about 7:30 p.m. in the city's Shaw Neighborhood, and involved an officer working a department-approved secondary job for a private security company, Police Chief Sam Dotson said at an early-morning news conference.

The officer approached a group of men. One of the men took off running, Dotson said, so the officer pursued. Dotson said the suspect approached the officer in an "aggressive" manner, with a physical altercation occurring. The man then turned and fired three rounds at the officer before his gun jammed, Dotson said.

The officer, who was not injured, returned fire, shooting 17 times and fatally wounding the man, Dotson said.

A gun was recovered at the scene. The officer was placed on administrative leave, as per department policy, police said.

Police have not identified the officer or the man he killed.

The incident comes nearly two months to the day after the police shooting of Michael Brown, 18, in the St. Louis suburb of Ferguson, located about 20 miles away. Brown's shooting sparked weeks of protests and spawned national discourse about police use of force.

Some of the people protesting recently in Ferguson were seen in St. Louis after Wednesday's shooting, Dotson said.

"Tensions in the region are very high," Dotson said. "Any police officer use of force certainly will draw attention."

St. Louis Alderman Antonio French, who documented the turmoil in Ferguson after Brown's Aug. 9 shooting death, reflected on the region's renewed anguish.

"At the scene of yet another young man's death," he wrote on Twitter. "This happens too often in our city. It's a crisis that we should all be concerned about."

Activists took to the streets of St. Louis overnight, marching and chanting, seeking answers.

Some police vehicles were damaged during the protests, with windows smashed, Dotson said.

People also shared their frustration on social media, with #shawshooting the most popular national trending topic on Twitter.

Couldn't he just shoot the gun out of his hand?

[garbon]

The only question I really have is whether or not he needed 17 bullets to make sure the shooter died. Seems wasteful.

[Ed Anger]

Considering cop pistol accuracy, they needed 17 rounds to get a few hits.

MAH DOUGHNUTS

[grumbler]

The only question I really have is whether or not he needed 17 bullets to make sure the shooter died. Seems wasteful.

That's a waste he can probably live with, given the potentially fatal consequences of only using 16 and then having the perp then kill him.  No rentacop ever won the war on crime by dying for his stupidity; he won it by making the other poor dumb bastard die for his stupidity.

[derspiess]

The only question I really have is whether or not he needed 17 bullets to make sure the shooter died. Seems wasteful.

Plenty of room in the budget to cover that.  They burn through way more than that at the range.

[Valmy]

HANDS UP DON'T SHOOT (even if I shoot at you first)

God you are loathsome.  Seriously why embrace being a horrible human being to this extent?  What do you get out of it?  Do the deaths of American Citizens fill you with glee for some reason?

Anyway obviously if you shoot at the cops you are going to be shot.  It is a consequence of the unwarranted shootings of Black Men that this justified one is now a touchstone.  This is why you be really careful about training police when to shoot, their legitimacy with the American people is being undermined.

Couldn't he just shoot the gun out of his hand?

Yuck yuck.  I love seeing the fabric of our society being underminded.  Go to hell.

Seriously I do not get the humor here.  Maybe to you guys dead American Citizens and Cops is funny.

[derspiess]

God you are loathsome.  Seriously why embrace being a horrible human being to this extent?  What do you get out of it?  Do the deaths of American Citizens fill you with glee for some reason?

There you go again.  I was mocking the street protests that sprang up over this most recent shooting, not the shooting itself.  Had it not been for these silly protests, I wouldn't have bothered to comment.

Anyway obviously if you shoot at the cops you are going to be shot.  It is a consequence of the unwarranted shootings of Black Men that this justified one is now a touchstone.  This is why you be really careful about training police when to shoot, their legitimacy with the American people is being undermined.

Ah, so you're buying into the "evil white cops are hunting down innocent defenseless black teens" narrative?  Really?

[garbon]

Ah, so you're buying into the "evil white cops are hunting down innocent defenseless black teens" narrative?  Really?

Even if one was to hypothetically say that in general police aren't scumbags - it is a problem if people perceive it to be their lived reality.

That reminds me, the one recent bit on SNL I liked involved the white guy speaking about how black people can say all sorts of stuff while white people are rather hemmed in. The black guy (who is just generally awful and should be replaced already) said actually one key thing we can never say is "Thank you, officer, for your help."

[Syt]

an officer working a department-approved secondary job for a private security company

Cop pay is that bad, huh?