ANOTHER POLICE SHOOTING LEADS TO TENSION IN THE ST. LOUIS AREA

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Human Events: ANOTHER POLICE SHOOTING LEADS TO TENSION IN THE ST. LOUIS AREA

By: John Hayward

10/15/2014 03:20 PM

The “Ferguson movement” never really dissipated, although national media inevitably turned their eyes to other stories. There have been protests and marches all along. Tensions began to rise back to a boil after another police shooting in St. Louis last week, involving another 18-year-old black man shot by a white police officer. In this case, the officer was off-duty but in uniform while working at a security job. Many other features of the Michael Brown shooting in Ferguson are present, notably including a widespread refusal by protesters to believe what the authorities are saying about the case, and reflexive anger as more details about the young man who was shot emerge.

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Just read that the gunshot residue tests have been confirmed....and that his "sammich" fired 3 rounds, one of which was found inside the car that was behind the cop. He was a Crip...whose gang name was "Droop."

 

From the link:

 

The rumor initially spreading among protesters, based on statements from Myers’ family, said he was holding nothing more dangerous than a sandwich when the off-duty cop randomly shot him. It was then discovered that not only was he armed, but he was very fond of his guns, as reported by Fox News in St. Louis:

 

FOX 2 has learned the suspect, shot and killed last week by police, showed off his stolen gun to anyone who would look. We obtained pictures of Vonderrit Myers Jr. showing off his handguns on social media. Fox Files investigator Chris Hayes reveals the evidence while exploring why the officer shot at Myers 17 times.

Vonderrit Myers Jr. reportedly posted a picture on social media before someone dismantled the page. You can see three handguns in his lap, including a 9 millimeter Smith and Wesson semi-automatic.

Brian Millikan, the attorney for the officer who shot Myers said, ‘The one weapon with the silver slide on it has been positively identified by my client as the gun that was used in the shooting that night.’

 

The suspect’s family claimed publicly that Myers did not have a gun.

 

Millikan said, ‘We want people to know, not only did he have it but this is the actual weapon that he used that night.’

 

One of the social media accounts displaying photos of Myers and his guns was hastily deleted following comments like, “if it’s justice you really want, this doesn’t help us get it!” That tells you a lot about what they have in mind when they say “justice.”

[Pepper]

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But.. but.. Vonderrit was such a good boy.

[SrWoodchuck]

@SrWoodchuck

 

But.. but.. Vonderrit was such a good boy.

 

@Pepper!

 

Was he a good boy being bad....or....a bad boy being good?

 

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18Oct

NY Times omits key information in the Michael Brown shooting report account

By: DrJohn

Yesterday the NY Times, which lately has been a been on a veracity-challenged course, posted an report on the Michael Brown shooting that was as significant for what it left out as for what it contained. You will remember that David Landler authored a hit piece on George Bush not long ago in which he asserted that George Bush failed to assemble a coalition for the Iraq War. Then not ago C.J. Chivers again slammed Bush with another bald faced lie.

 

They’ve done it again. Michael Schmidt, Matt Apuzzo and Julie Bosman report on the government’s investigation of the Michael Brown shooting. It contains important information:

 

The police officer who fatally shot Michael Brown in Ferguson, Mo., two months ago has told investigators that he was pinned in his vehicle and in fear for his life as he struggled over his gun with Mr. Brown

http://floppingaces.net/2014/10/18/ny-times-omits-key-information-in-the-michael-brown-shooting-report-account/