Protests Erupt After St. Louis Cop Fatally Shoots Black Teen
A white off-duty policeman shot and killed a black teenager in St Louis on Wednesday, officers said, triggering a night of protests just miles from the site of another police shooting of another black youth in the suburb of Ferguson.
Police said the 18-year-old was armed and fired three shots while he was being chased by the officer, and they had recovered a gun at the scene.
The youth was killed almost two months to the day since sometimes violent protests erupted in Ferguson after a white police officer shot dead unarmed black 18-year-old Michael Brown.
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C'mon Ed Krayewski. I can't wait to hear why to cop was wrong to RETURN fire. I'm sure your viewpoint will be interesting.
Well, Tulpa, if the cop is telling the truth, then it's proper self defense.
But that's a very big "if".
The teen fired 3 shots before his gun jammed. I bet he neglected to clean it after his last trip to the range.
Looks like after Michael Brown, a memo went out to carry a drop gun.
All the big bad police are out to get the scared little black people! Ooga booga booga!
I see they learned to bring a drop gun with them now.