Former St. Louis police officer found not guilty in murder trial
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Source: Washington Post
The St. Louis region prepared Friday for demonstrations following the acquittal of a white former police officer who was charged with murder last year for fatally shooting a black driver after a car chase and then accused by prosecutors of planting a gun on the victim.
Prosecutors charged Jason Stockley, the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department officer, with murder for killing Anthony Lamar Smith in December 2011. According to the probable cause statement, Stockley was caught saying he was "going to kill this motherf‑‑‑er, don't you know it" and was heard telling another officer to drive into Smith's slowing car.
The court document, submitted by the St. Louis circuit attorney, said Stockley then approached Smith's window and fired five times into the car, hitting Smith "with each shot" and killing him. In addition, prosecutors say, there was a gun found in Smith's car, but it was later determined to only have DNA from Stockley.
State and local officials say they have been preparing for the unrest that could follow Stockley's acquittal Friday, following demonstrations that erupted after other area police shootings, acquittals and decisions not to file charges.
Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2017/09/15/st-louis-tenses-for-verdict-in-murder-trial-of-former-police-officer/?utm_term=.c7a9c097a65a
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don't seem to care about black lives nearly as much as white cops.
so their cost is unrest huh.
This is insane. 
