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146. Why does an off-duty cop think he has the right to randomly conduct "pedestrian checks" on

Thu Oct 9, 2014, 01:38 AM

Oct 2014

young black men who are not doing anything criminal? The story the killer cop tells is that he was chasing one of 4 men he had stopped to do a "pedestrian check" on. When they ran, he chased one, and he claims that this young man was one of them, though the eyewitnesses say the victim just happened to be in the vicinity of the chase when the cop mistook him for the one he was chasing and started chasing him instead.

But what right did the jerk have to be chasing any of the young men in the first place? Apparently the fact that they are black is all the justification he needs for chasing and shooting at someone for not submitting to his "pedestrian check."

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Oh Jesus. What has this country become? Barack_America Oct 2014 #3

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Off duty cop who committed the murder is also currently on administrative leave. MohRokTah Oct 2014 #5

watching Livestream riverwalker Oct 2014 #6

the mother fainted riverwalker Oct 2014 #7

Argus Livestream riverwalker Oct 2014 #8

Great passionate chants. morningfog Oct 2014 #9

Post removed Post removed Oct 2014 #10

Murdered! MohRokTah Oct 2014 #11

This is an incredibly shameful slander to the vast majority of law enforcement officers tritsofme Oct 2014 #114

Oh, bullcrap!! bravenak Oct 2014 #124

good post Mr Dixon Oct 2014 #182

If the vast majority were decent, LuvLoogie Oct 2014 #128

Every last one of them are as guilty as those who pull the trigger. MohRokTah Oct 2014 #130

Sounds like a KKK theme.... whistler162 Oct 2014 #168

The faithful servants should run the miscreants off the force. It's the "good"cops Ed Suspicious Oct 2014 #138

That's a lovely load of bullshit JackInGreen Oct 2014 #159

Really? marym625 Oct 2014 #173

"Good Cops" are worse than bad cops, because they stand by and do nothing. Iggo Oct 2014 #194

Go back to your hole. morningfog Oct 2014 #12

Thank you. MohRokTah Oct 2014 #15

6-1 pinboy3niner Oct 2014 #46

I have a few 4-3 decisions. MohRokTah Oct 2014 #78

I just had a decision on an alert I sent pinboy3niner Oct 2014 #158

This place is liberal on opinions. Rex Oct 2014 #13

Doesn't mean he was Centrist1984 Oct 2014 #17

They helped the cop flee and hide like he was a wanted criminal. Rex Oct 2014 #20

Actually, the alleged murderer's side of the story FlatStanley Oct 2014 #118

How the frock is the cop's side of the story "plausible"? intaglio Oct 2014 #170

There's aren't two sides starroute Oct 2014 #19

Oh and also, Brown doesn't get to say what happen. He's dead. Rex Oct 2014 #22

Do we have a Zombie posting here? haele Oct 2014 #31

"Whose street? OUR street" riverwalker Oct 2014 #14

Cops are fast losing control. MohRokTah Oct 2014 #16

in a huddle riverwalker Oct 2014 #23

They need to just get the fuck out. morningfog Oct 2014 #24

This is escalating fast. MohRokTah Oct 2014 #33

I think I'm in love with those two women who calmy spoke and stared to that cop arcane1 Oct 2014 #38

What are the cops standing there for? Is that the crime scene? arcane1 Oct 2014 #32

large pool of blood in yard riverwalker Oct 2014 #18

Firetrucks were called, they're hosing away the victim's blood. nt greyl Oct 2014 #21

I can feel the anger from here riverwalker Oct 2014 #25

The citizens won't do anything to harm the cops. Jamastiene Oct 2014 #41

Cops have effectively declared war on balck people in St. Louis County. MohRokTah Oct 2014 #26

sorrow LawDeeDah Oct 2014 #27

"Who do you serve? Who do you Protect? MohRokTah Oct 2014 #28

The cops are being run out on the rails. morningfog Oct 2014 #29

"Shoot now, I fucking dare you!" MohRokTah Oct 2014 #30

Crowd now chanting "Shoot back, shoot back, shoot back!" MohRokTah Oct 2014 #34

"Ya'll don't ive here but your guns do" MohRokTah Oct 2014 #35

Not again, please not again! sheshe2 Oct 2014 #36

Cops appear to be leaving. eom MohRokTah Oct 2014 #37

Uh oh, live feed went dead, turning back to Twitter... MohRokTah Oct 2014 #39

Yeah. scary marym625 Oct 2014 #56

TPM Report on the murder MohRokTah Oct 2014 #40

Two VERY different accounts MohRokTah Oct 2014 #42

They have to recover the gun scarystuffyo Oct 2014 #47

. MohRokTah Oct 2014 #51

We can't lose all perspective because of what happened to M Brown scarystuffyo Oct 2014 #55

More eyewitnesses than in Michael Brown case already disputing cop story in this case. MohRokTah Oct 2014 #57

If that's true then the cop mudered him , no doubt scarystuffyo Oct 2014 #68

It's a lie MohRokTah Oct 2014 #70

I have absolutely no doubt a gun will be found unfired. intaglio Oct 2014 #171

Post removed Post removed Oct 2014 #62

The thin blue line scarystuffyo Oct 2014 #73

All cops, everywhere? nt Dreamer Tatum Oct 2014 #80

All cops, everywhere. MohRokTah Oct 2014 #98

Conservatives constantly demand that all Muslimns speak out against violence Cali_Democrat Oct 2014 #104

ALLEGED gun--disputed by witnesses. nt pinboy3niner Oct 2014 #58

Like I said this can be proved or disproved by the cops claim that he was fired at scarystuffyo Oct 2014 #69

All the more reason not to cite "the gun" as if it's a fact. nt pinboy3niner Oct 2014 #97

Don't you have some Ebola fear to spread? notadmblnd Oct 2014 #111

They get all this militarized equipment, supposedly to fight terrorism, Jamastiene Oct 2014 #43

Looks like MANY MORE eyewitnesses than in Michael Brown Case MohRokTah Oct 2014 #44

Interesting that the articles that I could find online only cited the cops' side of the story YoungDemCA Oct 2014 #64

Twitter has at least eleven eyewitnesses. Cops are trained to get their lies into media fast. eom MohRokTah Oct 2014 #65

Let's be clear... 11 who claim to be witnesses. Adrahil Oct 2014 #180

The cops shut down the live feed as things started getting ugly MohRokTah Oct 2014 #45

This is up marym625 Oct 2014 #61

Three or four live feeds. MohRokTah Oct 2014 #63

This is getting scary marym625 Oct 2014 #71

They can't now. MohRokTah Oct 2014 #72

evidently there are a few marym625 Oct 2014 #90

The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports the teenager shot at Police brooklynite Oct 2014 #48

That can be easily proved or disproved scarystuffyo Oct 2014 #52

More eyewitnesses than in Michael Brown case already dispute that. eom MohRokTah Oct 2014 #53

live stream marym625 Oct 2014 #49

Aw Shite! Brigid Oct 2014 #74

That's been a consistent chant now. MohRokTah Oct 2014 #85

I certainly wouldn't blame them. NutmegYankee Oct 2014 #86

They're occasionally chanting that marym625 Oct 2014 #91

Holy shit. Now who are these "good guys with guns?" They sure aren't the police. nt valerief Oct 2014 #50

"FTP, Fuck The Police" Latest chant. eom MohRokTah Oct 2014 #54

The black citizens of St. Louis County have learned. MohRokTah Oct 2014 #59

With all these recent stories about cop violence Cali_Democrat Oct 2014 #60

^^^THIS^^^ valerief Oct 2014 #66

^^THIS^^ too. n/t 2naSalit Oct 2014 #106

+10000 nt NutmegYankee Oct 2014 #107

Our cops are pretty good where we live scarystuffyo Oct 2014 #126

So what? bravenak Oct 2014 #129

It doesn't help out there because something is just wrong in that town scarystuffyo Oct 2014 #139

They need to have their guns taken away. bravenak Oct 2014 #153

They don't need their guns taken away scarystuffyo Oct 2014 #155

... SidDithers Oct 2014 #183

So do you. EOM. Feral Child Oct 2014 #191

It's not just that town marym625 Oct 2014 #181

16 times 16 times sheshe2 Oct 2014 #112

How the fuck does a single cop shoot a man 16 times? NutmegYankee Oct 2014 #67

Based upon preliminary eyewitness accounts... MohRokTah Oct 2014 #76

St. Louis Black Folk are SMART MohRokTah Oct 2014 #75

Somebody said something about . . . Brigid Oct 2014 #82

The shooting was close to Shaw Blvd. and Klemm St. csziggy Oct 2014 #93

I was about to post the same. NutmegYankee Oct 2014 #83

Looks like they are using social media very effectively too eridani Oct 2014 #135

****! applegrove Oct 2014 #77

Cops now on scene to break up impromptu protest. MohRokTah Oct 2014 #79

Funny. All the murders in that area are at the hands of cops Tsiyu Oct 2014 #81

Oh Jeebus. kath Oct 2014 #84

THIS marym625 Oct 2014 #87

St. Louis Ploice Cief now on scene. MohRokTah Oct 2014 #88

Scary shit YoungDemCA Oct 2014 #89

Protesters are REALLY pissed off MohRokTah Oct 2014 #92

MORE DETAILS MohRokTah Oct 2014 #94

COPS ARE OUT WITH RIOT GEAR marym625 Oct 2014 #95

Cops called 1200 on the scanner MohRokTah Oct 2014 #96

As a poster said to me on another thread. sheshe2 Oct 2014 #123

You are posting what I, and probably most of us feel marym625 Oct 2014 #175

Some of the people in the crowd are saying "you can't get arrested if you'e moving" csziggy Oct 2014 #99

Interesting development here Tsiyu Oct 2014 #100

We copy N. Korea on prisoner treatment. Downwinder Oct 2014 #117

No doubt, Comrade Tsiyu Oct 2014 #137

Always. bravenak Oct 2014 #101

Oh, no, not again Warpy Oct 2014 #102

"We young, we strong, we marchin' all night long" MohRokTah Oct 2014 #103

This old fat white lady would march all night long if she were anywhere near eridani Oct 2014 #149

I'm about 300 miles away MohRokTah Oct 2014 #151

"We want an indictment, the cops don't like it." MohRokTah Oct 2014 #105

Did your feed just go out? marym625 Oct 2014 #108

Guy's phone died MohRokTah Oct 2014 #109

got it back marym625 Oct 2014 #113

"Give us a white kid in St. Louis who was shot by the police and we will protest there, too MohRokTah Oct 2014 #110

Murder is right. nt Dreamer Tatum Oct 2014 #115

Watching a couple livestreams 2naSalit Oct 2014 #116

16 shots. How the F does a person shoot another 16 times. Dreamer Tatum Oct 2014 #122

Yeah, that's 2naSalit Oct 2014 #132

You don't want soldiers conducting law enforcement in a town on civilians scarystuffyo Oct 2014 #156

As the protesters passed a bar along the street, they chanted, tblue37 Oct 2014 #174

I hate the fact that this doesn't surprise me Mister Nightowl Oct 2014 #119

Nothing on CNN or MSNBC yet. Brigid Oct 2014 #120

Nothing on my local news either. Mr.Bill Oct 2014 #143

The cops should all be fired for STUPIDITY.... Spitfire of ATJ Oct 2014 #121

Don't know who is watching but they're walking into a trap marym625 Oct 2014 #125

Some reports zentrum Oct 2014 #127

But Cali_Democrat Oct 2014 #131

+1000 Blue_Tires Oct 2014 #152

evidently a bunch of witnesses marym625 Oct 2014 #133

Surely the cops interviewed all the witnesses to get the full story Cali_Democrat Oct 2014 #136

I can't believe this! marym625 Oct 2014 #140

The crime scene? scarystuffyo Oct 2014 #141

yep marym625 Oct 2014 #144

What the hell is going on there scarystuffyo Oct 2014 #147

watching live stream, marym625 Oct 2014 #150

So they're systematically destroying evidence at a crime scene. Crunchy Frog Oct 2014 #160

seems to be the way. marym625 Oct 2014 #166

Why do they think they can get away with this shit? daleanime Oct 2014 #134

Because they do. N/t BronxBoy Oct 2014 #142

Exactly. herding cats Oct 2014 #148

Can't be allowed to continue..... daleanime Oct 2014 #154

News marym625 Oct 2014 #145

Why does an off-duty cop think he has the right to randomly conduct "pedestrian checks" on tblue37 Oct 2014 #146

Looks like it's cops versus everyone else. blkmusclmachine Oct 2014 #157

watching the livestream Marrah_G Oct 2014 #161

On what planet is 16 shots into the kid okay? Marrah_G Oct 2014 #162

Anything new? davidpdx Oct 2014 #163

Ustream is off air davidpdx Oct 2014 #164

Changed davidpdx Oct 2014 #165

It was a St. Louis City Police Officer not County Sherman A1 Oct 2014 #167

Oh, and why did he say they were under arrest? What had they done, tblue37 Oct 2014 #177

Thanks for explaining that. logosoco Oct 2014 #178

Since when are neighborhoods partrolled by private security firms? theHandpuppet Oct 2014 #179

my aunt owned a private security co. way back in the 80s marym625 Oct 2014 #184

I looked up this company, "Hi Tech Security" of St. Louis theHandpuppet Oct 2014 #187

Here's another record of this company -- when will it be shut down? theHandpuppet Oct 2014 #188

More evidence of abuses that go back for years theHandpuppet Oct 2014 #192

so have shootings during "pedestrian checks" marym625 Oct 2014 #190

Yep -- the more I dig, the outrageous record of this company becomes clear theHandpuppet Oct 2014 #193

disgusting marym625 Oct 2014 #196

Looks like the victim was able to get off three shots before his "sandwich" jammed. FlatStanley Oct 2014 #169

Dang this eye witnesses - makes the cover story a little more challenging IdaBriggs Oct 2014 #172

Wait a minute. The first CYA story had Meyer *jumping out of the bushes* and attacking the cop. tblue37 Oct 2014 #176

That's what they told AP marym625 Oct 2014 #186

The same "eyewitnesses" who "saw" the kid tased by a cop who wasn't carrying one? nt PorridgeGun Oct 2014 #189

Wow. Seriously?...nt SidDithers Oct 2014 #185

news? marym625 Oct 2014 #195