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malaise

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Mon Aug 7, 2017, 07:15 PM Aug 2017

Today in Missouri, a cop was killed by a white male with a criminal record [View all]

and the killer is on the loose. Apparently he was annoyed about a traffic stop and shot the cop who walked over to the car for info. The cop was a Vet.
In another incident in another state, a white male criminal hand cuffed a cop in his vehicle and escaped.

Any Groper Don the Con tweets? Any words from Fox?

http://abcnews.go.com/US/manhunt-underway-missouri-police-officer-killed-traffic-stop/story?id=49073829
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The officer, Gary Michael, who was with the force less than a year, pulled over a suspicious vehicle around 10:45 p.m. on Sunday, according to Missouri State Highway Patrol Sgt. Bill Lowe.

When Michael exited his vehicle to initiate contact with the driver, he was shot, Lowe said, adding that the officer fired back but it’s unknown at this time whether the driver was struck.

Investigators told ABC News Monday that Michael initially pulled over the driver because the vehicle's headlights were off, and once Michael ran the plates, he discovered the vehicle's plates were also expired.

The highway patrol identified and released a photo of a man they said is a person of interest in the shooting: 39-year-old Ian McCarthy of Clinton.

http://abcnews.go.com/US/manhunt-underway-ohio-prisoner-overpowered-deputy-trip-psychiatric/story?id=49065051

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