Berkeley (MO) officials: Man killed by police had pointed gun at officer

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37. There are multiple videos of the Martin shooting, posted by DU members,

as well as the actual gun in evidence, and now multiple statements by eyewitness unconnected with police. At some point, you'll just have to acknowledge that some altercations between a white police officer and black youth are not the result of any fault, no less racism, by the officer. Of course, that does not mean there should be no law enforcement reforms to eliminate the instances of actual unjustified use of police violence, only that each individual incident must be reviewed on its own merits.

Moreover, are you really now citing Vonderitt Myers as evidence of a unjustified shooting? Although I believe that the matter has not yet been fully closed, the evidence thus far is pretty damning for Mr. Meyers - GSR on his hands and clothes, including inside of his pockets and waistband, recovered weapon and shells, the fact that he was out on bail for an illegal weapons and resisting arrest charge, wearing an anklet as a condition of bail, and thus could not possess a weapon and should not even have been out, social media posting of him with the weapon used in the shooting, etc. Heck, in the Myers incident, the allegation was not that he simple possessed the weapon, but he fired multiple shots before the officer returned fire.

Moreover, contrary to you claim, the name of the officer involved in the Myers matter has been reported, it's Jason H. Flanery.