St. Louis Cop Shoots One Of Their Own
BY Herschel Smith
7 years, 6 months ago
A black off-duty officer was shot by a colleague in his St. Louis neighborhood Wednesday night, the Missouri city’s police department confirms.
The city’s Metropolitan Police Department said in a statement that officers were responding to a possible car theft after a recognition software flagged a license plate. Suspects shot at the police officers after the car was stopped with spike strips and the off-duty officer, an 11-year department veteran who lives nearby, came out with his firearm to offer assistance, according to the statement.
The on-duty officers had asked the 38-year-old to get on the ground and he complied, but then they recognized him and told him to stand up and walk toward him.
“At this time, a responding officer (36-year old white male with over 8 years of service) just arriving in the area observed this and fearing for his safety and apparently not recognizing the off-duty officer, discharged a shot, striking the off-duty officer in the arm,” the statement says.
The victim was treated in hospital but has since been released, police confirmed. His lawyer, Rufus J. Tate Jr., told local news outlets that he considers the incident more severe than an accident. The police department has given no description of a threat, he said.
This is the first time that we are aware, that a black professional, in law enforcement, himself being shot and treated as an ordinary black guy on the street,” Tate told Fox News. “This is a real problem.”
Oh, now trigger happy police are a problem, when one of their own gets shot. I see. I doubt this has anything to do with the color of his skin, but everything to do with the fact that the police are rarely held accountable for discharging their weapons like I would be.
It’s a problem when it’s one of their own. It all depends on whose Ox is gored.
On June 26, 2017 at 1:22 pm, Jack Crabb said:
“…a responding magic blue costumed one (36-year old white male with over 8 years of service) just arriving in the area observed this and fearing for his safety…”
Fearing for his safety – what a fucking pussy. (Sorry for the vernacular, Herschel, but these over-militarized stupid pigs really get my goat.)
On June 26, 2017 at 1:48 pm, Herschel Smith said:
@Jack,
When Daniel was in Fallujah in 2007, it was commonplace for every MMA (man of military age) to walk around town carrying AKs. They (USMC) knew who the insurgents were and went after them and left everyone else alone (at least, after the initial phase – I won’t go into that). The rest of the town helped them hunt down the insurgents for reasons I won’t go into.
Daniel told me he was never scared of or concerned about the guys carrying AKs walking around town.
On June 26, 2017 at 3:40 pm, Jack Crabb said:
Your son and his fellow jarheads (said with all due respect – Semper Fi) actually have man-parts and brains. Honestly, I don’t think that can be said for the magic blue costumed ones.