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Police Officer in Missouri shot, killed man who pulled gun
MSN/AP ^ | 12/24/2014 | Jim Shur

Posted on 12/24/2014 3:46:35 AM PST by HomerBohn

Edited on 12/24/2014 4:07:53 AM PST by Admin Moderator. [history]

BERKELEY, Mo. (AP)

(Excerpt) Read more at msn.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: Missouri
KEYWORDS: berkeley; ferguson; missouri; peacekeepers; shooting; stlouis
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Someone pulls a gun on an officer and ends up shot. Go figure. It seems pretty simple - don't do that.

Maybe someone should make a T-shirt with the message: "Point a gun at a cop - It's your last stop", or: "Point a gun - No more fun". Or: "Threaten a cop's life - Suffer the Strife".

1 posted on 12/24/2014 3:46:35 AM PST by HomerBohn
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To: HomerBohn

Media to Mau Mau the situation in 3,2,1!


2 posted on 12/24/2014 3:49:17 AM PST by Dr. Ursus
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To: HomerBohn
Those two dudes sitting on the ground do not look happy. Here's some intel/propaganda on the peace keeper"
3 posted on 12/24/2014 3:54:29 AM PST by RC one (Militarized law enforcement is just a politically correct way of saying martial law enforcement.)
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To: HomerBohn

Nothing says “Peacekeeper” like a bloody nose and handcuffs.


4 posted on 12/24/2014 3:54:56 AM PST by LouAvul (If government is the answer, you're asking the wrong question.)
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To: HomerBohn

Looking ahead for 2015....I’d predict at least three-hundred cop-thug episodes which make the news. At some point, a state legislature is going to make a law which make cop-hatred a crime, and adds five years onto any sentence. The gay community will come out and be hostile that their agenda has been overtaken by the cops.


5 posted on 12/24/2014 3:58:16 AM PST by pepsionice
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To: HomerBohn

Its the gun’s fault (/s — as if it needs to be stated).


6 posted on 12/24/2014 4:00:21 AM PST by Labyrinthos
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To: pepsionice

After the assassination of those two cops in NYC last weekend, I predict that 2015 will see at least one major police department using armored personnel carriers for routine patrols in certain neighborhoods.


7 posted on 12/24/2014 4:00:26 AM PST by Alberta's Child ("The ship be sinking.")
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I guess the police now have an obligation to simply allow themselves to be killed when someone pulls a gun on them. This is what it has come to.


8 posted on 12/24/2014 4:01:17 AM PST by American Infidel (Instead of vilifying success, try to emulate it)
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To: HomerBohn

Police have two choices. Either be intimidated by the thugs, or stand their ground. Do the punks feel lucky?


9 posted on 12/24/2014 4:01:22 AM PST by pallis
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To: HomerBohn
It seems pretty simple - don't do that.

How do you expect Obama's race war to start if people started using common sense?

10 posted on 12/24/2014 4:12:40 AM PST by hattend (Firearms and ammunition...the only growing industries under the Obama regime.)
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To: HomerBohn

Or in the Brady Bunch innocence- Mom always said- “Don’t attack a cop, and grab for his gun” or Mom always said- “Don’t point a gun at a cop, or yes you will drop”


11 posted on 12/24/2014 4:14:35 AM PST by petercooper ("How To Destroy The Country In 6 Short Years" by Barack Obama & the Democrats)
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To: Alberta's Child; pallis; pepsionice; HomerBohn; Joe Brower; SoFloFreeper

In the course of her duties, The Bride was riding with county deputies yesterday during neighborhood sweeps.

She reported later, there were neighborhoods she went in that she wished they’d doubled the escort. Especially when her ride was running ID checks in the cruiser, and the screen flashed red saying “Armed And Dangerous” for outstanding warrants.

Think about that a moment: a warrant, meaning the perp had YET to be arrested, and a warning that he’s armed.

And she was doing joovie work.

The Bride was also talking to another uniform, about the Tarpon Springs shooting. One cop knew the shooter: a kid with a joovie sheet a hundred yards long, and now he’s an adult cop-killer. And after every charge, the kid would say, “I be sowwy, won’ do nuffin agin”...


12 posted on 12/24/2014 4:16:17 AM PST by Old Sarge (Its the Sixties all over again, but with crappy music...)
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“... where a white police officer fatally shot black 18-year-old Michael Brown in August.”

They’re making a tiny bit of progress reporting, they left out “unarmed”, used “fatally shot” instead of “shot dead in the street”, and didn’t say just “black teen”. Still left out the assaulting the police and robbery stuff though.


13 posted on 12/24/2014 4:21:48 AM PST by jughandle (Big words anger me, keep talking.)
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One thing has not changed here: pointing a gun at a cop is still not a viable strategy for reaching old age.

As for our young man here, he was mislead by al sharpton, Eric holder and obama into believing the police are the enemy to the point where he believed aiming a gun at one constituted a “good idea” at the time.

More blood on the hands of the insane clown posse...


14 posted on 12/24/2014 4:23:44 AM PST by Caipirabob (Communists... Socialists... Democrats...Traitors... Who can tell the difference?)
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To: Alberta's Child

Royal Ulster Constabulary version 2.0

CC


15 posted on 12/24/2014 4:36:20 AM PST by Celtic Conservative (Tagline Constructon zone- low humor ahead)
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To: jughandle

Actually I’ve seen “ murdered an unarmed black teenager” a lot...


16 posted on 12/24/2014 4:43:04 AM PST by Kozak ("It may be dangerous to be America's enemy, but to be America's friend is fatal" Henry Kissinger)
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Waiting to hear:

Antonio wasn't doing anything wrong.
The only reason the Officer approached him was because he was black.
Antonio was a victim of racial profiling.
He was a good boy.
Blah, blah, blah.
Benjamin Crump is now representing the family.

More than likely, this will pass quickly because very dead 18 year old Antonio was stupid enough to point a gun at LEO oblivious to the fact that LEO wasn't going to wait for him to get off the first shot. Doesn't fit the narrative.

17 posted on 12/24/2014 4:43:49 AM PST by Protect the Bill of Rights
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I guess the police now have an obligation to simply allow themselves to be killed when someone pulls a gun on them.

Yep. Predictable DBM/race baiter response:

We need more gun control. Just because he pulled a gun on a cop doesn't mean he was intending to shoot. Police should try to calm the situation down first before shooting. Profiling - if a white person pulled a gun on a cop, the cop wouldn't have shot him. Did I leave anything out?

This is a case where body cameras wouldn't not have mattered. There were dozens of eyewitnesses who concurred with the incident as reported. Still, there will always be second guessing as to if there was a real threat or not.

18 posted on 12/24/2014 4:48:58 AM PST by randita (Obama entrusted the transformation of the best healthcare system in the world to a scam artist.)
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Hey Peace Keepers: Call the youts together and explain that HAVING a gun, or even brandishing a gun, does NOT make them bulletproof.

And tell them that the quickest way to wind up dead is to pull a gun, or act like you’re going to, near a LEO. You might even let them view Chris Rock’s video, “How to Not Get Your Ass Kicked by the Police.”

Just trying to be helpful.


19 posted on 12/24/2014 4:49:10 AM PST by Tucker39 (Welcome to America! Now speak English; and keep to the right....In driving, in Faith, and politics.)
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To: HomerBohn
Just a reminder... BREAKING NEWS: Virtually Everything Important In This Article Is Wrong
20 posted on 12/24/2014 4:58:40 AM PST by kevkrom (I'm not an unreasonable man... well, actually, I am. But hear me out anyway.)
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