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St. Louis Shooting Reignites Anger Among Activists
ABC ^ | 10/9/2014

Posted on 10/09/2014 5:06:13 PM PDT by Altura Ct.

Two months after a Ferguson officer killed Michael Brown, setting off intense national debate about law enforcement treatment of minorities, the shooting death of another black 18-year-old by police in nearby St. Louis has reignited anger among activists already planning weekend protests.

Police say Vonderrit D. Myers was shot Wednesday after he opened fire on a white, off-duty officer, but Myers' parents say he was unarmed. Some activists and lawmakers say Myers was targeted because he was black and are asking the Justice Department — which has opened a civil rights investigation into the death of Brown, who was unarmed — to investigate his shooting.

"This here was racial profiling turned deadly," said state Sen. Jamilah Nasheed, a St. Louis Democrat.

The shooting happened as activists and other protesters from around the country prepared for four days of rallies, marches and protests over the Brown shooting. Organizers say the events, which start Friday and include a march Saturday in downtown St. Louis, have taken on added urgency.

"This is a racial powder keg," said Jerryl Christmas, a St. Louis attorney who was among more than 20 black leaders who joined Nasheed at a news conference Thursday outside police headquarters. "All this is going to do is escalate the situation."

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I wonder if I could get one of the 'activist' to make me a sandwich?
1 posted on 10/09/2014 5:06:13 PM PDT by Altura Ct.
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2 posted on 10/09/2014 5:10:12 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (The question isn't who is going to let me; it's who is going to stop me.)
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To: Altura Ct.

The definition of “activist” is a malingerer who is afraid to work for a living.


3 posted on 10/09/2014 5:11:00 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (Got Ebola? Come to America!)
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To: Altura Ct.

Activists my left butt cheek. These are thugs and anarchists. They should all be in prison.


4 posted on 10/09/2014 5:11:27 PM PDT by fatnotlazy
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To: Altura Ct.

This new shooting sounds cut and dried. Man with the gun fired first at the policeman.

If they make racial hay out of this one, how will liberals and race baiters get around inconvenient truths that the man was resisting arrest and that he shot first????


5 posted on 10/09/2014 5:11:35 PM PDT by Dilbert San Diego (s)
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6 posted on 10/09/2014 5:14:28 PM PDT by musicman (Until I see the REAL Long Form Vault BC, he's just "PRES__ENT" Obama = Without "ID")
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To: Altura Ct.

“How dare you kill our criminals?”


7 posted on 10/09/2014 5:15:16 PM PDT by BenLurkin (This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both.)
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To: Altura Ct.

The police apparently have the perps gun and police forensics have located three bullets from that gun fired at the officer. Now the coroner can detect gunpowder residue on the deceased’s hands.

My question for the perp’s mother is this: Where’s the sandwich and what kind is it?


8 posted on 10/09/2014 5:20:16 PM PDT by The KG9 Kid
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LOL!


9 posted on 10/09/2014 5:21:13 PM PDT by Navy Patriot (America, a Rule of Mob nation)
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To: Altura Ct.; Norm Lenhart

Well... as Brown had stollen cigars from a minimart, they burned down a minimart... turns out, the wrong one. But, however, comma, once the theft video was released, they burned down the correct minimart..

So in this case, it would stand to reason that they should burn down the local Ruger dealer, yes?


10 posted on 10/09/2014 5:23:19 PM PDT by glock rocks (In DC, nobody can hear you scream)
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To: Altura Ct.

Stuff should be free...if it’s not we take it!


11 posted on 10/09/2014 5:23:58 PM PDT by Dallas59
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of course it would never happen, but if the tea party rioted and looted they would be called right wing terrorists for it.

So let's put the label where it should go.

These "activists" are domestic left wing terrorists

12 posted on 10/09/2014 5:25:35 PM PDT by Cubs Fan (The ferguson rioters, looters and arsonists are DOMESTIC LEFT WING TERRORISTS)
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13 posted on 10/09/2014 5:29:54 PM PDT by SWAMPSNIPER (The Second Amendment, a Matter of Fact, Not a Matter of Opinion)
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To: The KG9 Kid

The coroner is a honky mofo, he gonna lie!


14 posted on 10/09/2014 5:31:07 PM PDT by SWAMPSNIPER (The Second Amendment, a Matter of Fact, Not a Matter of Opinion)
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To: Altura Ct.

The activist leaders should be charged. I have no doubt their heated rhetoric on the Brown shooting caused this young man to shoot at the white cop. After all, he was just a sammich eatin’


15 posted on 10/09/2014 5:31:25 PM PDT by SolidRedState (I used to think bizarro world was a fiction.)
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To: Dilbert San Diego

“Who you gonna believe? His momma or the police.”

That’s all the proof they need. The activists and thugs have this well in hand and the mob will believe their most outrageous lie.


16 posted on 10/09/2014 5:36:07 PM PDT by JimSEA
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Well, there are no African American coroners...so those honkies are all gonna lie.

Being a coroner is an Uncle Tom kinda job...who wants dat?

17 posted on 10/09/2014 5:36:25 PM PDT by RoosterRedux
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To: Altura Ct.

Leave these cretans to swim in thier own sh##.


18 posted on 10/09/2014 5:36:28 PM PDT by ronnie raygun
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To: Altura Ct.

Appears to me that the hood rats are getting more bold and brazen thinking that the cops are going to buckle and fold. Not so fast buckaroo. We are a system of laws and civil conduct. If someone fires at a cop, he responds via what he is trained to do: protect himself first and foremost. God Bless all those who put on the uniform everyday and put themselves in harm’s way.


19 posted on 10/09/2014 5:39:31 PM PDT by WyCoKsRepublican
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To: SWAMPSNIPER
Well of course some will say that. They won't be persuaded by the facts, as long as a white law enforcement officer is involved. Agitators are seeking conflict.

Oblige them if need be, but let's make sure that when the smoke finally clears there's no question that the perp fired off three shots at the officer. The investigation still has to go down in the books with the correct evidence nevertheless.

20 posted on 10/09/2014 5:40:41 PM PDT by The KG9 Kid
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