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Protesters pour into St Louis streets after murder acquittal for ex-cop
Reuters ^ | 09/15/17 | Valerie Volcovici and Kenny Bahr

Posted on 09/15/2017 10:08:39 AM PDT by Artemis Webb

ST. LOUIS (Reuters) - A Missouri judge on Friday ruled a white former St. Louis police officer was not guilty of murder in the 2011 shooting of a black man, sending hundreds of protesters to the city's streets to voice their anger.

With the National Guard on standby in case of violence, authorities appealed to protesters to march peacefully in a state that has seen racially charged clashes in the past.

Jason Stockley, 36, was acquitted of first-degree murder for killing Anthony Lamar Smith, 24. The former policeman, who was arrested in May 2016, was accused of planting a gun in Smith's car but testified he acted in self-defense.

After the verdict, more than 500 protesters marched in downtown St. Louis, chanting "No justice, no peace" and "Shut it down." Some held "Black Lives Matter" signs.

(Excerpt) Read more at ca.news.yahoo.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; US: Missouri
KEYWORDS: anthonylamarsmith; missouri; riots; stlouis; stockley; stockleyverdict
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I'm good with this.
1 posted on 09/15/2017 10:08:39 AM PDT by Artemis Webb
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To: Artemis Webb
Led by their fearless leader, Deray the Gay!

Deray_in_drag

2 posted on 09/15/2017 10:10:01 AM PDT by Bodleian_Girl (Don't check the news, check Cernovich on Twitter)
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To: Artemis Webb

Burn your neighborhood grocery stores and steal some shoes...for justice! Haha


3 posted on 09/15/2017 10:11:26 AM PDT by Bryanw92 (If we had some ham, we could have ham and eggs, if we had some eggs.)
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To: Artemis Webb

“Justice” means what we like with leftist.


4 posted on 09/15/2017 10:12:23 AM PDT by Rurudyne (Standup Philosopher)
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To: Artemis Webb

They’ve got nothing else to do, might as well riot.

Burn it down!


5 posted on 09/15/2017 10:19:36 AM PDT by subterfuge (Save the monuments!!)
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To: Artemis Webb

I’m sure the dead perp’s side of the story has been reported again and again. Now we need to hear the other side of the evidence.


6 posted on 09/15/2017 10:19:39 AM PDT by Socon-Econ
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To: Artemis Webb

I watched the raw dash-cam video and didn’t see a crime, much less murder.


7 posted on 09/15/2017 10:20:03 AM PDT by libertylover (Inhabitants of Earth with any freedom probably have the USA to thank.)
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To: Bodleian_Girl

Burn the s**t down!


8 posted on 09/15/2017 10:20:39 AM PDT by Altura Ct.
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To: Artemis Webb

What is the full story?


9 posted on 09/15/2017 10:20:40 AM PDT by lurk
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To: Artemis Webb

That was quick and well organized. You thought they’d already had a premonition of the verdict.


10 posted on 09/15/2017 10:20:54 AM PDT by SkyDancer (Notice How Our Symbol Of America Is Brown And White?)
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To: Artemis Webb

So, did he plant the gun or not?
It’s relevant.


11 posted on 09/15/2017 10:24:11 AM PDT by Mariner (War Criminal #18)
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To: SkyDancer

They have been preparing for this scenario for weeks. They’ve been quite open about it, telling the judge that there would be trouble if he acquitted the officer involved. Even a group of black clergymen told him this. So, yes they were ready to roll.


12 posted on 09/15/2017 10:24:20 AM PDT by hanamizu
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To: Artemis Webb

If 0bama were in the White House right now he would be in front of the cameras inciting a riot as I type these words. That is exactly what 0bama did for Ferguson, MO.


13 posted on 09/15/2017 10:25:00 AM PDT by forgotten man
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To: Artemis Webb

Ignorant tools and fools. They fall for the hate bait every time. Politicians benefit from their rage as their own lives get worse. Then, when the truth comes out, no one gets prosecuted. Do these ignoramouses actually think that Eric Holder or Loretta Lynch did not WANT to get a conviction for the deaths of Freddit Grey, Trevon Martin, Michael Brown, or all of the others? Unlike BLM, they can’t make up facts, so these cases evaporate when the truth matters.


14 posted on 09/15/2017 10:25:44 AM PDT by jimmygrace
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To: Artemis Webb
🤕💵🙀🐂💩⚖🔨 If the verdict ain't to our liking..... Well you know without having to say it.
15 posted on 09/15/2017 10:26:50 AM PDT by rktman (Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?!)
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To: Artemis Webb

Everyone, please understand how this works.

Cop shoots black man AND it is clear that the Cop was at fault.

No Protest.

Cop shoots black man and there is a question regarding the cops actions.

Protest.

The protesters ONLY exploit these incidence’s when they can infer some grand cover-up by the man.


16 posted on 09/15/2017 10:27:18 AM PDT by Zeneta
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To: Artemis Webb

After talking to a black SEIU purple shirt at the gym, I viewed all “protests” differently. He described housing, medical care, transportation, logistics and pay structures. These “protests” are well organized and financed.


17 posted on 09/15/2017 10:28:25 AM PDT by Gen.Blather
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will anybody protest the murder of a young unarmed woman by a freak cop shooting across his partner from his patrol car?...

nope....

18 posted on 09/15/2017 10:28:35 AM PDT by cherry
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To: Bryanw92

You left out cases of Heineken.


19 posted on 09/15/2017 10:29:30 AM PDT by monocle
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To: Bryanw92
Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention-Trouble Coming Everyday
20 posted on 09/15/2017 10:30:36 AM PDT by ex91B10
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