Another Killing Near Furguson, "Suicide By Cop?"
SUICIDE BY COP?
A 23-year-old black man was shot and killed by St. Louis police Tuesday after he charged at them with a knife, just 10 days after the police shooting of 18-year-old Michael Br8own in Ferguson less than 6 miles away.
The man had taken two energy drinks from a store and returned to take a package of pastries without paying, according to St. Louis City Police Chief Sam Dotson. The suspect then went into the street and was “acting erratically,” and talking to himself, Dotson said. When the store employee followed him outside, the man threw the pastries into the street, the chief said.
Police responded to a 911 call, and the suspect walked toward the officers’ vehicle and put his hand on his waistband, pulled out a knife and held it in an “overhand” position, above his shoulder, Dotson said.
The chief said the officers got out of their vehicle and drew their weapons, telling the man to drop the knife, but he continued to advance, reportedly saying “Shoot me, kill me now.”
When he got within 4 feet of one officer, both cops fired their weapons at the man, who has not yet been identified. Dotson said that witnesses described it as “suicide by cop.”
A crowd of about 150 gathered at the scene of the shooting in the moments after the incident, many of whom expressed anger that cops had not used other means of restraint.
Read more: http://www.wjla.com/articles/2014/08/ferguson-chants-heard-after-st-louis-cops-shoot-kill-suspect-yelling-shoot-me-kill-me-now–106246.html
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