#Ferguson Area Police Lies Fail: Change 2nd Execution Story After Witness Video Released

By Deborah Dupré

St. Louis police released the eyewitness video, shown Tuesday here on Before It’s News (below) of two officers shooting Kajieme Powell with a barrage of bullets and changed their account of what transpired now that the world has seen a different story by watching the video.

A witness to the still unamed and protected police offcers killing Powell, 25, known to be mentally ill or with a “learning disability, made a video of the event. The video shows from the time the police car drove to the scene and within 15 seconds, were repeatedly shooting Powell.

Reportedly, after a confrontation with police Tuesday a few miles from where unarmed 18-year-old Michael Brown was shot and killed by police officer Darren Wilson earlier this month.

Two witnesses in the extremely graphic video describe the police handcuffing Powell – after they killed him – as caught on the eye wtiness video.

The St. Louis Police Department said the two officers fired 12 shots at Powell, after he ignored orders to put down a knife.

They previously claimed, before the eyewitness video was uploaded, that Powell had his hand up threatneing them with it, so they began shooting him.

The new video showed this was a fabrication because it is clear that Powell did not have his hand up when they fired the first shot.

It appeared to be a steak knife, the police spokesperson said.

Meanwhile, the police officer who gained notoriety after brandishing a gun at several individuals recording demonstrators has been removed from his post by the St. Louis County Police.

The officer threateningly brandished a semi-automatic rifle at bystanders, caught on live-streaming. ‘Rebelutionary Z’ who was livestreaming the incident can be heard in clips shared via social media telling the officer his “hands are up.”

The officer responds, “I will f-ing kill you — get back! get back!”

The officer became widely known via Twitter when asked for his name and he responded “Go f-ck yourself.”

U.S. attorney general Eric Holder met with 50 community leaders, explaining he could understand why black civilians are distrustful of those sworn to serve and protect. 

“I understand that mistrust,” Holder said. “I am the attorney general of the United States. But I am also a black man. … I can remember being stopped on the New Jersey turnpike on two occasions and accused of speeding. … I remember how humiliating that was and how angry I was and the impact it had on me.”

He noted, “We are starting here a good dialogue. But the reality is the dialogue is not enough. We need concrete action to change things in this country.”

“History,” Holder said, “simmers beneath the surface in more communities than just Ferguson.”

“He’s dead. Oh my God. They just killed this man. He didn’t have a gun or nothing. This is crazy. I don’t know what to do,” the witness videoing the police execution says. “They could have tased that man! Oh, my God.”

Within seconds after the killing, police recruits were on the scene, placing crime tape up and yelling at witnesses to get away.