Ferguson, MO
Michael Brown died August 9, 2014, having just committed armed robbery.
A police officer (who didn't know about the robbery) tried to take him
into custody on a minor traffic offense (walking in the middle of the street). Brown reached for the officer's gun; the officer shot and
killed him. This sparked weeks of protest and left a destroyed business district.
On the 10th anniversary, protestors came to town. At the police station,
they tried to pull down a perimeter fence. One protestor from East St.
Louis, black, charged a police officer, black, who was just standing on
the sidewalk. He knocked him down, hard, resulting in a debilitating
brain injury. If he lives, I doubt he'll make much of a recovery.
Black Lives Matter!
https://apnews.com/video/law-enforcement-protests-and-demonstrations-missouri-national-national-81ec2623e2a5493f91cb0d5c209f0b86
On Aug 13, 2024 at 11:25:57 PM PDT, ""Adam H. Kerman"" <ahk@chinet.com> wrote:
Ferguson, MO
Michael Brown died August 9, 2014, having just committed armed robbery.
A police officer (who didn't know about the robbery) tried to take him
into custody on a minor traffic offense (walking in the middle of the
street). Brown reached for the officer's gun; the officer shot and
killed him. This sparked weeks of protest and left a destroyed business
district.
On the 10th anniversary, protestors came to town. At the police station,
they tried to pull down a perimeter fence. One protestor from East St.
Louis, black, charged a police officer, black, who was just standing on
the sidewalk. He knocked him down, hard, resulting in a debilitating
brain injury. If he lives, I doubt he'll make much of a recovery.
Black Lives Matter!
https://apnews.com/video/law-enforcement-protests-and-demonstrations-missouri-national-national-81ec2623e2a5493f91cb0d5c209f0b86
So this is the third cop he assaulted. And he was still on the street after the first two.
Progress!
Ferguson, MO
Michael Brown died August 9, 2014, having just committed armed robbery.
A police officer (who didn't know about the robbery) tried to take him
into custody on a minor traffic offense (walking in the middle of the >street). Brown reached for the officer's gun; the officer shot and
killed him. This sparked weeks of protest and left a destroyed business >district.
On the 10th anniversary, protestors came to town. At the police station,
they tried to pull down a perimeter fence. One protestor from East St.
Louis, black, charged a police officer, black, who was just standing on
the sidewalk. He knocked him down, hard, resulting in a debilitating
brain injury. If he lives, I doubt he'll make much of a recovery.
Black Lies Matter!
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