Roughly 150 people gathered Wednesday afternoon near the scene of the shooting, questioning the use of deadly force. Some chanted “Black Lives Matter,” a mantra used after Brown’s death.
As police removed the yellow tape that cordoned off the scene, dozens of people converged on the home, many chanting insults and gesturing obscenely at officers. Several yelling onlookers surrounded individual officers.
“Another youth down by the hands of police,” Dex Dockett, 42, who lives nearby, told a reporter. “What could have been done different to de-escalate rather than escalate? They (police) come in with an us-against-them mentality. You’ve got to have the right kind of cops to engage in these types of neighborhoods.”
Another neighborhood resident, Fred Price, said he was skeptical about Dotson’s account that the suspect pointed a gun at officers before being mortally wounded.
“They provoked the situation,” Price, 33, said. “Situations like this make us want to keep the police out of the neighborhood. They’re shooting first, then asking questions.”
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Police must keep their weapons holstered until the alleged, suspected bullet is between 8-12″ from their persons. Only after being struck by the alleged, suspected bullet and it has undergone forensic testing can an officer return fire.
Thug, punk lives matter.
The suspect, Mansur Ball-Bey, was fleeing a crack house and fired on police before he was shot dead.
Late at night (Aug 19th/20th) a car and buildings were set on fire on Page and Walton.
Although a Fire Station was only a block away, firefighters refused to respond to this fire UNLESS they had a police escort.
So, now the mob wants to blame ALL the fire damage on the lack of speedy response by Fire/Police!
The insanity spirals from bad to worse.
Meanwhile (August 18th) a little 9-year old girl was shot dead while doing her homework in her own bed during a drive-by shootout in Ferguson.
No protests AT ALL!
Black INNOCENT lives don’t seem to matter at all!