Mike Brown Imitator and Mob of Ferguson Imitators: Suicide-by-Cop, as Police Kill Black Convenience Store Robber Near Ferguson, MO; Robber Gets Immediate Support from Mob of 100, Who Taunt Police with Raised Hands, Shouting "Hands Up, Don't Shoot"

 

Police guard the entrance to the Buzz Westfall Justice Center in Clayton, Mo., Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2014, where a grand jury is expected to convene to consider possible charges against the Ferguson, Mo. police officer who fatally shot 18-year-old Michael Brown. Brown's shooting in the middle of a street has sparked a more than week of protests, riots and looting in the St. Louis suburb. (Photo by Charlie Riedel/Associated Press)
 

Re-posted by Nicholas Stix

Police: St. Louis officers kill knife-wielding man
By Alan Scher Zagier and Jim Salter
August 19, 2014 | Updated: August 19, 2014 6:36 p.m.
Associated Press/Houston Chronicle

ST. LOUIS (AP) — A large crowd, some chanting "Hands up, don't shoot," gathered Tuesday at the site where St. Louis police officers shot and killed a knife-wielding man after a reported convenience store robbery.

The shooting happened just a few miles from Ferguson, where the fatal shooting of an unarmed 18-year-old, Michael Brown, by a white police officer has touched off days of sometimes violent protests. The crowd had largely diminished within several hours of the shooting.

St. Louis Police Capt. Ed Kuntz said police responded shortly after noon following a report of a robbery at a convenience store. The suspect, a 23-year-old black man, refused police orders to drop the knife, Kuntz said.

When the man allegedly raised the weapon and moved toward the officers, both opened fire, killing him, said Kuntz.

Police Chief Sam Dotson said the man was acting erratically and told officers to "shoot me now, kill me now."

A man who said he witnessed the shooting, Robert Addison, 36, said the suspect cursed officers as he told them, "You'll have to kill me."
Both officers were placed on administrative duty pending an investigation, but Kuntz said the shooting appeared to be justified.

A crowd of about 100 onlookers gathered at the site within an hour of the shooting. Some chanted "Hands up, don't shoot," which has become the mantra of protesters in Ferguson after witnesses described Brown as having his hands in the air when he was shot Aug. 9.

Ferguson officer Darren Wilson has been on paid administrative leave since the shooting of Brown. The investigation could be turned over to a St. Louis County grand jury as early as Wednesday, though it isn't clear how long it will be before a determination is made about whether Wilson will be charged.