re: St Louis: Unarmed teen shot and killed by police, riot in progress.

So he should have been shot?

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Get out if the road and into the side walk. He's a grown adult and shouldn't have to be told to get out of the street. Is he mentally retarded, trolling or just refusing to conform to society?

Running that mouth off to a cop again is provoking a situation and so is refusing to follow the orders of the police officer. More rebellious behavior asking for trouble.

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So based on the eyewitness report, you fell the officer's response was completely justified?

I am not saying he isn't an idiot but that doesn't excuse the officers actions.

Yeah, I would take what he says with a grain of salt.

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Get out if the road and into the side walk. He's a grown adult and shouldn't have to be told to get out of the street. Is he mentally retarded, trolling or just refusing to conform to society?

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You can't be this stupid. This isn't like a major road. Hell, my own kids walk in the street, run in the street, ride their bike in the street, throw the ball in the street, shoot hoops in the street, all on a street similar to this one. You come across as hell bent to find in favor of one side no matter how ridiculous it sounds.

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Running that mouth off to a cop again is provoking a situation and so is refusing to follow the orders of the police officer. More rebellious behavior asking for trouble.

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I would certainly advise people to tell the cop to frick off in a more polite way, but they're there to enforce the laws, not tell me how to live my life if I'm not breaking the law.

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Start trouble then act surprised when it's found.

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Like walking in a public street?

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He created a situation by showing a refusal to follow SIMPLE rules of life that we all have to go by.

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I don't know that I agree with your premise in the first place but when the frick did walking in the street equate to a death sentence?

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Yeah, I would take what he says with a grain of salt.

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I would take what everyone says with a grain of salt, including the cops. They all have their own self interests to look out for. The thing to do is find where the most commonality exists. Time will only tell but I'm gonna bet that independent eye witness accounts are going to more closely mirror this kids version than the cops version of this kid trying to push his way into the cop car and take his gun from him.

i saw where you said earlier something about someone "slamming a pregnant woman to the ground"

Where did you see this?

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So based on the eyewitness report, you fell the officer's response was completely justified?

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You don't think the witness is biased?

If a cop threatens to shoot me he won't have to tell me twice. I am going to suck up my pride and say yes officer...according to the witness he was warned twice. No that doesn't justify the shooting but what it does tell me is the victim must have been resisting.

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I think all we really know is an unarmed kid was killed. I suppose we will never know.

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Basically, the police gave the story that he assaulted the officer and tried to steal his weapon at some point in the drivers seat of the cop car and the officer shot him. The family and friends give the story that he was on his knees with his hands up, or that he was walking away with his hands up and was shot 6-10 times.