By Matt, Deputy Sheriff
It has happened yet again in St. Louis, MO. No, I’m not talking about the white police officer shooting a young black man; I’m talking about the completely irresponsible reporting by the media and others that is leading to more civil unrest, racial tension, hatred and potentially more rioting.
What we know about the event, from what has been released by the police, is that an officer was working an off-duty job at a location where he observed three black males who ran when he tried to contact them. One of them was holding his pants as he ran, indicating to the officer (rightfully so), that the suspect had something in his pants. The officer chased that suspect, caught him and struggled with him. The suspect broke free, started to run again, turned and fired three shots at the officer who returned fire killing the suspect. The suspect’s gun was recovered at the scene. The dead suspect was a black male, 18 years old, who according to the police spokesman was no stranger to law enforcement, but due to privacy concerns, he could not say more about the dead guy’s criminal history.
The Others
Before much of anything was known publicly about the incident (about 45 minutes after the shooting), St. Louis’ own local version of Al Shapton, one Antonio French, an elected city official who came to national attention during the Ferguson riots, piped up with this completely irresponsible tweet:
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Racist, white honkey mudderf**kers! We needs Brudder Jesse and Brudder Sharpton Now!!!
WE'S GOT RIGHTS!!!
Wanna take bets on how long it takes these two to get there?