[K9Grip]

(Reuters) - An 18-year-old black man was shot and killed by police late on Tuesday at a gas station in a St. Louis suburb near where unarmed teen Michael Brown was killed by a white officer in August, police and local media said.

A video feed showed the gas station cordoned off by yellow tape and guarded by police, some in helmets and carrying riot shields, with bystanders shouting at them in a tense standoff.

The shooting of Brown in the summer, and the decision not to prosecute the officer involved, set off demonstrations across the country. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch newspaper reported that some 60 people had gathered at the scene of Tuesday's incident and that at least three were arrested.


Images and video footage showed a flash, a loud bang and smoke filling an area near the gas pumps, but it was not clear whether they were caused by bystanders or the police. Local broadcaster KSDK reported people hurled rocks and bricks toward police.

Police said the man who was killed had pointed a handgun at an officer who was conducting a "routine business check" and had approached two men outside the gas station after 11 p.m. (0500 GMT) in the suburb of Berkeley.

"Fearing for his life, the Berkeley Officer fired several shots, striking the subject, fatally wounding him," St. Louis County Police Department spokesman Brian Schellman said in a statement. The second man fled the scene.

The St. Louis Post-Dispatch named the dead man as 18-year-old Antonio Martin, citing his mother, who said he was with his girlfriend around the time of the shooting.

"They won't tell me nothing. His girlfriend told me that the police was messing with him," the man's mother, Toni Martin, told a local broadcaster. "When he was trying to get up and run, they start shooting."

St. Louis County police recovered the deceased's man's handgun at the scene. The did not confirm his identity.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/...0K20I920141224

[K9Grip]

"Protestors" attacking cops and then being arrested.

[commondenom]

let me guess...the cops did a 'routine business check' with guns drawn and shouting at people to 'get down, get on the floor, get down now, get down or i'll shoot!!'

[Oswald2001]

Take ALL those arrested and drop them off in the desert somewhere in Syria/Iraq.

Any Crazy B*tch Ghetto Trash Mamas start talkin' trash...they go too.

And don't let them back in...ever.

[Nasty Nuggets]

Here it goes again.... cops gonna say he pointed a gun, girlfriend is gonna say he was helping an old lady cross the street and the cop shot him for no reason-riots....

[bob351]

It would appear as though the racial issue is getting worse in america.

I wonder what mlk would have said about all this, al sharpton is a fucking lunatic.

[bob351]

Also how often are cops killing people down south, holy shit.

Think cops have killed 12 people in canada this year, two were terrorists.

[ices]

Some piece of shit ***** gangbanger wannabe points his gun at a cop.

Cop blasts the guy for good reason and a service to humanity.

Soft headed retards of white and black race go nuts. "Because racists".

Yeah, there is a reason why there are so many retarded black gangsters in the USA. They like being victims but using guns and knives to act tough.

Its like Disney World, but for stupid ******.

[niknik]

Originally Posted by commondenom ↗

let me guess...the cops did a 'routine business check' with guns drawn and shouting at people to 'get down, get on the floor, get down now, get down or i'll shoot!!'

Or, the cop was doing his job. Like investigating a crime.

[niknik]

Originally Posted by bob351 ↗

Also how often are cops killing people down south, holy shit.

Think cops have killed 12 people in canada this year, two were terrorists.

Canada is welcome to take all our urban citizens. Then Canada can might have some perspective.

And if accounts are accurate, I'm sure a Canadian cop would have shot this guy too.