St. Louis officer charged with 2011 murder of black man
Source: Reuters
St. Louis officer charged with 2011 murder of black man
May 17, 2016
(Reuters) - A former St. Louis police officer was charged on Monday with first-degree murder for killing a black man in 2011 after a car chase, prosecutors said. The charges come amid heightened scrutiny of police use of excessive force after killings of numerous unarmed black people triggered protests across the United States over the past two years.
Jason Stockley, 35, was arrested on Monday at his home in Houston, Texas by St. Louis police and the U.S. Marshals, St. Louis Circuit Attorney's Office spokeswoman Susan Ryan said. Stockley, who is white, shot into Anthony Lamar Smith's car on Dec. 11, 2011, sparking a high speed chase.
Stockley was a passenger in a police SUV that chased the 24-year-old Smith at speeds reaching 80 miles per hour, a statement from the prosecutor's office said.
Stockley's vehicle crashed, and when they began pursuit again, Stockley can be heard saying on an internal police car video, "going to kill this motherfucker, don't you know it," prosecutors said.
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