BREAKING NEWS-- Officer shoots and kills juvenile suspect in knife attack in Poplar Bluff MO.

[ColesCountyDem]

Last edited Sat Dec 13, 2014, 12:36 PM - Edit history (2)

Source: WSIL-TV

It was just now reported on WSIL-TV that a suspect in a domestic-violence situation was shot and killed by a Poplar Bluff MO police officer this afternoon. The deceased suspect allegedly attacked his victim in their home, then fled the scene. Officers found the suspect at another address a short time later, and he charged officers with the knife, whereupon he was shot and killed.

Neighbors say, but police refuse to confirm, that the deceased suspect is a juvenile male.

Read more: Link to source

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No story posted at http://www.wsiltv.com yet, but further details have promised for the 10:00 p.m. newscast.

Edited title for clarity.

[seveneyes]

1. It helps to be Popular when you are the one to stop the bad person

Saves time in uncomfortable and inhumane jail cell conditions. Try this at home if you are a civilian in good standing only.

[ColesCountyDem]

2. Beg pardon?

[Derek V]

3. Missouri, the Shoot Me State

Grampa Simpson was right!

[ColesCountyDem]

4. In this case, at least, the suspect was armed and charging the officer. n/t

[7962]

5. This is what happens when we see the BAD cops. They tarnish ALL cops.

So now every cop shooting incident is going to be slammed as over reaction.

[ColesCountyDem]

6. Yes, and no one seems to care when a bad cop is busted.

I posted about our sheriff arrested arresting a village police officer and our state's attorney charging the officer with murder and official misconduct, and the thread sank without even 5 recs.

No one's interested in cases where officers do the right thing, apparently.

[AnalystInParadise]

7. No they really don't

It upsets their visions of "social" justice if you show them reality versus their "hate all cops, all the time" messaging.

[7962]

14. Same with race. Did anyone post the Utah story of the black cop shooting the unarmed white kid?

Of course I admit not doing it either. Partially because I didnt hear about it until the news was weeks old. Which points out the media and their willingness to jump on the "proper" bandwagon.
And there are plenty of other examples too. But most times when I would say its not a race problem, its a cop problem, I'd get shouted at.

[Recursion]

15. The cop in Utah wasn't black

I'm still not sure where that rumor got started, but I'm pretty sure I know why it was started...

[7962]

16. Because the Salt Lake Tribune said the "officer involved was not white"

That was the first article I read. And although I dont live in Utah, where I am the cops are one or the other! Looking back, its an odd description. I saw other articles that mentioned a "black officer" but I cant remember where. And I dont know if I've EVER seen the cop actually identified. But its been some time since the incident maybe they have by now. Here's the first one:
http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/news/58313255-78/burbank-police-taylor-officer.html.csp

So i guess he was Hispanic? Asian?

And it still should have made as much news as the Brown case. And there was NO altercation in this case. As I said before, there are a lot of "cop kills unarmed white guy" stories from recent months out there. We have a cop problem.

[Comrade Grumpy]

8. Every police shooting incident deserves to be scrutinized.

They are killing people in our name.

No doubt, many police killings are justified.

But it appears that too many aren't.

[ColesCountyDem]

9. I have no problem with officer-involved shootings being scrutinized.

What I do have a problem with is those officers not being given the presumption of innocence here at DU, a most illiberal stance.

[Comrade Grumpy]

10. Meh. That's nothing unusual for DU. Ask Bill Cosby (for instance).

[ColesCountyDem]

11. True enough, CG.

I've been here long enough that it shouldn't surprise me.

[GreatGazoo]

12. it reads like the cops shot the knife attack VICTIM

Officers found the victim at another address...whereupon he was shot and killed.

I'm guessing they meant "suspect" in that sentence.

[ColesCountyDem]

13. Good catch!

I was drop-dead tired when I posted the OP, and flat out missed that, even though I proofread it.