Arrest Made in Ferguson Shooting That Injured 2 Police Officers

[Cooley Hurd]

Last edited Sun Mar 15, 2015, 02:13 PM - Edit history (1)

Source: ABC News

An arrest was made in connection with a shooting outside the headquarters of the Ferguson police department that injured two officers, St. Louis County police and prosecutors said today.

St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney Robert McCulloch and Police Chief Jon Belmar were expected to give further details during a news conference this afternoon.

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Read more: http://abcnews.go.com/US/arrest-made-ferguson-shooting-injured-police-officers/story?id=29652783

[Ptah]

1. Arrest Made in Ferguson Shooting That Injured 2 Police Officers

http://abcnews.go.com/US/arrest-made-ferguson-shooting-injured-police-officers/story?id=29652783

[Cooley Hurd]

3. Thanks Ptah - updated OP...

[Stryst]

2. Very little detail in the story

But the comments are just priceless. Well, maybe less priceless and more "make you rethink your stance on eugenics".

[B2G]

4. Local man, gun recovered

"Law enforcement sources told The Washington Post that a local man was arrested in the late morning on Sunday and that the weapon believed to have been used in the shooting has been recovered."

http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/police-suspect-arrested-in-shooting-of-two-officers-in-ferguson/2015/03/15/eb3140c2-cb38-11e4-8a46-b1dc9be5a8ff_story.html?wprss=rss_national

[Cooley Hurd]

5. Fucking McCulloch is the one announcing things???????????????????????????????

WTF???? Has this "community" learned NOTHING????????????????????

[George II]

6. He's the District Attorney. Who do you want to make the announcement?

[Cooley Hurd]

7. He should've been disbarred by now for the fiasco he created...

...with the Darren Wilson Grand Jury!

[donnasgirl]

22. Just asking

Didn't the DOJ come to the same Conclusion as the Grand Jury.

[7962]

26. Yes.

[NoJusticeNoPeace]

28. They ONLY determined they could NOT prove Wilson was NOT afraid for his life, of course he

was, after the way he and the other police treated ALL black people in that area for all those years, I am sure he was very much afraid of Brown

[NoJusticeNoPeace]

57. You are my hero, Trent...You are so brave LOL

Please let me play with this one for a while guys

Ahh crap

I wanted to play with the little racist punk

[cyberswede]

58. Nah...you don't want that shit all over your hands

[NaturalHigh]

8. Apparently it was a "protester."

But wait...I thought people were sure it was going to be some sort of white supremacist, false flag operation, possibly just some gun nut looking for a chance to shoot somebody.

Is it any wonder that these "protesters" get so little respect? I'll be interested to see if any of the protest leaders denounce these shootings.

[Cooley Hurd]

9. Bob McCulloch announced the arrest...

...are you filled with confidence, given the messenger?

[NaturalHigh]

11. Actually I'm cool with McCulloch.

He conducted the grand jury the way I think it should be conducted - present all the evidence and let the grand jury members decide. Most prosecutors just cherry pick the most damning pieces of evidence and push through an indictment.

[Cooley Hurd]

12. Oy vey...

Read up on the process that took place. Seriously. Do your own research on this one...

[DamnYankeeInHouston]

13. Wrong. Wrong. Wrong.

[valerief]

14. Uh, off to the Ignore List with you! nt

[GGJohn]

29. Because you don't agree with what was said,

you put someone on ignore?

[George II]

15. It boggles my mind when people put others on "ignore" when they don't agree with what he/she said.

[CanonRay]

16. I only have a few on my Ignore, but they were mean spirited.

I don't need that crap.

[George II]

17. I suppose in some cases it's warranted, but certainly not here, in my opinion. To each his/her own.

[RandiFan1290]

20. I just block DU mail from the obvious trolls

Makes it easy to keep track and see how long it takes for the bigots to get their well deserved and overdue pizza.

[NaturalHigh]

21. It boggles my mind when they have a tantrum...

and have to inform the person that they're putting them on ignore. Does the person who moved me to her ignore list think I'm going to lose sleep while soul-searching about my supposed sins tonight?

[7962]

27. Amazing, isnt it? Being rude or insulting s one thing, but wow.

I bet some folks here have 500 people on their ignore list.
I have none. Although I do have ONE on my jury exclusion list

[adigal]

52. We have an Ignore button??/ HAHAHAHAHA!! Never knew that. Never needed it.

I'm a big girl, if you play on the internets, you are going to disagree with some people. Hey, we may agree next time.

[7962]

54. I was just added to one last week. Didnt like my non-admiration of Putin

[adigal]

60. Badge of pride from someone afraid of differing opinions

If you can't even listen to another's opinion you must not be that confident in your own. Right??

[7962]

61. Good point. I've never lost friends because of political opinion.

Believe it or not. Sure we've had some heated discussions, but then its on to football or women or whatever

[hrmjustin]

33. I have five on ignore and they are on ignore because they have n8thing good to say to me ever.

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I use it for those who can't play nice with me.

[Capt13]

35. That's his Job.....

"Most prosecutors just cherry pick the most damning pieces of evidence and push through an indictment. " TRIALS are for the Defense to present exculpatory evidence.

[heaven05]

41. figures

but not surprising......this is america after all.

[donnasgirl]

25. It is being reported

By the local papers that he admitted to the shooting and that a gun was recovered, he made the statement that he was shooting at someone else and just so happened to hit two policemen. Sorry I do not buy into that excuse.

[snooper2]

43. Are you cool with the guy actually SAYING HE FIRED THE SHOTS

apparently he may have not even been targeting the cops...


read articles much

[Cooley Hurd]

49. you missed my point completely.

The fact that McCullough announced it is a very bad optic.

Read posts much, Sparky?

[CTyankee]

18. AND it could be a poseur! A sort of "double agent" type of thing...

That has been known to happen.

OR it could be just a guy who lost it and got a gun and started shooting.

[George II]

23. Lots of details still need to be determined, but offhand I would lean toward....

....his story of having a beef with other demonstrators. If you look at the diagrams of the scene, the top of the other demonstrators were just below the trajectory of the bullets. But that's just speculation.

[CTyankee]

32. I get that. He was a hothead ready to act and the others tried to calm him down...

then he struck out on his own...

[heaven05]

40. This whole police described scenario

STINKS.

[snooper2]

44. 20 year old secret double agent!

And he has a funny goatee...that is a key piece of evidence here!

[CTyankee]

50. "Secret Agent Man"

I remember that song from the way back...

[wcast]

19. The "protestors" get so little respect because we have been taught for hundreds of years that one = all.

If the story is accurate, one man shot those officers. However the prevailing tactic is to decry all protestors, or in this case, all protestors of a certain race, in order to marginalized the message. Ferguson has had problems for many years, and is only one example of how people of color are treated on a daily basis. When evidence is shown of mistreatment, many look for ways to minimize the treatment with the old "they deserve it" standby.

Whatever happened in the Mike Brown case doesn't change the unjust system that was in place in Ferguson and continues to operate unabated in most of America. Seeing people of color as inferior is part of American DNA and has been indoctrinated with our citizenry since 1620. Consequently many white Americans conflate the negative actions of a person of color to the whole group, using it to justify the actions that happened.

Right now most white Americans never experience in their lives the injustices that people of color experience on an almost daily basis, but the old saying is true. What goes around comes around. If we idly sit by blaming the victims of institutional bias and discrimination, it won't be much longer before we suffer the same fate.

[JustAnotherGen]

31. +1

You should repost in the African American group.

[heaven05]

39. +1000

[Blue_Tires]

36. I hope the supposed "protester"

says in court he saw the cops were armed and "fired out of fear for his life"...

I'd love to see the gunners have to defend *THAT* one...

[840high]

37. Some on DU were very

quick to jump in with their conclusions.

[heaven05]

42. These two could be

wait or it..........pawns arrested for media consumption. In a lot of cases, any black will do when it comes to black and white. But this is america after all, and some responses on here are typical and oh so expected.

[Elmer S. E. Dump]

45. I didn't see anyone say they were "sure". I remember speculation, but that is decidedly different.

You understand the difference, I hope.

[Android3.14]

10. Well doesn't this look just peachy

Can't we just once do something awesome?

[mackdaddy]

24. May NOT have been a protestor, and claims to not have been firing at police directly

According to CNN story the alleged shooter is claiming that he was not aiming at the police but someone else.

And although the cops are claiming he was a protestor, an Organizer/minister who talked to the alleged shooter said the shooter admitted to him he had never been to one of the protests.

Also will be interesting where the pistol, a .40caliber handgun came from. This is usually used by police. Also 125 yards is way outside of the normal accuracy range of any pistol. (10-20 yards at most) Edit: On looking up this type of pistol is one of the longest distance capable rounds as it is a relatively fast bullet.

Will be interesting how this really shakes out. Looks like it might just be gang type thugs.

http://www.cnn.com/2015/03/15/us/ferguson-police-shot-arrest/

[Corey_Baker08]

55. If His Target Wasn't Police Was His Target Protesters In Hopes Of Police Being Blamed?

Sounds logical to me I mean if he was aiming to shoot someone else, why open fire in a place where hundreds of Police Officers were already there on the scene...

However the Police may have been his target & he is just denying they were the intended targets in hopes a judge & or jury would show him leniency...

I just have a hard time believing that he was trying to shoot someone else at a public rally in which thousands were in r attendance including hundreds of Police Officers as well as all major & local news reporter's who were constantly video taping the protest. Even more strange is the only two shot just happened to be Police Officers...

[Chemisse]

30. How ironic if this just turned out to be a drive-by with cops as collateral damage?

From the article,

Williams, 20, fired the shots from a car moving through the area, McCulloch said. It's unclear if he meant to shoot the police officers, said McCulloch, since Williams told investigators he was involved in some sort of dispute prior to the shooting.

[hopemountain]

34. but, do the bullets match the ones in the

cop who was shot in the face? remember the st louis police chief said the bullet was lodged behind the cop's ear. and why did the cops dig up someone's roof? why did they initially say the shots were from the crowd of 90 protestors - and that they saw muzzle fire? i seriously doubt anything that comes out of mcculloughs lying mouth. not enough "smoking gun details" for me.

[heaven05]

38. I'll believe he's guilty

when I see a 'reputable' witness places him at the scene and an independent investigator say's it's most likely they did the shooting. No local investigator can be trusted to have an unprejudiced view. Period. Probably just two arrested for media consumption, of which they are pigging out on, I'm sure.

[B2G]

46. He admitted to shooting and

they found the gun at this house.

The lengths some will go to to justify their reconceived notions can be mind boggling sometimes...

[Amishman]

47. so his admission that he fired the shots is not enough evidence for you?

He admitted he did it, there is no grand conspiracy here.

The only real question remaining is the validity of his story that he was shooting at someone else. Though in my opinion he should face very serious charges regardless of who he was shooting at, drive by shootings into crowds is completely unforgivable.

[George II]

48. I think only one person was arrested

[NaturalHigh]

51. Well, he confessed, so there's that.

[JustAnotherGen]

53. I'll believe he was shooting at the police officers as the key targets

When I see a 'reputable' witness corroborate that story. In the meantime -

He told investigators that he had a dispute with some people outside the police station that had nothing to do with the demonstration, officials said.
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/16/us/suspect-arrested-in-shooting-of-2-officers-in-ferguson-police-say.html?_r=0


Unless someone steps forward and lets us know that he asked them to step aside so he could shoot to LEO - I gotta go with what he 'admitted' to. He was never shooting at 'cops' until that's proven in a court of law.

[heaven05]

59. I can go along with that