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alp227

(31,959 posts)
Tue Jun 2, 2020, 01:29 PM Jun 2020

'Mayhem': 4 police officers shot during long night of violence and destruction in St. Louis

Source: St. Louis Post-Dispatch

ST. LOUIS — Four police officers were shot in downtown St. Louis early Tuesday as a day of peaceful protests turned into a violent and destructive night in the city.

Hundreds of people had gathered across the St. Louis region Monday to protest the Memorial Day death of George Floyd in Minneapolis. A rally in O'Fallon, Missouri, drew upward of 2,000 people and featured marchers walking arm-in-arm with police officers.

But tensions rose after the sun fell in downtown St. Louis.

Just after midnight, four officers, all men, were shot near 16th and Olive streets. All four were conscious and authorities said their injuries were not thought to be life-threatening.

Read more: https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/mayhem-4-police-officers-shot-during-long-night-of-violence-and-destruction-in-st-louis/article_87ac7e92-e6bf-59d9-8488-10c7fe462063.html

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'Mayhem': 4 police officers shot during long night of violence and destruction in St. Louis (Original Post) alp227 Jun 2020 OP
I've become SO cynical that I wonder if these NewDayOranges Jun 2020 #1
Yes n/t Devil Child Jun 2020 #2
nah...you ain't crazy.. stillcool Jun 2020 #3
I Doubt They Shot Themselves But... jayfish Jun 2020 #4
This message was self-deleted by its author Steelrolled Jun 2020 #6
Yeah, I would say you are if you believe that. dware Jun 2020 #7
Curfew has been announced in STLMO from 9 p.m. to 6 a.m. just a few minutes ago SWBTATTReg Jun 2020 #5

NewDayOranges

(691 posts)
1. I've become SO cynical that I wonder if these
Tue Jun 2, 2020, 01:41 PM
Jun 2020

Last edited Tue Jun 2, 2020, 02:19 PM - Edit history (1)

Cops shot themselves/each other so they could claim Antifa did it!

I'm crazy, ain't I?!?!

stillcool

(32,626 posts)
3. nah...you ain't crazy..
Tue Jun 2, 2020, 02:06 PM
Jun 2020

cops shooting each other may be a bridge too far, but these days nothing is out of the realm of possibility.

jayfish

(10,035 posts)
4. I Doubt They Shot Themselves But...
Tue Jun 2, 2020, 02:19 PM
Jun 2020

bodycam footage might show hey were instigators. Maybe not though.

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