Street Protests: Person shot to death by St. Louis police

[Brian4Liberty]

Person shot to death by St. Louis police after stabbing officer
By Kim Bell and Nassim Benchaabane


ST. LOUIS • Police said an officer shot and killed a man who had stabbed an officer inside an apartment Tuesday morning.

But a woman who said she was related by marriage to the person killed said that person was a transgender woman named Kenneth “Kiwi” Herring. The relative, Crevonda Nance, said police shot and killed Herring shortly after responding to the latest dispute in an ongoing feud between Herring and unfriendly neighbors.

Speaking just after the shooting, Interim Police Chief Lawrence O’Toole said the officer suffered a cut to his arm during the encounter. The injured officer was taken to a hospital and was expected to be treated and released.

Officers went to the two-family flat in the 5200 block of Ridge Avenue, east of Union Boulevard in the Academy neighborhood, about 8 a.m. after getting two calls about a stabbing, O’Toole said.

Officers arrived to find a stabbing victim, 30, who had severe lacerations to his face, arms and torso. He told police the name of the person who stabbed him, and he said the suspect was in the apartment next door.

When officers tried to arrest the suspect, also 30, the suspect stabbed one of the officers with a large kitchen knife, police said.

“The suspect flourished a knife and slashed at the officers, slicing the one officer on the arm,” O’Toole said.

The injured officer and his partner both fired their weapons, striking the suspect multiple times, killing the person. Police did not release the name of the person who died.

Police said the original stabbing victim was listed in serious but stable condition, but they did not elaborate on the relationship he had to the suspect.
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More: http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/man-shot-to-death-by-st-louis-police-after-stabbing/article_eda69e0b-6779-544f-963e-43cf41dd5972.html

Protests in the streets right now. Hysterical people are reporting that a car drove into the crowd...

[Brian4Liberty]

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[Swordsmyth]

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[fedupinmo]

If anyone hasn't picked up a fruit cake for that crazy relative for Christmas, there are dozens in the comment section. I love how they were able to browbeat the Post-Dispatch into referring to Kenny as a female, especially that man with the long hair with a girl's name. :D

And yes, I'm just pissed off that the only allow Facebook users to comment.

[Danke]

Person shot to death by St. Louis police after stabbing officer
By Kim Bell and Nassim Benchaabane



Protests in the streets right now. Hysterical people are reporting that a car drove into the crowd...


Car video:

http://www.news.com.au/world/north-america/car-rams-trans-lives-matter-protesters-in-st-louis-at-vigil-for-kennykiwi-herring/news-story/7db6dab49282ce57c787db520913de05

[Valli6]

Someone in a black mercedes.
update: "white cis male". Driver arrested for fleeing.

http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/metro/driver-pushes-into-group-of-protesters-in-st-louis-street/article_dc8385bb-c978-5de2-8102-6737c5606894.html

Driver pushes into protesters in St. Louis street; 3 people sustain minor injuries
By Nassim Benchaabane St. Louis Post-Dispatch 2 hrs ago

ST. LOUIS • Police and a witness gave differing versions of how protesters were injured when a driver pulled into a group that had blocked an intersection on Wednesday night.

The witness, Keith Rose, said the driver had his middle fingers raised before he accelerated through the group of people who were blocking Manchester Avenue and Sarah Street in the Grove neighborhood.

But St. Louis police said the driver stopped, honked and attempted to drive around the protesters before some of them surrounded his car and began hitting it with their hands and a flag pole.

The police statement, from spokeswoman Schron Jackson, said that three protesters were injured after they jumped onto the car and fell off when the driver pulled away.

Jackson said the driver was taken into custody about a block from the intersection after initially refusing to stop for officers. She said the incident was captured on video.

A video taken by Heather De Mian, a vigil attendee at the scene, also captured the incident.

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Both police and Rose characterized the injuries as minor.

Rose, who was among the protesters, said he could see the driver of the car as it made its way down Manchester Avenue.

He said the driver at one point stopped the car for a few seconds before accelerating gradually and driving into the group. Rose said that a protester was thrown over the hood of the car by the impact and others were hit by the car.

The people in the street had begun a march after a vigil that had been held nearby. They were holding candles in the intersection when the car approached.

Rose said other drivers had turned off onto side streets rather than driving through the group.

Police later closed off the intersection. The march ended shortly after the incident.

The vigil that preceded the march was set up to honor Kenny “Kiwi” Herring, who was fatally shot by St. Louis police officers a day earlier after police say Herring stabbed two people.

Police said Herring stabbed a man, then used the knife to attack officers who had responded to a report of a stabbing. One officer was wounded. The officers fatally shot Herring in a two-family flat on Ridge Avenue after the officer was cut.

Friends and family say Herring was a transgender woman who, along with her partner, felt threatened by neighbors.

Elizabeth Gombos, 30, of Pocahontas, was among those at the vigil Wednesday night and saw the car hit people on Manchester. Gombos was in the intersection for about seven minutes, holding a candle as part of the vigil. "We were marching down the street peacefully, stopping in front of some gay bars," Gombos said.

As they stood in front of Attitudes bar, Gombos saw headlights coming down the middle of the road toward the vigil participants. Gombos identified the driver as a man.

"When he came at us really fast we kind of stood our ground," Gombos said. "He was blaring the horn ... a half a block back. The first time that he stopped he didn't hit anybody. But there were people in front of his car only. He still had the opportunity to back up and leave.

"Then, I'll be completely honest with you, I can't tell you if he flipped us off before or after he hit people," Gombos said.

"After we were already in front of the car, he made a point to stop, flip us off with both hands and then he accelerated," Gombos said. "Once he hit people, that's when people lost it. Once people realized he was going to hurt people, they started to hit his car. I'm not going to deny they hit his car. They hit it with whatever they had ... fist, feet. They were trying to make him stop.

"With the bumper of his car, he hit the shins of the people in front of me. I had about two seconds to take two steps to the right. I stepped to the side and I was going to his driver's door to tell him he needed to turn around, but ... his car was already going past me. I had a candle in my hand and a sign, and the candle was knocked out of my hand by a body."

Kim Bell of the Post-Dispatch contributed to this report.

http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/metro/driver-pushes-into-group-of-protesters-in-st-louis-street/article_dc8385bb-c978-5de2-8102-6737c5606894.html

More video here: http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2017/08/breaking-trans-lives-matter-protesters-mowed-car-st-louis-street-rally/

[Valli6]

Person shot to death by St. Louis police after stabbing officer
By Kim Bell and Nassim Benchaabane


Protests in the streets right now. Hysterical people are reporting that a car drove into the crowd...


Hadn't seen this thread - made a separate one about the car hitting people. Mods, merge if you want.
http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthread.php?514349-Driver-hits-protesters-in-St-Louis-minor-injuries

[Brian4Liberty]

Jackson said the driver was taken into custody about a block from the intersection after initially refusing to stop for officers. She said the incident was captured on video.

"Refused to stop", but he did stop a block away? So Police were standing there watching people attack his car? Another Police failure.

[pcosmar]

Another Police failure.

Sadly,, I don't think so.

as intended. :(