Will St Louis Burn again?

Responders these days and for many years all wear gloves...

 

Why are you so convinced the gun was a plant? Did you see the part in the judges decision about it being a large frame revolver and that there was clear video of him going from his cruiser to the suspect's car with no way to conceal the gun (if he were trying to plant it)?

 

IF it were THAT Plain... there would have been NO Charges..Zero.

Prosecutors and The GrandJury wouldn't have sought charges at all.

So it must not have been that Clear.... IMO.

In addition "Failure to secure the "weapon" he was scared for his life of" FIRST, then rendering first aid to a man he intended to be dead anyway, is what I find most troubling... the math don't add up.

Also the fact he was carrying his "Personal AK47 Pistol" shows a complete lack of respect for departmental policy, so what other rule and laws was he willing to break??

 

Right... they come to my 82yr old neighbors all the time.. 1st thing they do when they get out of the truck is put on their gloves... every single time.. and he usually isn't bleeding from a gsw...

 

The general consensus around here is that this case was reopened purely for political purposes. This guy was supposed to be either a sacrificial lamb or a trigger for more civil unrest.

"Failure to secure the gun" isn't that hard to understand. After taking five rounds to the head, neck, and upper torso, I doubt there was any question that the guy was no longer a threat. The rendering aid is a policy thing. Technically, you're supposed to assume the guy is alive (yes, I know this seems to contradict what I just said) until a qualified medic pronounced him dead.

The AK is dumb but also understandable. STL Metro is kind of a shitty dept. I'd bet they weren't providing long guns to patrol officers, so this guy took it upon himself to bring his own. I'd bet it was common practice.

Overall, the guy probably wasn't a good cop (he seems kind of like he's the type that thinks he's smarter than everyone else and that the rules don't apply to him, sort of a sociopath), and he might not have had to shoot this guy, but it was a legitimate shoot and certainly not murder.

 

I will just say... Securing the Weapon... is First... period.. I don't care if the guy is fkn Swiss cheese and 8 of 9 quarts of his blood are on the ground.
15seconds to secure... then render aid... if you are going to.

If you don't it leaves questions unanswered... and speculation will ensue.

 

Question for your brother: are future-evidence guns usually left in squad cars like fire extinguishers and spare tires, or do they stay with officers who would actually consider using them and get removed from the car at the end of their shift?

 

Both of my ex brother in laws carried them in their backpack/ duty duffel... it was like an extra piece of gear... it was not uncommon and it was joked about across the board.
My Sister carried a Jennings .25 auto.. it was taken off a kid who probably stole it..

 

Here they send firefighters and ambulance, they all glove up, it is like a Proctologist Convention..

 

And they don't want to leave any incriminating evidence behind..

 

Is DNA only found on/spread from an ungloved hand??

 

More like "where isn't it found"...

 

Worse here is the backlog at the GBI Crime Lab.....