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Showing Original Post only (View all)20 year old man charged with shooting officers in Ferguson [View all]
Last edited Sun Mar 15, 2015, 04:12 PM - Edit history (1)
A 20-year-old protester has been charged with shooting two police officers in Ferguson, Mo., last week, authorities said Sunday.
County Prosecuting Attorney Robert McCulloch said Jeffrey Williams was charged with two counts of assault in the first degree, one count of firing a weapon from a vehicle, and thee counts of armed criminal action.
McCulloch said Williams admitted firing the shots, but said he was shooting at someone else.
"We're not sure we buy that part of it," McCulloch said, adding that the handgun used in the shooting has been recovered.
He said Williams was involved in the demonstration that was wrapping up when the incident took place. Williams, he said, was being held in lieu of $300,000 cash bail.
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2015/03/15/ferguson-police-shooting-arrest/24808987/
So, it was a drive by and not from the hill above like thought. I didn't see if they mentioned the type of gun in the presser.
I'm changing the headline, which should be fine since this is GD. It reads "protester" which I'm reading elsewhere is in question and probably false.
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The original reporsts said a handgun. There were a lot of theads here at DU
Agnosticsherbet
Mar 2015
#1
I thought it would be of interest here, which was why I mentioned I wasn't sure.
herding cats
Mar 2015
#3
"Shooting at someone else and hitting the police" is as far from bad luck as you can get.
cherokeeprogressive
Mar 2015
#38
I saw the video of the actual shooting and saw no car in the frame. Also heard the eye witnesses
sabrina 1
Mar 2015
#4
Apparently speculation of the "could have been" variety now qualifies as a good guess. n/t
cherokeeprogressive
Mar 2015
#40
So immediately flapping your arms and announcing who you want the perps to be is a better way to go?
Throd
Mar 2015
#32
Yes, I was defending the Klan. It's hard to type wearing my pointy hood with the little eye holes.
Throd
Mar 2015
#92
It wasn't stated, it was clearly preceded by the words, 'I think' and 'could have been'
blm
Mar 2015
#94
Thanks for saying it, I am getting tired of the fake outrage or whatever the crap is
Rex
Mar 2015
#83
Not 'highly unlikely' to anyone following the reports and articles on the subject.
blm
Mar 2015
#103
If according to him, he was not shooting at the cops, then what was he "protesting"?
GoneFishin
Mar 2015
#7
Gee, what a surprise. They catch a guy that fits their profile and call him a protester right off
NoJusticeNoPeace
Mar 2015
#9
And so far, no audio has been released, even though that Christmas claimed that there was audio.
GGJohn
Mar 2015
#65
I said I knew absolutely he was innocent of anything? When did I do that?
NoJusticeNoPeace
Mar 2015
#66
I havent even looked at it or thought about it, you are obsessed with proving the cops are
NoJusticeNoPeace
Mar 2015
#74
Wrong about what? Where did I say he did not shoot the cop? Or did I say I wont believe he did
NoJusticeNoPeace
Mar 2015
#78
What you mean is who to believe, the cops or historical reality that they lie all the time
NoJusticeNoPeace
Mar 2015
#70
No, I don't believe everything they say, and I have called them out when they're wrong,
GGJohn
Mar 2015
#73
Brown? That would shock me, so you agree that Wilson created a situation that was NOt necessary
NoJusticeNoPeace
Mar 2015
#75
But an irrelevant 2009 DHS study said that RW extremists are the greatest threat to cops
DesMoinesDem
Mar 2015
#34
No one said that - The words 'I think' +'could have been' do not = 'only logical conclusion'
blm
Mar 2015
#98
A plea of " it was the wrong one[twice]" won't help the defendant, even if true.
Eleanors38
Mar 2015
#37