I know, we can’t judge the situation and there needs to be a grand jury and a selfie investigation by St. Louis County police … nevertheless, judge yourselves:
Police identified the man as 25-year-old Kajieme Powell, who was suspected of stealing from a nearby convenience store. Officers arrived on the scene after receiving two separate 911 calls reporting Powell’s erratic behavior. The two officer fired a combined 12 shots at Powell, killing him instantly, after he refused to drop the steak knife he was holding and “continued moving towards them.”
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Why has criticism of St. Louis Police Killing Kajieme Powell been so muted (and non-existent here)? There is no excuse or rationalization for what the cops did to this man. To call it an execution wouldn’t be inappropriate. A nightstick would have been an adequate weapon for the cops in this instance.
Is it because it’s not in Ferguson? Or the victim isn’t a teen? Or because what happened isn’t open to many questions?
by Marie2 on Wed Aug 20th, 2014 at 10:42:43 PM PDT
* [new] The Other Killing ‘He’s Dead!’ (none / 0)
On a radio broadcast in The Netherlands 10 minutes ago, a reporter mentioned the source of a cell phone video and I put up a diary:
○ The Other Killing “He’s Dead!”
Seems to me the police officers in Greater St. Louis Meropolitan area know their @sses are covered by the blue tribe and AG’s predictable outcome. I suspect an organized, well knit agreement on “Rules of Engagement” that goes beyond what should be acceptable in any community where justice needs to prevail. I call this murder by profession. The police have no verbal communication, don’t keep their distance to the person with a knife, don’t have any bond with the community they serve. An ugly, horrible scene.
St. Louis the most segregated community in America, the risk of Apartheid
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Apartheid or segregation is a basis where the power of authority becomes a dictate in dealing with one another. What I have seen in the Ferguson case, all the police levels failed to communicate with the people they serve. When there is injustice, or even perceived injustice, a show of might will not quell a protest. The presence of AG Holden was a welcome step to deescalate and talk to leaders from the black community. It was about time this happened.
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Apartheid was introduced by legislation in 1948In 1948, the National Party (NP), representing Afrikaners, won the national election on a platform of racism and segregation under the slogan of ‘apartheid’. Apartheid built upon earlier laws, but made segregation more rigid and enforced it more aggressively. All Government action and response was decided according to the policy of apartheid. In turn, apartheid failed to respond effectively and adequately to concerns that had led to intermittent labour and civic unrest that erupted in the aftermath of World War II. Consequently, throughout the 1950s unrest in African, Coloured and Indian communities escalated, becoming more frequent and determined. Labour unrest too was in evidence during this period.
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Is apartheid something of the past?In 1976 there was a plan to make Afrikaans (the white man’s language) the teaching medium in all schools This caused large protests and more blacks were opposed. During one of these protests above picture was made informed the world what was happening. More and more countries suggested a boycott against South Africa.
