Missouri – Police Officer Shot Near Ferguson

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    Police are seen near a burning police vehicle after a grand jury returned no indictment in the shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, November 24, 2014. REUTERS/Adrees LatifMissouri – A policeman was shot and wounded on Monday evening in University City, a St. Louis suburb near Ferguson, Missouri, though it was unclear if the shooting was related to street protests over the grand jury’s decision in the Michael Brown case, police said.

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    The officer was shot in the arm, and he is expected to recover, but the circumstances of the shooting were not immediately available, and a search for the suspect was under way, the St. Louis County Police Department said in a message on Twitter.


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    PaulinSaudi
    PaulinSaudi
    9 years ago

    Something is wrong with a country where a policeman can be shot near a riot and people can actually wonder if the shooting was part of the riot, or just a random shooting of a policeman.

    9 years ago

    Why will protests make any difference except people will have no businesses to go to tomorrow, no store from which to buy food and there will be tons of cleanup?!?