black kid with a gun who pointed it at the coppers so his own fault but ...
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"This individual could have complied with the officer, he could have run away, he could have dropped the gun. Things did not have to end with him approaching an officer with a 9mm pistol in his hand."
Between 200 and 300 people gathered at the scene after the incident, Col Belmar said, adding that bricks were thrown at police officers, and three explosive devices set off.
Four people had been arrested for assaulting police officers, he said.
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BBC News - St Louis unrest after police killing of teenager
The beeb as said earlier that the petrol station had been looted too but removed that information, wonder why? makes the "protest" seem less than legitimate?