Report: 1 dead after officer-involved shooting in St. Louis Park

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Well wrote:

"An altercation with one of the occupants" occurred, resulting in Herman fatally shooting the man.
The other person in the pickup was questioned by police and arrested by the Hennepin County Sheriff's Office on an outstanding warrant. It's not immediately known which occupant was driving the pickup.
Hmmmmmm OUTSTANDING WARRANT??????????

Insiderf wrote:

You are a liar. Fact
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No spin zone wrote:

<quoted text>Man do you need your meds....chicken little what are you doing trying to go back to that hospital. Take your meds NOW! You have lost touch with reality and think you are someone special. But your not, does your mommy know you stopped taking your meds? Now run off chicken little psssst...the sky is not falling.

NOCHANCE wrote:

<quoted text>Here's the facts as I understand them
Fact 1: Police officer in his personal vehicle pulls over civilian.
Fact 2: Police officer shoots and kills civilian.
My personal opinion
Opinion 1: Police officer has to live with himself the rest of his life.
Opinion 2: Police officer may have to stand before 12 of his peers.
Opinion 3: There are probably many many grieving civilians.
Opinion 4: There are no winners never will be and there is no such thing as fair.
Opinion 5: We all make decisions that we a have to live with or die by.

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Have Faith wrote:

The man that was shot had a troubled past. Dishonorably discharged from military, abusive to family, drugs and the like abound! Nobody "deserves" to die, but I believe the police acted in the best interest of the situation. We haven't been told what took place during the "altercation". Maybe it appeared he had a gun. Yes he will be mourned by family, but he wasn't the most upstanding of citizens either. God bless him and his family and the police officer involved.

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Badge Seven One Five wrote:

1. Law Enforcement is never " off duty". There are paid shifts and over time yes, but if you stand in a line at the C Store at 1 am and a robber comes in the store. You know the guy behind you is a cop, but the robber demands your money or kidnaps your child ( what are you doing at that hour ?) YOU WOULD TURN TO THE OFFICER IN CIVIY CLOTHES AND SAY, " DO SOMETHING, YOU ARE A COP. " That happened in Denver.
2. Also an officer can use citizen's arrest.
3. Anybody can defend them self.
4. That car needed to be stopped before the driver killed YOU.
Instead of all these little bitty cities, with all different rules etc let us just get it down to two. Since Mpls will never render to St Paul nor St Paul to Mpls, let us just get all others across county lines etc and have just two, West Metro and East Metro. Same rules for all, costs will be cut, same uniforms, same marked car appearances, public has same expectations and more.
After all we have one provider of lights X something or other. If private business can do it, then so can the local gov combine and do it. Two cities, two mayors, two councils, two school districts....just two. No more cities and counties. Just two gov heads. You can still call one St Paul the other Minneapolis.

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An arguement for Jason wrote:

.Jason was not driving, he was a passenger.
.Driver was not drunk & was given bac test
.Driver had a construction cone caught in the side of the wheel & was trying to free it.
.Driver pulled over of his own volition to dislodge cone He was stopped no one was chasing him.
.unmarked car pulls up
.person in civilian clothes comes up
.Jason did not have a weapon
.man in civilian clothes did not identify himself, show a badge, or call for back up
.An altercation ensued
.Jason was shot at close range multiple times
.It's called homicide people
.Did the cops shoot the Washington Sniper dead when they got him? I'd say he had a heck of a lot worse history than Jason
WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE TO YOU PEOPLE LET'S HAVE SOME COMMON SENSE....this senseless horror did not have to happen. Lets calm down and see it for what it is....the cop lost his head, & reporters do not have it together.

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An arguement for Jason wrote:

.Jason was not driving, he was a passenger.
.Driver was not drunk & was given bac test
.Driver had a construction cone caught in the side of the wheel & was trying to free it.
.Driver pulled over of his own volition to dislodge cone He was stopped no one was chasing him.
.unmarked car pulls up
.person in civilian clothes comes up
.Jason did not have a weapon
.man in civilian clothes did not identify himself, show a badge, or call for back up
.An altercation ensued
.Jason was shot at close range multiple times
.It's called homicide people
.Did the cops shoot the Washington Sniper dead when they got him? I'd say he had a heck of a lot worse history than Jason
WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE TO YOU PEOPLE LET'S HAVE SOME COMMON SENSE....this senseless horror did not have to happen. Lets calm down and see it for what it is....the cop lost his head, & reporters do not have it together.

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JTY wrote:

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How do you know that he did not identify himself or show a badge? You also leave out a small detail: What caused the "altercation"?

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Badge Seven One Five wrote:

1. Law Enforcement is never " off duty". There are paid shifts and over time yes, but if you stand in a line at the C Store at 1 am and a robber comes in the store. You know the guy behind you is a cop, but the robber demands your money or kidnaps your child ( what are you doing at that hour ?) YOU WOULD TURN TO THE OFFICER IN CIVIY CLOTHES AND SAY, " DO SOMETHING, YOU ARE A COP. " That happened in Denver.
2. Also an officer can use citizen's arrest.
3. Anybody can defend them self.
4. That car needed to be stopped before the driver killed YOU.
Instead of all these little bitty cities, with all different rules etc let us just get it down to two. Since Mpls will never render to St Paul nor St Paul to Mpls, let us just get all others across county lines etc and have just two, West Metro and East Metro. Same rules for all, costs will be cut, same uniforms, same marked car appearances, public has same expectations and more.
After all we have one provider of lights X something or other. If private business can do it, then so can the local gov combine and do it. Two cities, two mayors, two councils, two school districts....just two. No more cities and counties. Just two gov heads. You can still call one St Paul the other Minneapolis.

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Argument for Jason wrote:

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I didn't leave out any detail ..... there was a witness ....the driver ..........REMEMBER! THE COPS CALLED IT HOMICIDE....THAT'S WHAT IT IS FOLKS! BEING SHOT AT CLOSE RANGE 3 TIMES IS EXCESSIVE WOULD YOU NOT SAY? Even the 9/11 hi-jackers are going to get a trial

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TtB wrote:

According to his Facebook page, he has a little girl and had just split with his wife, but was wanting to make it work for their daughter.
He says he was "Court Marshaled three times and only having to do 4 months in the brig."
98 Graduate of Champlain Park High School. He was looking forward to a job as a steel roofer and hopefully into sales.
All I want to know if whether he was armed. I doubt the St. Louis Park Police Department will say though. There are way too many cops with attitudes...Especially younger ones.
However, if you're in a car and someone comes out of their car after you, what would you do? You have no idea it's a cop...Are you going to sit in your car until the person walks up or are you going to get out and protect yourself? I carry a six cell Mag Lite in my car, if anyone gets out of their car and comes towards me, you better believe it's coming out and coming out swinging.

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idiot wrote:

I'm sure all these people who are bad mouthing the cops are uneducated or have been in the slammer themselves.