Kajieme Powell Shot By Police After Shoplifting and Brandishing Knife

Kajieme Powell Shot By Police After Shoplifting and Brandishing Knife ---
tags: Excessive Force Police Shootings , black suspect, robbery, suicide by cop, martyr without a cause, Shooting of unarmed Michael Brown

1 killed August 19, 2014  Kajieme Powell Shot By Police After Shoplifting and Brandishing Knife  just one mile from where 18-year-old Michael Brown was killed 10 days earlier. In North St. Louis  25-year-old African American Kajieme Powell tried to rob the convenience store with a knife. The suspect apparently waited for police to arrive, then he refused to put down the weapon when police arrived, and he was shot and killed as he tried to approached  them, police said. One witness called the incident “suicide by cop" as  the suspect said “shoot me now, kill me now” before he was shot. (Washington Times) cnn  The suspect,  was acting erratically -- walking back and forth up and down the street before confronting officers. Like Brown, the suspect was accused of walking out with two energy drinks and a package of pastries without paying.

Alternate theory: Stealing could have been a deliberate provocation to lure police into a suicidal confrontation to make unflattering headlines in a war on police.

Similar case except suspect was ISIS sympathizer instead of African American youth with no apparent motive: 1 killed September 24, 2014 Australian Police Say Terror Suspect Was Killed After Slashing Officers New York Times An 18-year-old man who was shot dead after wounding two police officers near Melbourne was a “known terror suspect” whose passport had been confiscated, Australian officials said Wednesday. When the man was asked to visit the police station and answer his intentions regarding terrorist movements, he attacked two officers with a knife in the parking lot about 20 miles southeast of Melbourne. One officer shot the man and killed him, the police said. One officer shot the man and killed him, the police said. The two officers, who worked together on a counterterrorism task force, were hospitalized. The suspect became a “person of interest” to the police about two months ago, and his passport was confiscated about a week ago after the man had been seen carrying an Islamic State flag at a local shopping center. This was just after a raid to break up a plot to carry out demonstration killing for ISIS, and a series of ambush attacks and assaults on police officers in the United States, including an unarmed teen in Fergeson who tried to take gun from an officer after a strong arm robbery


*Related case: Shooting of unarmed Michael Brown

*Reference

Wikipedia: Kajieme Powell On August 19, Kajieme Powell, a 25-year-old African American man, was shot and killed by two police officers several miles from Ferguson, in what police officials described as "suicide by cop".[108] Although the police claimed that Kajieme Powell came within three or four feet of the officers, holding a knife in an overhand grip, video filmed by bystanders shows that Powell was not as close to the officers as police claimed and he had his hands at his sides. Kajieme Powell was advancing toward the officers with the knife shouting "Shoot me, shoot me now" when he was shot, as documented in the video filmed by a bystander. [109]

*Sources 

A black robbery suspect was killed Tuesday in an officer-involved shooting in St. Louis,

St. Louis Police Shoot Man Allegedly Wielding Knife - WSJ

online.wsj.com/.../knife-wielding-suspect-reporte...

The Wall Street Journal

Aug 19, 2014 - ST. LOUIS—A fatal shooting involving police officers here Tuesday just ... black suspect entered a store multiple times and took energy drinks  ...

Video Emerges of Second Police Shooting in St. Louis

www.newsweek.com/new-video-police-shooting-2nd-man-st-louis-emer...

Aug 20, 2014 - New video of St. Louis police shooting a second young black man on Tuesday emerged today. ... Police said Powell held a knife in his hand, though it is unclear from the ... Powell allegedly took two energy drinks and donuts from a ... area have shot and killed a young black man suspected of a minor crime.

Police name man who died in officer-involved shooting

www.ksdk.com/story/news/crime/2014/...shooting/14293199/

KSDK

Aug 21, 2014 - ST. LOUIS – A 25-year-old man armed with a knife is dead after two police officers shot ... entered a nearby convenience store and walked out carrying twoenergy drinks. Police identified Powell as the suspect Tuesday night.

Man dead after officers shoot suspect in St. Louis - USA Today

www.usatoday.com/story/.../st-louis...shooting/14295137/

USA Today

Aug 20, 2014 - ST. LOUIS — One person is dead after an officer-involved shooting in north St. Louis. ... male robbery suspect is dead after allegedly waving a knife at police, ... The suspect walked into a convenience store, stole some energy drinks, ...The suspect was black, the officers were white according to Addison,  ...

St Louis police officer shoots dead robbery suspect with knife

www.dailymail.co.uk/.../BREAKING-NEWS-Police-officer-sh...

Daily Mail

Aug 19, 2014 - 'Shoot me now, kill me now': St Louis police kill black suspect, 23, who... Brown shooting; The suspect allegedly robbed two energy drinks and  ...

Suspect Dead In St. Louis Officer Involved Shooting ...

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The Huffington Post

Aug 19, 2014 - 20 -- St. Louis Police identified the suspect in the fatal shooting as 25-year-old Kajieme Powell. ... that the suspect exited the store carrying two energy drinks and was ... The police officers yelled at the man to drop the knife, but Dotson ....However, there are some that would prefer to see black people killed.

St. Louis police shoot, kill knife-wielding man - New York ...

www.nydailynews.com/.../st-louis-police-shoot-kill-knife-wie...

Daily News

Aug 19, 2014 - The suspect reportedly refused to drop his weapon after stealing from a Six ... St. Louis police fatally shot a knife-wielding man during an afternoon ... Powell, who had allegedly stolen two energy drinks and a pastry according  ...

BREAKING: Another Black Man Killed By St. Louis PD After ...

aattp.org/httpaattp-orgbreaking-another-black-man-killed-by-st-louis-pd...

Aug 19, 2014 - According to St. Louis Police Chief, Sam Dotson, the suspect was described as ... after stealing energy drinks and pastries from a nearby convenience store. ... He then pulled out a knife … and told the officers, 'Shoot me now.

Man shot and killed by St. Louis Police - CNN.com

www.cnn.com/2014/08/19/us/missouri-police-shooting/

CNN

Aug 20, 2014 - St. Louis police shot and killed a young African-American man Tuesday after authorities say he brandished a knife. ... "The suspect, who right now is described as a 23-year-old African-American, was acting ... he is accused of walking out with two energy drinks and a package of pastries without paying.

Cops: Man brandishing knife shot dead by St. Louis police ...

www.cbsnews.com/.../cops-man-brandishing-knife-shot-dead-...

CBS News

Aug 19, 2014 - Police say two officers fatally shot a man accused of stealing from a local store, who ... accused of stealing muffins and energy drinks from a local store. St.Louis Police Chief Sam Dotson said in a tweet that the suspect was ... A local alderman previously told CBS News that police said the victim was black.