Other officers forced to intervene during shock incident
Shocking footage out of Ferguson, Missouri shows a police officer pointing his gun directly at protesters and press while remarking, “I’m going to f***ing kill you!”
The scene was witnessed by Infowars reporter Joe Biggs who was also filming the incident. The clip shows a Ferguson officer with his gun raised pointing it directly at a citizen journalist who was live streaming at the time.
“Oh my God, gun raised, gun raised,” states the journalist, before Biggs remarks, “gun pointed.”
“My hands are up bro, my hands are up,” states the journalist before the cop responds, “I’m going to f***ing kill you, get back, get back!”
“You’re going to kill him?” asks another individual before the journalist asks, “did he just threaten to kill me?”
When the cop is asked for his name he responds, “go fuck yourself.”
Another clip shows the officer pointing his gun as protesters demand he lower the weapon.
A second cop intervenes to make the officer lower his weapon as more irate demonstrators demand to know the officer’s name.
The officer’s response to people asking for his name almost immediately prompted the launch of the Twitter hashtag #officergofuckyourself.
Biggs live tweeted the incident, while Infowars reporter Mikael Thalen also had guns pointed at him during a separate incident.
I witnessed a cop stick his M4 in a journos face and say “I’ll fucking kill you” a female officer had to pull him out of the young man’s fce
— SSG Joe Biggs (@Rambobiggs) August 20, 2014
@PrisonPlanet Had 3 riot cops freakin out, point shotguns @ me when i got isolated bhind building after shtf. Audio/video bad though
— Mikael Thalen (@MikaelThalen) August 20, 2014
The Huffington Post’s Ryan Reilly also witnessed the incident.
“Get that camera out of my fucking face.” — officer who pointed gun at protestors #Ferguson
— Ryan J. Reilly (@ryanjreilly) August 20, 2014
Other observers called for the officer to be barred from ever being allowed to carry a weapon again.
I’ve had this too. Absolutely no way should #officergofuckyourself be allowed near firearms. Traffic desk job, maybe https://t.co/BmL5fK6jDa
— Frank Bennett (@fgbjr) August 20, 2014
Some even called for the hacker group Anonymous to uncover the cop’s identity.
Fred109: CALLING ON ANONYMOUS TO NAME #OFFICERGOFUCKYOURSELF!!!!!! ???
— God Womb (@GodWomb) August 20, 2014
Biggs took this photograph of the cop at close range.
The incident is certain to stoke huge controversy given that authorities in Ferguson have repeatedly broken promises to de-escalate tensions amidst continued unrest.
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Suspended St. Louis Police Officer: “I’m Into Diversity, I Kill Everybody”
A St. Louis County police officer, who was seen pushing a CNN anchor during protests in Ferguson, Mo., this week, was suspended from duty after a controversial video surfaced, in which he fashions himself as a merciless killer.
“I personally believe in Jesus Christ as my lord and savior, but I’m also a killer,” said officer Dan Page, a 35-year veteran, in the video. “I’ve killed a lot. And if I need to, I’ll kill a whole bunch more. If you don’t want to get killed, don’t show up in front of me. I have no problems with it. God did not raise me to be a coward.” Page added, “I’m into diversity — I kill everybody. I don’t care.”
St. Louis County Police Chief Jon Belmar said Page has been suspended, pending a review by the internal affairs unit, which will begin Monday. The video was brought to Belmar’s attention by CNN’s Don Lemon.
“With the comments on killing, that was obviously something that deeply disturbed me immediately,”Belmar told the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
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The comments, which were made before members of the Christian organization, the Oath Keepers, also included his story of going to Kenya in search of “undocumented president,” Barack Obama. “I flew to Africa, right there, and I went to our undocumented president’s home,” Page said, holding a picture of him in Kenya. “He was born in Kenya.”
Page has been ordered to take a psychiatric exam, according to Belmar, who issued a public apology for Page’s remarks. “He does not represent the rank-and-file of [the] St. Louis County Police Department,” Belmar told CNN in a Friday on-air interview.
This article was originally published at http://www.thewire.com/national/2014/08/suspended-st-louis-police-officer-im-into-diversity-i-kill-everybody/379026/