St. Louis Ambush
You want to see a city completely out of control? Go south a few hours:
The night didn't get any better either. Go read the entire story at the listed link.
- Police Major Joseph Spiess was among department brass who hit the streets after a particularly violent night this week, to help look for trouble. He found some, and it almost killed him.
Spiess was among about a dozen top commanders helping supplement patrols Tuesday night after 19 people were wounded in eight incidents the night before.
By the time the shift ended, there would be two close calls for officers and one embarrassing mistake.
Spiess, 52, was alone, in uniform, driving an unmarked Chevrolet Impala about 9:22 p.m. when he spotted a suspicious-looking black Pontiac Bonneville with temporary license tags on Evans Avenue, heading west near Vandeventer Avenue.
He said he made a U-turn to follow, and the Pontiac’s driver would not stop for his lights and siren. The circumstances did not qualify under rules limiting pursuits, so he gave up at Evans and Sarah Street.
As Spiess continued along Evans, a man jogged slowly toward him and stopped between parked cars about 12 feet away.
“He looks me dead in the eye, lifts his pistol and starts shooting at me,” Spiess said Wednesday. “The first round sounded like a shotgun went off in my car. Then I heard a high-pitched whine go through the (open) driver’s side window and out the passenger window.
The night didn't get any better either. Go read the entire story at the listed link.
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posted by SCC at 12:01 AM
24 Comments:
God damn.
I'm glad the copper is unhurt, and I hope they catch that asshole and tune him the fuck up.
Sounds like it's open season on us, regardless of geography.
Is there a common denominator such as "teens" or "youths"?
Could happen to one of those VRI cars. Many are not watching what's going on around them while parked.
Just a Citizen says:
You know what scares me and I'm sure is in the back of alot of people's minds? Yes, Chicago is out of control, the gangs pretty much do what they want, when they want cuz the ball-less leaders don't do anything. But this is everywhere. Any big city where you have a large number of "people" living off gov't dollars(sorry, but statistics don't lie), a liberal administration and a legal system that refuses to support and treat LE with the respect and PAY they deserve, then this is going to happen. And it's not going to stop. Batten down the hatches, cuz we are all in for a very bumpy ride. God Bless LE!
St Louis is one strange town. It has one of the lowest PO to population ratios and emergency response time is long. It has to live in the shadows of the desert called East St. Louis which is across the river.
Looks like they got the green light from lord of the flies.
"Limiting chase"? Why bother all together ? Either you do or you don't.
Per capita, the urban black communities lead the violent crime rates by a FAR lead. These are the communities where resources are just dumped, with absolutely no accountability or responsibility is expected. Any attempt to bring this to light results in cries of racism. This is what the socialist hijacking of the democratic party has brought to this country. Schakowsky, Preckwinkle, Obama, etc.
everyone please be careful out there. when responding to every job no matter how lame the call sounds, please always assume the worst so you are prepared for whatever the beast has to offer.
Change you can believe in!?
Thank you bayrock.
Wow, now what is the common denominator in the incidents in St Louis and all the shootings and killings here in Chicago? If you said all those shooters had baby momma's you are mostly right.
But look at this, a high ranking police boss, terminated his own chase, shithead sees this and starts chasing the police, police run like hell.
There are no pursuit rules for shitheads chasing police. No rules for use of deadly force. No rules for giving statements after a shooting. No rules at all.
There is just the St Louis police getting chased all over by the shitheads. Only the taxpaying citizens will comply with the rules and laws. Shitheads will just be shitheads.
There is something real fucked up with all of this.
Angels in Heaven worked overtime to save the life of Police Major Joseph Spiess from killer-savages in St. Louis.
To remind us of the constant dangers to a police officer on duty, my HRI (now a retired sergeant) had a sign posted in our classroom:
"The Enemy Is Everywhere."
It's happening...
Everywhere...
DO LESS- EVENTUALLY they will kill each other. The best place for these gangs in on the steets where it is NOT safe. Let them do what they do, just watch the home town, our neighborhood is all that matters. Actually 16 is FULL of WHITE TRASH that hate the police too. Be careful.
Not unlike ET's that drive around alone in uniform in unmarked cars except ET cars are detective hand me downs and some don't have emergency equipment . Hmm
Anonymous said...
Per capita, the urban black communities lead the violent crime rates by a FAR lead. These are the communities where resources are just dumped, with absolutely no accountability or responsibility is expected. Any attempt to bring this to light results in cries of racism. This is what the socialist hijacking of the democratic party has brought to this country. Schakowsky, Preckwinkle, Obama, etc.
6/15/2013 09:00:00 AM
Poor black people, unlike poor whites, are very concentrated in cities. You go to backwoods rural places down south with dirt poor hillbillies that are meth addicts and all have guns...black people don't live there. 20-30 years ago when black people were moving to the suburbs it wasn't the "honor students" it was working people with good jobs and dough. The problems now in the suburbs are coming with the movement of the poor people of the city to the outskirts. The people who came 25 years ago are not the ones who came in the last 5 years. If you think what white people say about new suburban transplants would be considered racist you should be a fly on the wall when black people say what they really feel about our neighbors relocated from the projects. It aint nice.
Its not about black or white. Hispanics and whites also kill eachother. But yes black people are statistically the worst. But not all black people are killers. Some rob and some sell drugs. We should not generalize. CPD appreciates all the hard working black officers out there. Thank you. I havent met any yet but im sure you are out there helping your community find peace and justice.
Anonymous said...
Per capita, the urban black communities lead the violent crime rates by a FAR lead. These are the communities where resources are just dumped, with absolutely no accountability or responsibility is expected. Any attempt to bring this to light results in cries of racism. This is what the socialist hijacking of the democratic party has brought to this country. Schakowsky, Preckwinkle, Obama, etc.
6/15/2013 09:00:00 AM
You can't say that! That's racist!
I love the anonymous "but, but, IGNORE THE STATISTICS!!!!"
Listen, recognizing that a particular subset of the population has a problem is not a condemnation of everyone in that subset. It's a demand for prioritization. You don't have vice running prostitution stings in upper-middle-class residential neighborhoods.
I keep hearing the mayor and other libs saying violent crime is down in St. Louis, just as they are apparently claiming is the case in Chicago. I'm not a cop, but just from following the news, this is hard to believe. What crime we have seems more violent and brazen than ever, and it is spilling more and more into neighborhoods that used to be considered "safe." We had a young lady from Chicago gunned down in the Central West End in broad daylight last year, and that is supposed to be be one of our crown jewel neighborhoods. To me, violent crime seems worse than ever, no matter what the official statistics say.
If you think that Chicago has a inner city crime problem, take some time and look at the city of St. Louis and then the county of St. Louis. Bad, bad, bad
6/15/2013 09:00:00 AM
Poor black people, unlike poor whites, are very concentrated in cities. You go to backwoods rural places down south with dirt poor hillbillies that are meth addicts and all have guns...black people don't live there. 20-30 years ago when black people were moving to the suburbs it wasn't the "honor students" it was working people with good jobs and dough. The problems now in the suburbs are coming with the movement of the poor people of the city to the outskirts. The people who came 25 years ago are not the ones who came in the last 5 years. If you think what white people say about new suburban transplants would be considered racist you should be a fly on the wall when black people say what they really feel about our neighbors relocated from the projects. It aint nice.
6/16/2013 05:21:00 PM
AMEN Brother!!
Its not about black or white. Hispanics and whites also kill eachother. But yes black people are statistically the worst. But not all black people are killers. Some rob and some sell drugs. We should not generalize. CPD appreciates all the hard working black officers out there. Thank you. I havent met any yet but im sure you are out there helping your community find peace and justice.
6/17/2013 03:01:00 AM
I am retiring at the end of this year and I can tell you that one if the best officers I have worked with were black. Yes they are out there working just like you. But they are hard to find.
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