CUE THE OUTRAGE: Black St. Louis Teen “Shot In Back” By White Cop

By Bob Owens

The click-baiting, cop-hating Daily Mail asserts a lot in their headline, “Black Missouri teen, 15, fatally shot in the back by white cop during a high speed police chase.”

Of course, what the Daily Mail lacks the integrity to tell you is that the carjacked car had stopped momentarily, that Jorevis Scruggs and another passenger had bailed out of the vehicle, and that an officer fired at and hit Scruggs as the suspected carjacker pointed a stolen gun back towards the officer when he was shot.

Oh, those pesky facts.

Officials confirmed Wednesday that Jorevis Scruggs, who would have turned 16 on Sunday and formerly attended the Innovative Concept Academy, was the teen fatally shot in a confrontation with St. Louis police the day before.

Dr. Michael Graham, the medical examiner, said the preliminary cause of death was a single shot to the back. He said it entered Jorevis’ body in the middle of the right side of his back and traveled through both lungs and his heart in an upward trajectory.

The officer’s attorney, Brian Millikan, said Wednesday that his client had seen Jorevis pointing a gun at him from Jorevis’ right hand while he started to run away.

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Source:: Bearing Arms