# Video of police shooting man in St. Louis (near Ferguson, MO)

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [August 21, 2014, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-of-police-shooting-man-in-st-louis-near-ferguson-mo/696090 "2014-08-21T14:13:22Z")\
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**Post date:** [August 22, 2014, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-of-police-shooting-man-in-st-louis-near-ferguson-mo/696090/125 "2014-08-22T19:16:41Z")

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> [@dude77](#):
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> I can’t believe people are actually criticizing the police in this situation lol … jesus christ … they can never win apparently …

If by “win” you mean get some criticism after they shoot and kill someone, yes, they never win. On the other hand if “win” means they live, unharmed, and someone else dies a violent death - well, that seems to happen fairly regularly in situations like this one.

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