A police officer in Ferguson, Missouri was filmed pointing an assault rifle at several peaceful protestors, then telling them he will “fucking kill” them.
In this video, below, posted to YouTube today and purportedly shot yesterday, a police officer in Ferguson, Missouri can clearly be heard threatening to “fucking kill” several peaceful demonstrators.
In fact, immediately before his threats, demonstrators can be heard screaming, “Don’t throw anything,” presumably in a call to maintain a peaceful demonstration.
“Oh my God, gun raised, gun raised,” one demonstrator then says. “My hands are up, bro, my hands are up” the demonstrator says when the police officer appears to point the gun at him.Â
While the audio is somewhat challenging, the officer does seem to be saying, “I’ll fucking kill you, get back.”
The demonstrator then repeats the officer’s threat, and asks, “What’s your name sir?”
“Go fuck yourself” the officer responds.
The video was posted to Twitter by Rebelutionary Z, and subsequently posted to the Privacy SOS website this morning.
Watch:
Statement from St. Louis County Police Department on #OfficerGoFuckYourself (aka officer who pointed gun at media) pic.twitter.com/ilempexoY2
— Brian Rie$ (@moneyries) August 20, 2014
Earlier this afternoon, as Buzzfeed’s Chris Geidner tweeted, the ACLU sent a letter to the Missouri State Highway patrol asking the officer “not be involved” in Ferguson policing.
ACLU of MO calls on Highway Patrol to remove officer who threatened to kill people last night: pic.twitter.com/medSEeGNhd
— Chris Geidner (@chrisgeidner) August 20, 2014
That request was just granted.
@chrisgeidner The officer has now been removed from duty. Great work @ACLU_MO!
— ACLU National (@ACLU) August 20, 2014
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Image, top, by Nicole DÃaz, via Twitter