Better The Thug Than The Cop

From the Las Vegas Sun:   St. Louis County police say a man who pulled a gun and pointed it at an officer has been killed the St. Louis suburb of Berkeley, Missouri.

Sgt. Brian Schellman says a police officer with the city of Berkeley was conducting a routine business check at a gas station around 11:15 p.m. Wednesday when he observed two male subjects and approached them.

Schellman says one of the men pulled a handgun and pointed it at the officer as he approached. The officer then fired several shots, striking and fatally wounding the suspect. Schellman says the second suspect fled.
The St. Louis Post Dispatch reports a group of about 60 people have gathered at the scene.
Berkeley is about two miles from Ferguson, where a police officer fatally shot 18-year-old Michael Brown in August.  http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2014/dec/24/police-officer-in-missouri-shot-killed-man-who-pul/
After the murder of the NYPD cops and the Tarpon Springs FL in the last few days, cops are not going to take any chances with thugs, especially those with any type of weapons.