Michael Flamion, a white cop, is now paralyzed from the neck down after having been shot by a black man July 8 during a traffic stop
BarkGrowlBite | July 20, 2016
Decent people are all out raged by the killing of five cops in Dallas and three in Baton Rouge. With all the attention brought to the shootings of police in those two cities, it is easy to overlook the deliberate shooting of a white cop in Missouri by a black man.
On July 8, one day after the Dallas shootings, Officer Michael Flamion, 31, was shot after stopping Antonio Taylor for speeding in Ballwin, a well-to-do St. Louis County town. According to the police, Officer Flamion was shot in the neck from behind.
Taylor, 31, is from St. Louis and has a lengthy criminal record. He is jailed on several charges, including first-degree assault of a law enforcement officer. Taylor’s bail is set at $500,000.
On Monday, Ballwin Police Chief Kevin Scott announced that Officer Flamion is paralyzed from the neck down due to “catastrophic damage to his spinal cord.”
While we do not wamt to forget the officers shot in Dallas and Baton Rouge, let’s also remember Officer Michael Flamion! He’s suffering from a fate far worse than death.
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