memeorandum: Intruder shot by off-duty St. Louis County officer after online argument about Black Lives Matter, family says (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)

11:50 AM ET, July 11, 2016

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Heather Mac Donald / Wall Street Journal:

The Myths of Black Lives Matter — The movement has won over Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders. But what if its claims are fiction? — A television ad for Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign now airing in South Carolina shows the candidate declaring that “too many encounters with law enforcement end tragically.”

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St. Louis Post-Dispatch:

Intruder shot by off-duty St. Louis County officer after online argument about Black Lives Matter, family says — A 50-pound concrete planter sits on the floor inside of an off-duty St. Louis County police officer's home after an intruder threw it through a window on Saturday, July 9, 2016.

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Associated Press:

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Amy Chozick / New York Times:
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Evan Halper / Los Angeles Times:

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Allison Pearson / Telegraph:
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Adam Liptak / New York Times:

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Rick Noack / Washington Post:

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Yoni Appelbaum / The Atlantic:

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