ST. LOUIS (AP) – A store clerk who livestreamed the aftermath of a
confrontation in which a Missouri police officer was killed says she regrets
doing it.
Officer Michael Langsdorf of the North County Police Cooperative was killed
Sunday afternoon in the St. Louis suburb of Wellston after responding to a call
about someone trying to pass a bad check at a small market. Authorities on
Monday announced that 26-year-old Bonette Kymbrelle Meeks has been charged in
the officer’s death .
Kashina Harper works at the market where the confrontation occurred and aired
live Facebook video showing the dying officer bleeding. She told the St. Louis
Post-Dispatch that she doesn’t know why she did it.
Harper says she only began taking video of the officer on the ground after she
called for help, using the radio near his belt. She then livestreamed for more
than two minutes.
The Post-Dispatch briefly provided a link to the video on its website,
STLtoday.com, before deleting the link. The newspaper said Monday that posting
the link was “bad news judgment,” and apologized to readers for doing so.
Harper says she is getting death threats because of the video.
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