The St. Louis County Police Department will no longer be involved in the policing Ferguson, Missouri, the suburban community rocked by protests after the death of an unarmed black teenager who was shot by a police officer last week.
Rep. Lacy Clay (D-Mo.), who represents Ferguson, told Bloomberg on Thursday that Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon (D) is expected to announce the decision later today.
Police: “This is no longer a peaceful protest. You must disperse now
Breaking News: The family of Michael Brown will hold a press conference this hour.
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Be there!
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Tiffany Willis @tiffany_willis 6m
Anonymous Apologizes For Previous Mistake, Releases Chat Log With Another Alleged Shooter Name http://bit.ly/1qacBL4 #opferguson #ferguson
http://www.liberalamerica.org/2014/08/14/anonymous-releases-photo-of-alleged-michael-brown-shooter-bryan-willman/
New thread is up!
Kenny @Kennyo415 · 9m
In the Cliven Bundy standoff, there were protesters armed & pointed at the authorities & Fox loved it,in #Ferguson completely different story
https://twitter.com/BlueNationRev/status/500056581179187200/photo/1
https://twitter.com/ABC/status/500007320374366208/photo/1
https://twitter.com/samsanders/status/500070666436374528/photo/1
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R. Paine @ArrghPaine 2m
Jelani Cobb got it just right, far too many Americans look at African Americans as “less than a citizen” #inners #Ferguson
https://twitter.com/VincentCrivelli/status/500063236289724416/photo/1
https://twitter.com/MillionHoodies/status/500058130399899648/photo/1
https://twitter.com/HodanLioness/status/500006770149183488/photo/1
Ferguson Is Mostly Black. Why Is Its Government So White?
By Jordan Weissmann
Ferguson, Missouri, is a majority-black city governed mostly by whites. The mayor is white. The police chief is white. The police force is 94 percent white. Only one of its six city council members is black. These facts, as much as anything, have shaped the protests over the police shooting of Michael Brown. Ferguson, with a 67 percent black population, is a place where the largest community has little political voice.
Why is that? David Kimball, a political science professor at the University of Missouri–St. Louis, has studied the dynamics of race and elections in St. Louis proper. He says that the pattern in Ferguson is common throughout the city’s inner-ring suburbs, where blacks have gradually replaced whites in recent decades.
The issue boils down to who votes. Ferguson is roughly two-thirds black, but compared with the city’s whites, the community is younger, poorer (the city has a 22 percent poverty rate overall), and, as the New York Times recently wrote, somewhat transient, prone to moving “from apartment to apartment.” All of these factors make black residents less likely to go to the polls, especially in low-turnout municipal elections. And so whites dominate politically. “The entire mobilization side of it is what accounts for the difference,” Kimball said.
To illustrate the point, Kimball told me about a recent school board election in which the city’s racial fissures came to the fore. In 2013, Art McCoy, the young and promising school district superintendent, was suspended by the board without explanation. McCoy, who later resigned, was black, as were three-quarters of the district’s students. Six of the school board’s members were white, while the other was Hispanic. Local outrage grew quickly.
http://www.slate.com/blogs/moneybox/2014/08/14/ferguson_missouri_government_why_is_it_so_white.html?wpsrc=sh_all_dt_tw_top
Attorney General Eric Holder Speaks To Michael Brown’s Parents
Posted: 08/14/2014 6:37 pm EDT
FERGUSON, Mo. — Attorney General Eric Holder on Thursday spoke with the parents of Michael Brown, an unarmed teenager killed Saturday by a police officer in this St. Louis suburb, The Huffington Post has learned.
Holder, who also issued a statement on the shooting and ensuing protests in Ferguson, promised the family a full and independent investigation, according to a person briefed on the matter.
A lawyer representing Brown’s family told CNN Thursday afternoon that he and the family had met with officers from the Justice Department’s Community Relations Service, a secretive peacekeeping arm of DOJ that helps soothe tensions in communities across the country. Attorney Anthony Gray said the family felt “way more comfortable” after the meeting, which took place at the U.S. Attorney’s Office. The phone call with Holder took place there as well.
In his Thursday statement, Holder said he was “deeply concerned that the deployment of military equipment and vehicles sends a conflicting message” to the community.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/08/14/eric-holder-michael-brown_n_5680093.html?&ncid=tweetlnkushpmg00000067
Antonio French @AntonioFrench · 5m
In solidarity in Chicago. #JusticeForMikeBrown
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https://twitter.com/mattdpearce/status/500012581529337857/photo/1
Here is one live streaming site:
http://new.livestream.com/accounts/9035483/events/3271930
You can see how much more free the community is without the Ferguson police presence.
I just saw that it repeated itself. Does anyone have a good live streaming site?
http://www.rolereboot.org/culture-and-politics/details/2014-08-black-unarmed-women-girls-without-weapons-killed-law-enforcement/
When The Media Treats White Suspects And Killers Better Than Black Victims http://huff.to/1BgqTCu via @blackvoices
Surely this ‘officer’s’ name can be leaked.
THIS. Who killed Michael Brown? Let’s not let them distract us.
Philidelphia tonight:
https://twitter.com/georgehspencer/status/500053136015630336/photo/1
The petition now has 166,434 signatures:
https://www.change.org/petitions/president-barack-obama-please-enact-new-federal-laws-to-protect-citizens-from-police-violence-and-misconduct
https://twitter.com/AntonioFrench/status/500028880749883393/photo/1
I signed into my twitter account, but still trying to figure out little by little how to maneuver through it and operate it.
Go Granny go!
You and SG2 are way ahead of me. [I am sticking to blogs only :) ]
Granny, you are ahead of me…
I’m still not on twitter.
SG2, how do I post some of the pictures or comments from Twitter on here? Does 3Chics get my retweets when sent to followers or do I have address them to you? Right now, I am surfing Twitter.
Yes I get your retweets. On a tweet, you will see the reply, retweet and more button. Click the more button and then you will see the options to email or embed. Click embed and copy the tweet code. Voila!
Wow! This is how it’s done, folks. Protesters in Ferguson are getting a police escort. Thank you, God!
Good.
(And, why couldn’t they have offered this help the first day??)
Because the redneck cops wanted to wear their military garb and use all their new equipment.
check email please thanks
Look at this:
https://twitter.com/AntonioFrench/status/500021221392936961/photo/1
Terrible!…and completely UNCALLED FOR!
She is going to have to watch out for blood clots. I hope she has a doctor keeping an eye on her wound.
And she is a paster
pastor
A few years ago A woman in Tucson was killed with a rubber bullet that went through her eye and into her brain.
Oh dear God.
Jesus!
I am so glad they have also watched out for the people recording the police actions!!!
Identical.
This photo deserves a stand alone THREAD.
Yes…….
“clump lump” <- – – – what my heart is feeling that I can't express
A loop in time
The man on the far left in the tan shirt had to have been in the military. Where else do you learn to stand like that?
I meant the far right.
Rep. John Lewis asks Obama to declare martial law in Ferguson
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/08/14/1321628/-Rep-John-Lewis-asks-Obama-to-declare-martial-law-in-Ferguson
When civil rights icon Rep. John Lewis begins comparing Ferguson to the violence of the civil rights movement, people should pay attention.
“Ferguson, Missouri is part of the United States of America,” he noted. “People have a right to protest, they have a right to dissent, they have a right to march in an orderly, peaceful, nonviolent fashion, and the press has a right to cover it.” Ferguson, he added, is “not the Congo, it is not China, it is not Russia. We can do better.”
Lewis is asking the president to declare martial law in the area.
President Obama should use the authority of his office to declare martial law. Federalize the Missouri National Guard to protect people as they protest. And people should come together: reasonable elected officials, community leaders and address what is happening there. If we fail to act, the fires of frustration and discontent will continue to burn, not only in Ferguson, Missouri, but all across America.
I read about this earlier. It is the best solution I can think of right now to get the St. Louis police out of the action. But, we have to pray that the right General is in charge.
Sunny Hostin ✔ @SunnyHostin
Head of DOJ civil rights criminal section, Robert Moossy, has been sent to Ferguson, MO along with a team of investigators.
JDS09 @jdsconnect
‘Attitude weren’t improving’ that’s Jim Crow speak y’all.
You mean this?
Our youth can lead…..
Thursday, August 14, 2014
Georgia Teens Develop App to Document Police Abuse
Posted by For Harriet
14-year-old Parkview High School Freshman, Caleb Christian was concerned about the number of incidents of police abuse in the news. Still, he knew there were many good police officers in various communities, but had no way of figuring out which communities were highly rated and which were not. So, together with his two older sisters: Parkview High School senior Ima Christian, and Gwinnett School of Math, Science, and Technology sophomore, Asha Christian, they founded a mobile app development company– Pinetart Inc., under which they created a mobile app called Five-O.
Five-O, allows citizens to enter the details of every interaction with a police officer. It also allows them to rate that officer in terms of courtesy and professionalism and provides the ability to enter a short description of what transpired. These details are captured for every county in the United States. Citizen race and age information data is also captured. Additionally, Five-O allows citizens to store the details of each encounter with law enforcement; this provides convenient access to critical information needed for legal action or commendation.
http://www.forharriet.com/2014/08/georgia-teens-develop-app-to-document.html
So that’s what they look like before the moon comes up.
I don’t listen to Blackademics, all Bill Clinton had to do to prove his blackness was play a horn, cheat on his wife and smoke a joint.—
Michael Hargrove (@MichaelHargrov1) August 14, 2014
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Calling us “animals” has been the language to justify slavery, Jim Crow and all manner of injustice. Dehumanization and racism go together
12:23 AM – 14 Aug 2014
Tell.IT! And they are the very ones who are base-level than animals. When another human cannot and won’t acknowledge another human being as HUMAN, they are in fact lower than the animal kingdom.
NEXT!
From DON over at TOD
http://theobamadiary.com/2014/08/14/statement-by-president-obama/
Everybody’s waiting for the black man to make a statement, Everybody wants the BLACK MAN to come in and clean up their FUCKERY.
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How many more young men of color will be killed before we realize that we have a problem in America? #Ferguson
11:21 AM – 14 Aug 2014
OPTICS! How soon do you think Claire would have gone into a white community and hugged it’s citizens?
Not worried about Claire. Too late!
Remembered how security hauled that sista out of there? Not once did Mccaskill speak up for her
Photo op.
Sorry, I’m not moved.
Neither am I, Liza.
You got it Liza & SG2. I want folks to see this display of theater, because that’s all this is.
FOUR fucking days, Ferguson citizens had tear gas, guns in their faces, and rubber bullets, and shouted down at and called “animals.”
HOW DEHUMANIZING!
And she gone roll up in Ferguson and start hugging folks and show how much she cares, how she can make black folks look and feel human by her caring touch? GTFOH
I can only imagine what went down in that convo.
PBO: “Looka here Gov, you better bring some NEGROES in leadership roles into the picture, because, Ferguson citizens aren’t buying dogs, tear gas, and sundown threats!
Governor Jay Nixon starting his news conference.
Governor Nixon: Ferguson looked more like a war zone and that’s unacceptable.
Governor Jay Nixon: Missouri Highway Patrol to direct team providing security in Ferguson
Governor Nixon appointed Capt. Ron Johnson, an AA, from highway patrol to take over security in Ferguson.
The St Louis County Police carried out so damn horrible until the policing had to be stripped away frm them. When have u ever heard of this?
DUH! Gov Nixon is repeating what we’ve been calling Ferguson for the last 4 days, while he and the rest of the leadership were quiet as church mice and did nothing. I don’t care about them saying they were gathering facts, etc. THE FACTS in Ferguson speak for themselves.
Notice how SILENT some of the loudest “EMPROGS NSA/SNOWDEN freaks” are? When citizens of Ferguson are using their own personal cell phones, Ipads, and cameras to record the fuckery in their town, you’d think they would be banded together in solidarity with them.
NOPE! It’s all about that white privilege for them. (W.I.I.F.M.E) WHAT’S IN IT FOR ME?
You got it. All are quiet as mice.
Gov. Nixon got that idea of getting an AFRICAN AMERICAN to take over HIGHWAY PATROL from PBO, BANK IT!
Ladies, I have to go and take care of some business. I’ll be back some time this evening.
Ok Granny, TCB and come on back and Take care some more! LOL
Anonymous posted this. I wonder where did he get it. Looks like someone took this from inside their house.
AH SHIT NOW! Those photos are coming out of the woodworks! And bank it, there are many more. so FPD and their chief can keep lying that white supremacist asses off. The evidence is MOUNTING against them.
Another heartwrenching photo of that scene.
Damn that cop. Damn his racist ass. I hope he ends up in a Federal prison.
Liza, you think they’re gonna seek the death penalty?
I don’t know, SG2. I hope that they have a lot of evidence against the cop, physical evidence that supports the witnesses. The medical examiner’s report should be devastating for the cop.
My expectation is that the most likely charges are going to be at the federal level, violation of civil rights because he is supposed to be a law enforcement officer. I think that’s why Eric Holder moved in so quickly, to not let the locals botch the investigation. What I really don’t know is how likely the feds would be to seek the death penalty, but I suppose the evidence will be the determining factor.
Personally, I’d be okay if this guy spent the rest of his life in a cage.
Please vote this racist ass s.o.b. out of office, he is apart of the racism problem!
http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/steve-king-ferguson-rioters-are-all-same-continental-origin-racial-profiling-not-concern#sthash.LBI0WpPd.dpuf
From Balloon Juice:
http://www.balloon-juice.com/2014/08/14/best-news-i-heard-all-week/
https://twitter.com/natedrug/status/499978736230359040/photo/1
Department of Justice
Office of Public Affairs
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Thursday, August 14, 2014
Statement by Attorney General Eric Holder on Latest Developments in Ferguson, Missouri
Attorney General Eric Holder released the following statement Thursday following his meeting earlier today with President Obama to discuss the latest developments in Ferguson, Missouri:
“This morning, I met with President Obama to discuss the events in Ferguson, Missouri. Like the President, I extend my heartfelt condolences to the family of Michael Brown. While his death has understandably caused heartache within the community, it is clear that the scenes playing out in the streets of Ferguson over the last several nights cannot continue.
“For one thing, while the vast majority of protests have been peaceful, acts of violence by members of the public cannot be condoned. Looting and willful efforts to antagonize law enforcement officers who are genuinely trying to protect the public do nothing to remember the young man who has died. Such conduct is unacceptable and must be unequivocally condemned.
“By the same token, the law enforcement response to these demonstrations must seek to reduce tensions, not heighten them. Those who peacefully gather to express sympathy for the family of Michael Brown must have their rights respected at all times. And journalists must not be harassed or prevented from covering a story that needs to be told.
“At a time when we must seek to rebuild trust between law enforcement and the local community, I am deeply concerned that the deployment of military equipment and vehicles sends a conflicting message. At my direction, Department officials have conveyed these concerns to local authorities. Also at my direction, the Department is offering – through our COPS office and Office of Justice Programs – technical assistance to local authorities in order to help conduct crowd control and maintain public safety without relying on unnecessarily extreme displays of force. The local authorities in Missouri have accepted this offer of assistance as of this afternoon.
“Department officials from the Community Relations Service are also on the ground in Missouri to help convene law enforcement officials and civic and faith leaders to plot out steps to reduce tensions in the community. The latest such meeting was convened in Ferguson as recently as this morning. Over time, these conversations should consider the role that increased diversity in law enforcement can play in helping to build trust within communities.
“All the while, the federal civil rights investigation into the shooting incident itself continues, in parallel with the local investigation into state law violations. Our investigators from the Civil Rights Division and U.S. attorney’s office in Missouri have already conducted interviews with eyewitnesses on the scene at the time of the shooting incident on Saturday. Our review will take time to conduct, but it will be thorough and fair.”
http://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/2014/August/14-ag-854.html
Today 9:12 am
What I Saw in Ferguson
By Jelani Cobb
Nothing that happened in Ferguson, Missouri, on the fourth night since Michael Brown died at the hands of a police officer there, dispelled the notion that this is a place where law enforcement is capable of gross overreaction. Just after sundown on Wednesday, local and state officers filled West Florissant Avenue, the main thoroughfare, with massive clouds of tear gas. They lobbed flash grenades at protesters who were gathered there to demand answers, and, at times, just propelled them down the street. That they ordered the crowd to disperse was not noteworthy. That the order was followed by successive waves of gas, hours after the protests ended, became an object lesson in the issues that brought people into the streets in the first place. Two journalists, Wesley Lowery, of the Washington Post, and Ryan Reilly, of the Huffington Post, and a St. Louis Alderman, Antonio French, were arrested. (The journalists were let go without charges; the alderman, as his wife told reporters, was released after being charged with unlawful assembly.) What transpired in the streets appeared to be a kind of municipal version of shock and awe; the first wave of flash grenades and tear gas had played as a prelude to the appearance of an unusually large armored vehicle, carrying a military-style rifle mounted on a tripod. The message of all of this was something beyond the mere maintenance of law and order: it’s difficult to imagine how armored officers with what looked like a mobile military sniper’s nest could quell the anxieties of a community outraged by allegations regarding the excessive use of force. It revealed itself as a raw matter of public intimidation.
Whatever happened to Michael Brown in the moments before he died has become secondary to what the response to his death has revealed. The name of the officer who shot him remains unknown. Even the number of times that Brown was shot has not been disclosed, despite the completion of a preliminary autopsy. Jon Belmar, the St. Louis County Chief of Police, justified withholding the officer’s name by citing a deluge of threats against the department and noting that he has not been charged with a crime. In the same press conference, Belmar released the name of a nineteen-year-old young man who was shot in the head by a police officer during the previous night, who Belmar said brandished a firearm during a protest. The young man remains in critical condition, but, if he survives, he will be charged with felony assault of a police officer. Belmar stated that he saw no reason to doubt the officer’s version of the events.
Two days earlier, the police department had pledged to investigate Brown’s death while simultaneously stating that the shooting was the result of a struggle in which Brown allegedly went for an officer’s weapon. They had, at that point, not interviewed the witnesses who claimed that Michael Brown was shot down while running away or attempting to surrender. Inside of a week, two black teen-agers have been shot by police and, in both instances, the bureaucratic default setting has favored law enforcement, fuelling a perception that the department is either inept or beholden to a certain nonchalance about the possibility of police brutality.
I watched the events that led up to the eruption of tear gas with Etefia Umana, an activist who is chairman of the board of an organization called Better Family Life, and who lives about fifteen hundred feet from the spot where Brown was shot. Umana explained to me that the durable anger in Ferguson is fuelled by the enigma of the officer’s identity and the perceived possibility that, should the department fail to bring charges against him, his name may never be known. Umana, who is forty-three years old, has worked on grassroots development projects in the area for the past twenty-six years, but even he has been surprised by the depth of the anger about Brown’s death. “There’s not a tradition of unrest in St. Louis,” he said to me. “Even in the sixties, when the rest of the country was exploding, you didn’t have that kind of thing here. And if there was some kind of problem it almost never lasted more than a day.” Neither the police nor many of the residents expected the fury to remain undimmed over the past four days. When I spoke to Umana and Malik Ahmed, the C.E.O. of Better Family Life, they acknowledged that the anonymity of the officer may have something to do with the death threats, but said that it also would make it easier for the department to avoid scrutiny until an official narrative has been crafted. “Nobody out here believes that young man actually went for the officer’s gun,” Ahmed told me.
The people who live in Canfield Green, the apartment complex where Brown was shot while on his way to visit his grandmother, not only witnessed his death but were subjected to an undignified wake: his prone figure sprawled on the street for four hours in the unforgiving August sun, with blood on the asphalt—an indignity in sharp contrast with the quick departure of the officer from the scene. “This was brazen,” Umana said to me. “It was done out in the open.” Better Family Life arranged for a bus with volunteer social workers and psychologists to be stationed near the spot to help community members cope with the trauma.
http://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/saw-ferguson
Did anyone ever find out if it is true that the killer is the mayor’s son?
From POU:
Time to AIR all of Ferguson’s dirty laundry.
Don’t forget to use plenty bleach and some disinfect might be needed in Ferguson’s case.
to the Blacker than thou criticizing the President:
unpforgettable pfire @firefire100
@PragObots @LiberalPhenom tweeting live from the 5,000 sq ft home in the white zip code talking about “blackness”
Fuck the blacker than thou ground. It’s never about them, though they try to make it about them. Funny you never see these SAMBO faces in the crowd of the disenfranchised, now do you?
JUSTICE FOR MICHAEL BROWN JR.!
Make that a double PLUCK them with a kiss our where the sun don’t shine!
Dude is WAY OVER HIS HEAD here. It’s hard to keep all the LIES straight, isn’t it, chief?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8JNcl47bw_c
Typical, the chief is blaming the media for reporting “this” sideways! What’s this, chief?
I watched that this morning and wanted to scrub my TV screen with blessed oil to prevent those lying demons from defiling my TV screen.
We need an exorcism of the Ferguson PD starting with this villain.
I got me some much needed rest last night. My mind and body is refreshed. I’m ready to fight against the injustice with you ladies today.
The police were stalling to try and find some dirt on the Michael Brown who is the victim and on the witnesses. They are hoping to criminalize them in order to justify a murder. That’s not gonna work this time because people are fed up with the persistent police brutality and murder of African Americans. Police are not above the law.
Hi Granny, Bring it, lady. Bring that WARRIOR spirit!
President Obama: There is never an excuse for violence against police. There’s also no excuse for police to use excessive force.
I had to step into a meeting. I missed POTUS’ news conference.
The Senator, Governor of Missouri and Mayor of St. Louis/Ferguson need to be held accountable for their LATE deafening response to the citizens of Ferguson!
According to this article, the name Anonymous revealed is “Bryan P. Williams.” The name on the allegedly altered Facebook account is “Scooby Willman.” The PD denies that such a person is on their force. I tried doing searches in St. Louis County for property information and recorded documents and the websites are down. Maybe just a coincidence, ha ha ha.
Mike Brown’s Killer Name Revealed by Anonymous
by Toni Stephens August 14th, 2014 @ 12:02pm
The infamous online hacking community Anonymous has released the name of the Ferguson county policer officer who allegedly shot and killed the unarmed teenager Mike Brown.
Bryan P. Williams, the cop identified, took to his personal Facebook account and changed his first name to “Scooby” in hope it would keep the public off his tail. The police department is denying this is in fact the killer and is still refusing to release the name of the officer until their investigation is complete.
@TheAnonMessage has already released personal information on the Ferguson city police chief, including his social security number, home address and a photo that seems to show a confederate flag hanging in the chief’s home.
All of these are part of their plan to force the city to address the injustices in Ferguson and to improve the policing system across the country.
In a delayed response, Missouri Governor Jay Nixon, finally visited Ferguson where violent clashes have gone on since Saturday. He released a statement today saying he has removed the Ferguson police from manning the protest any further.
http://allhiphop.com/2014/08/14/mike-browns-killer-name-revealed-by-anonymous/
There is confusion about the last name. Other articles I’ve read identify the guy as “Bryan P. Willnan” not “Williams.” “Willnan” was on the FB account. We should know pretty soon.
Ferguson police chief is denying he’s the guy. Says that’s not the name. We shall see.
Yeah, it’s actually “Willman,” I spelled it wrong. There is a Bryan P. Willman on whitepages.com who is age 30-34, lives in St. Louis, and has a PO Box for an address. So a guy with that name and of that age lives in the area. You can’t scrub whitepages.com so easily.
I think there’s a damn good chance that it’s the guy.
Liza, I’m thinking the same thing.
@TheAnonMessage has been suspended on Twitter.
Ha, seems to indicate they know something and they’re right.
I saw a tweet saying his account was suspended.
Someone needs to show the witnesses his picture to see if that’s the right guy.
“CONFUSTION” It’s the name of the game. That’s what they want to do. Keep everything stirred up and chaotic, and distract,while they destroy evidence and concoct their LIES.
Exactly, that’s why everyone needs to stay on top of it. This dung has got to end! Our children are entitled to freedom of movement without harassment and fear of being shot down like a dog in the streets just like any other citizens in America. All African American youths are not criminals and the police need to recognize and understand that. The stereotype B.S. has got to stop. Enough is enough!
On the screen printout, Wilman said, “Nobody will find me with that name.”
Whatever is in the dark comes to the light. He better ask somebody.
Pres. Obama: The loss of Michael Brown is “heartbreaking and tragic”: http://on.msnbc.com/1mNngtW
ACLU Sues Ferguson Police After Being Denied Teen Shooting Report
Source: TPM
The American Civil Liberties Union sued the Ferguson, Mo., police department Thursday in an effort to obtain the department’s incident report on the shooting of an unarmed African-American teen.
The lawsuit alleged that the ACLU had been denied access to the department’s full report on the police shooting of Michael Brown on Saturday. The suit alleged that the denial was a violation of Missouri’s Sunshine Law.
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/aclu-sues-ferguson-police-michael-brown-incident-report
Wonderful. Good job ACLU!
What about the autopsy? Are they afraid that it will show that Brown was shot in the back? Is it true that the police stood over him and shot him again while he lie dying on the street?
What took you so LONG, Senator?
McCaskill in Ferguson: Time to ‘de-militarize this situation’
Senator meets with citizens in Ferguson, calls for their right to peacefully protest to be respected, protected
Thursday, August 14, 2014
WASHINGTON – Following the shooting of teenager Michael Brown by a Ferguson, Mo. police officer, and subsequent clashes between local police and protestors, U.S. Senator Claire McCaskill is in Ferguson today, talking directly with constituents. She released the following statement:
“We need to de-militarize this situation—this kind of response by the police has become the problem instead of the solution. I obviously respect law enforcement’s work to provide public safety, but my constituents are allowed to have peaceful protests, and the police need to respect that right and protect that right. Today is going to be a new start, we can and need to do better.”
<McCaskill is also scheduled to speak directly today with U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder. While the U.S. Attorney General has no jurisdiction over local police actions, McCaskill plans to discuss with Holder what she described as the “totally unacceptable” situation on the ground in Ferguson as local police and protestors continue to clash, as well as the status of the federal civil rights investigation.
http://www.mccaskill.senate.gov/media-center/news-releases/mccaskill-in-ferguson-time-to-de-militarize-this-situation
St. Louis Police thought nobody would come and support Ferguson, after all, there just a bunch of black “animals” as one KKK cop called a citizen. If it weren’t for social media pushing this atrocity, the Po po would have killed more Michael Brown Jrs. SMGDH
Yep, St. Louis police showed their true colors to the whole world.
4 damn days, FOUR FUCKING DAYS after Michael Brown Jr. was murdered and left in the streets, bleeding out like a butchered hog uncovered, while MO MILITIA SWAT TEAMS, try to sundown the BLACKS and destroy them with tear gas.
Shameful, just shameful! Shame on America for allowing our citizens be bullied, threatened, and intimidated by its so-called police force!
The President will give an update on the latest developments in Iraq, and a statement on the situation in Ferguson at 12:15pm.
Thank you for this. The scene on these videos and all the photos and tweets show a Ferguson city in WAR ZONE. And the police are the enemy!
Past time to get control of these crazy MOFOS!
Exactly, time for an overhaul in police departments across this nation, some anger management classes, and more intense evaluations of their mindsets in hiring the police. Ferguson needs more African Americans on their police force, city council, and other local governing positions.
Exactly! ENOUGH of this segregated BULLSHIT!
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Tiffany Mitchell, eye witness to the Michael Brown shooting
Tiffany Mitchell’s account shreds the police bullshit story. Dorin Johnson told us Michael Brown was shot in the back and she says the kid was running as the officer fires at him. All witnesses are consistent.
Keep Tiffany and Dorin in prayer. If any other witnesses come forth, add them to your prayer list.
Granny, there is another black girl besides Tiffany Mitchell who is also a witness. There may be more as well.
SG2,
I believe that some of them are going to come forth with videos.
Granny, I believe so too.
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