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Friday, November 28, 2014

So much for calm

November 28, 2014 CBS St. Louis , Ferguson 0 Comments
Body Found Shot To Death, Set Fire Near Apartment Complex Where Michael Brown Died

CBS St. Louis, Nov. 25, 2014

The body of a black male was reportedly found near Canfield Green Apartments in Ferguson, the same complex where Michael Brown was fatally shot by officer Darren Wilson during an altercation Aug. 9.

KTVI-TV reports that the man, in his 20s, was shot to death and set on fire. KMOX has sent a reporter to the scene.

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Wednesday, November 19, 2014

Whole lot of bad blood

November 19, 2014 CBS St. Louis , Darren Wilson 1 Comments
Darren Wilson Supporters Crowdfund ‘#PantsUPDontLOOT’ Ferguson Billboard

CBS St. Louis, Nov. 18, 2014

Supporters of Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson successfully crowd-sourced the funds to put up a #PantsUPDontLOOT billboard in Ferguson.

Don Alexander of Brentwood, Tenn., raised the over $3,000 to place the billboard in the Ferguson area amid months of racial tensions vandalism from riots following the Aug. 9 shooting death of unarmed teenager Michael Brown.

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Monday, November 10, 2014

Not if the black witnesses step forward in unison

November 10, 2014 Capt. Ron Johnson , CBS St. Louis 0 Comments
Ferguson Resident: 'We Are Getting Prepared For War'

By CBS St. Louis, Nov. 10, 0214



FERGUSON, Mo. (CBS St. Louis/AP) – Ferguson is “getting prepared for war” if a grand jury doesn’t indict Officer Darren Wilson in the shooting death of 18-year-old Michael Brown.

Missouri State Highway Patrol Capt. Ron Johnson toldCBS News he has been meeting with students, gang members and ministers about what might happen following the grand jury decision that is expected to come down this month.

“There’s a lot of fear. A lot of people are afraid of what could happen,” Johnson explained. “In the end, this is gonna be the community we have to live in.”

Ronardo Ward, 33, is one of those hoping to maintain peace in Ferguson if Wilson isn’t indicted.

“We are getting prepared for war,” Ward told CBS News. “And that’s just crazy.”

Michael Johnson, 42, believes many young people will rail against the “system.”

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Tuesday, November 4, 2014

What about parents of 9 yr old shot by Chicago gangbangers?

November 04, 2014 Associated Press , CBS St. Louis 0 Comments
Michael Brown’s Parents To Speak At UN

Associated Press, Nov. 4, 2014

The parents of Ferguson police shooting victim Michael Brown are headed to Switzerland next week to speak at a United Nations human rights conference.

Michael Brown Sr. and Lesley McSpadden are scheduled to address the 53rd Session of the United Nations Committee Against Torture in Geneva on Nov. 12 and 13. A Saint Louis University law professor is helping to organize the trip and to solicit online donations for the couple’s travel expenses.

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Wednesday, October 22, 2014

Physical evidence "doesn't lie"

October 22, 2014 CBS St. Louis , Ferguson 0 Comments
Ex-Ferguson Police Chief: Unlikely That Officer Wilson Will Be Charged

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Police Chief Tim Fitch
By CBS St. Louis, Oct. 20, 2014

FERGUSON, Mo. (KMOX) – Information about the Michael Brown fatal police shooting is beginning to leak out, and former St. Louis County Police Chief Tim Fitch says it’s no accident the feds are allowing the information.

Fitch discussed a New York Times article indicating, according to federal investigators, there was a struggle that led up to the fatal police shooting of Brown, with KMOX’s Mark Reardon on Monday.

Fitch calls the information from the investigation coming out as phase two – to “coordinate leaks to the media, and to start getting some of the facts out there to kind of let people down slowly,” he says. “When I say this is phase two – phase one was really Eric Holder’s announcement how they were going to basically do a complete review and take over the Ferguson Police Department.”

Fitch says he thinks the feds recognize that it’s “probably very unlikely” that there’s going to be charges against Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson.

“There was a struggle over the weapon. Law enforcement, we know that about half the officers killed every year with firearms are killed with their own,” he says. “So the fact that he didn’t have his own doesn’t mean there wasn’t a weapon there available that could be used in deadly force use.”

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Thursday, October 9, 2014

No "justice" no peace

October 09, 2014 CBS St. Louis , Darren Wilson 0 Comments
Missouri Authorities Planning For Riots If Ferguson Officer Not Indicted

Photo: Joshua Lott / Reuters
By CBS St. Louis, Oct. 4, 2014, Stlouis.cbslocal.com

FERGUSON, Mo. (CBS St. Louis/AP) — Missouri officials are reportedly planning for possible riots if a Ferguson police officer is not indicted in the death of an 18-year-old African-American.

Reuters reports that state authorities are meeting two to three times a week to draw up contingency plans in case of riots if Ferguson Police Officer Darren Wilson is not charged in the Aug. 9 shooting death of Michael Brown. A grand jury is expected to decide next month whether Wilson will face criminal charges.

St. Louis County Police Chief Jon Belmar fears violence will not only encompass Ferguson, but that riots could spread to other meetings.

“We know outside groups visited us in August. We are expecting that different people will come in from outside the St. Louis area,” Belmar told Reuters.

Protests and unrest have been common in Ferguson since Aug. 9, when Brown was shot and killed. Hundreds have been arrested in the unrest since Brown’s death, including journalists and clergy.

Ferguson Mayor James Knowles told Reuters he fears “the unrest is going to be far beyond the city of Ferguson” if Wilson is not indicted.

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Wednesday, August 20, 2014

Maybe he left the money on the counter

August 20, 2014 Associated Press , CBS St. Louis 0 Comments
Ferguson Looter: ‘I’m Proud Of Us, We Deserve This’

By CBS St. Louis, Aug. 18, 2014

FERGUSON, Mo. (CBS St. Louis/AP) — The National Guard arrived in Ferguson but kept its distance from the streets where protesters clashed again with police, as clouds of tear gas and smoke hung over the St. Louis suburb where Michael Brown was fatally shot by a police officer.

Protesters filled the streets after nightfall Monday, and officers trying to enforce tighter restrictions at times used bullhorns to order them to disperse. Police deployed noisemakers and armored vehicles to push demonstrators back. Officers fired tear gas and flash grenades.

One looter who came out of a QuikTrip told The Washington Post that he was proud of what he was doing.

“I’m proud of us. We deserve this, and this is what’s supposed to happen when there’s injustice in your community,” DeAndre Smith told The Post. “St. Louis — not going to take this anymore.”

A police officer who asked not to be identified labeled it “looting tourism.”

“It’s like they are spending their gas money to come down here and steal,” the officer told The Post.

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Friday, August 15, 2014

Changes things a bit

August 15, 2014 Caught On Tape , CBS St. Louis 2 Comments
Police: Teen Fatally Shot By Ferguson Officer Was Suspect In Convenience Store Robbery 

Convenience store surveillance footage
By CBS St. Louis, Aug. 15, 2014

FERGUSON, Mo. (CBS St. Louis/AP) — Ferguson police released the name of the officer that fatally shot 18-year-old Michael Brown, while also revealing that Brown was a suspect in a convenience story robbery over a $48.99 box of cigars.

Ferguson Police Chief Thomas Jackson said Friday morning that Officer Darren Wilson fatally shot the unarmed African-American teen last Saturday following a convenience store robbery call. Wilson has been with the Ferguson Police Department for the past six years and previously had no disciplinary action taken against him.

Wilson has been on administrative leave since the shooting.

Jackson added that Wilson was treated for injuries that occurred on Saturday.

Jackson said Wilson, along with other officers, was called to the area after a 911 call reporting a “strong-arm robbery” at a nearby convenience store.

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Wednesday, August 13, 2014

Hard to pin this on the cops

Hard to pin this on the cops

August 13, 2014 CBS St. Louis , Ferguson 0 Comments
St. Louis: Woman Shot In Head In Apparent Drive-By Shooting

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