http://www.businessinsider.com/ferguson-protests-mike-brown-shooting-curfew-2014-8
Chaos erupted in Ferguson, Missouri, late Sunday night, the second night of heavy protests amid a midnight curfew imposed by Gov. Jay Nixon.
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http://www.aljazeera.com/news/americas/2014/08/us-orders-federal-autopsy-ferguson-teen-2014817145837773304.html
( The world is watching this ..... )
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Ferguson reminding me of Egypt , Kiev Maidan protests and other MENA protests ( Gezi Park or Tahrir Square ? ) ....Police just have not gone to live rounds and snipers so far....
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-08-17/ferguson-riots-again-police-looters-exchange-teargas-rubber-bullets-molotov-cocktail
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 08/17/2014 23:08 -0400
Two different accounts below......
http://www.ijreview.com/2014/08/168698-eyewitness-recalls-important-detail-background-video-mins-ferguson-shooting/
( Here is a different perspective allegedly from an eyewitness... It remains to be seen if this is accurate , but we should consider this as part of the puzzle to be sorted out regarding what happened in Ferguson and why ! )
http://www.infowars.com/neighbor-live-tweeted-brown-shooting-may-be-damning-evidence-against-officer/
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http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-08-17/one-shot-critical-condition-7-arrested-after-protesters-break-ferguson-curfew
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 08/17/2014 10:56 -0400
Tweets......
http://www.vox.com/2014/8/14/6002917/ferguson-police-expert-interview-fritz
( Great analysis by an expert in the field , well worth reading the full article at the link. .. )
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http://rt.com/usa/180448-ferguson-police-shooting-protest/
Mayhem Is Erupting Again In Ferguson, As Police And Protesters Are Clashing
Joshua Lott/Getty Images
A man falls to the ground suffering the effect of tear gas used by police at a protest of the death of Michael Brown August 17, 2014 in Ferguson, Missouri.
Ferguson has been the sight of racially charged protests since the Aug. 9 shooting of 18-year-old Michael Brown by Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson. Clashes between protesters and police had calmed as the week progressed, but have ramped up again over the weekend.
On Sunday night, there were numerous reports of police firing tear gas into crowds marching toward a police command center, hours before the curfew was set to be imposed. St. Louis County police said Molotov cocktails were being thrown at police.
"It really is just pure chaos down here," Brian Schellman, a St. Louis County Police spokesperson, told KSDK News in St. Louis.
Many protesters disputed the police account that Molotov cocktails had been thrown at police.
"That is a lie. It was no fight, it was no shots fired," protester Lisha Williams told CNN. "The only ones who fired was police. All we did was march to the command center to fall to our knees and say, 'Don't shoot.' And they started shooting."
Police also clashed with members of the press. One journalist from Argus Radio captured video of a person he identified as a police officer telling him to "get the f— out of here ... or you're getting shelled with this."
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http://www.aljazeera.com/news/americas/2014/08/us-orders-federal-autopsy-ferguson-teen-2014817145837773304.html
( The world is watching this ..... )
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Fresh violence over police killing of black teen erupts in St Louis suburb ahead of second night of curfew.
Last updated: 18 Aug 2014 03:56
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| Police in the US state of Missouri have fired smoke canisters into a crowd of about 400 people protesting against the killing last week of an unarmed black teenager by police in the town of Ferguson. Barely hours ahead of a second night of curfew that was to come into effect at midnight, police drove into the protest area in armoured vehicles and shot smoke canisters at watching media representatives during the protest that had until then appeared to be peaceful. However, the Missouri Highway Patrol said it was using the smoke canisters to disperse "aggressors" who were trying to infiltrate a law enforcement command post, and that the armoured vehicles were deployed to ensure public safety.
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Ferguson reminding me of Egypt , Kiev Maidan protests and other MENA protests ( Gezi Park or Tahrir Square ? ) ....Police just have not gone to live rounds and snipers so far....
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DAILY SABAH Opinion
Gov. Jay Nixon has approved the use of Missouri National Guard in #Ferguson. Our stream from the ground: http://bit.ly/XtGmzM
hahaha,National Guard being deployed to crush protesters in Ferguson.Reminds me of the Arab Spring in Tunisia.
#YouAreNotVeryDifferent
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Nathan Grant
Officer says that it's not the protesters who are looting and shooting, LIVE @vicenews https://news.vice.com/article/live-on-the-ground-in-ferguson-missouri …
"They're not talking to us like we're human": Watch @alicesperi and @Timcast from #Ferguson http://bit.ly/XtGmzM
BBC News (World)
Listen: BBC's Aleem Maqbool in #Ferguson describes violence between US police and protesters as 'worst so far' http://bbc.in/1oTtxUB
newyorkist
Reports police in #Ferguson profiling press, only allowing white press in pen http://www.complex.com/pop-culture/2014/08/police-in-ferguson-tear-gas-children-and-media … cc @ryanjreilly
Reports police in #Ferguson profiling press, only allowing white press in pen http://www.complex.com/pop-culture/2014/08/police-in-ferguson-tear-gas-children-and-media … cc @ryanjreilly pic.twitter.com/DAFlUZGebn
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Shannon Cunningham
Female journalist asked for help from cop, who said "no" and had multiple guns pointed at her. (via Vice) #Ferguson
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Police were pushing people down—they still are not wearing nameplates (and from several precincts), and they have faces covered. #Ferguson
Just some democracy cans laying in the street. #Ferguson #JusticeForMikeBrown pic.twitter.com/1vwdjIRdyI
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More gunshots. Police are pulling more rifles out of the back of SUVs right now. #Ferguson
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Rania Khalek
Elected officials act like no one has control over these police departments in #Ferguson. That's not how it works.
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Autopsy shows Michael Brown was shot at least 6 times, twice in the head. That's an execution. http://mobile.nytimes.com/2014/08/18/us/michael-brown-autopsy-shows-he-was-shot-at-least-6-times.html?smid=tw-bna&_r=1&referrer= …
- Lets take #Ferguson for example, lets say the police start massacring people and Russia comes in and says, here rebels have some weapons.---
- Then the media backing the oppressor will on see the people resisting their oppressors as "Russian" backed rebels. --
- The US does the same worldwide, and it must be noted that not all "rebels" have good intentions, we can't paint everyone the same.
- If you go back on the US revolution, the terminology today would call US revolutionaries: "French backed" militias, rebels, or terrorists.
Anonymous Operations
You guys really don't get that the entire world is watching #Ferguson hoping this leads to the collapse of your douche bag government.
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-08-17/ferguson-riots-again-police-looters-exchange-teargas-rubber-bullets-molotov-cocktail
Ferguson Riots Again: Police, Looters Exchange Teargas , Rubber Bullets, Molotov Cocktails: Live Webcast
UPDATE: Shots fired...
After more than a week of violent confrontations, tensions continues in Ferguson (following the death of Mike Brown - shot at least 6 times, twice in the head). The second night of quasi-martial-law in the Missouri town has once again erupted into riots (the third night in a row) as militarized police response just hours ahead of the midnight curfew. Protesters have looted stores and restaurants(including a McDonalds) and the once again heavily-armed police forces have responded in force with tear-gas and rubber bullets(to which protesters are responding with Molotov cocktails and returning gas canisters). This shows no signs of de-escalation at all as crowds chant "who polices the cops?" CNN reports at least one protester hit by rubber bullets and multiple injuries. Multiple gun shots heard - police: "leave or be arrested."
The police tactical response was triggered, according to a Lieutenant with St Louis city PD, by an attack on the command post with Molotov cocktails...
10:24 PM - 17 Aug 2014 Ferguson, MO, United States
Two different accounts below......
http://www.ijreview.com/2014/08/168698-eyewitness-recalls-important-detail-background-video-mins-ferguson-shooting/
( Here is a different perspective allegedly from an eyewitness... It remains to be seen if this is accurate , but we should consider this as part of the puzzle to be sorted out regarding what happened in Ferguson and why ! )
A previously unnoticed detail in a background conversion of a video taken minutes after the Ferguson shooting could change the course of the investigation into Mike Brown’s death.
The original video poster appears sympathetic to the narrative that Mike Brown was shot unarmed with his hands in the air. But he unknowingly picks up conversation between a man who saw the altercation and another neighbor.
An approximate transcription of the background conversation, as related by the “Conservative Treehouse” blog:
@6:28/6:29 of video
#1 How’d he get from there to there?
#2 Because he ran, the police was still in the truck – cause he was like over the truck
{crosstalk}
#2 But him and the police was both in the truck, then he ran – the police got out and ran after him
{crosstalk}
#2 Then the next thing I know he doubled back toward him cus - the police had his gun drawn already on him –
#1. Oh, the police got his gun
#2 The police kept dumpin on him, and I’m thinking the police kept missing – he like – be like – but he kept coming toward him
{crosstalk}
#2 Police fired shots – the next thing I know – the police was missing
#1 The Police?
#2 The Police shot him
#1 Police?
#2 The next thing I know … I’m thinking … the dude started running … (garbled something about “he took it from him”)
This is terribly important because if Mike Brown had been shot, and he advanced towards the cop instead of surrendering, it would substantiate the narrative that the policeman shot in self-defense due to the fact that he was being threatened with severe bodily harm.
This corroborates an account of the event given by a friend of Officer Darren Wilson:
Well, then Michael takes off and gets to be about 35 feet away. And, Darren’s first protocol is to pursue. So, he stands up and yells, “Freeze!” Michael and his friend turn around. And Michael taunts him… And then all the sudden he just started bumrushing him. He just started coming at him full speed. And, so he just started shooting. And, he just kept coming. And, so he really thinks he was on something.”
It’s far too unlikely that these two accounts are similar accidentally, having been from such disparate sources. The seeming witness in the background conversation is speaking with detail about the tragic shooting, and in a manner that runs contrary to the widespread version. Those who watch the video need to judge for themselves if the witness sounds reliable (but he would seemingly have nothing to gain by telling such a story.)
A third piece of the puzzle would be the toxicology report. If there happens to be anything found that might explain how Mike Brown might have been shot and kept advancing toward the officer, then the defense becomes even more believable. Unless someone is emotionally invested in an alternative narrative to the extent that one might ignore plain facts.
We shall see.
( Here is an account from an eye witness who allegedly tweeted out events as they unfolded ..... )
NEIGHBOR LIVE-TWEETED BROWN SHOOTING; MAY BE DAMNING EVIDENCE AGAINST OFFICER
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Warning: the following post may contain disturbing photos and language
A Ferguson, MO man live-tweeted the shooting death of Michael Brown last Saturday with a raw account that contradicts what police reported to the media — Brown was shot twice in the back and five times in the front, according to the witness’ tweets.
Ferguson police didn’t confirm a specific number of shots fired, but said theofficer at the center of the controversy, Darren Wilson, fired four to six times at the unarmed teen, according to NYDailyNews.
Twitter user “Bruh,” who goes by the handle @TheePharoah posted on August 9, “I JUST SAW SOMEONE DIE OMFG,” followed by a gruesome photo he snapped with his phone of Brown lying face down in the street with two officers standing over his body, just two minutes after his initial tweet.
Bruh provided a real perspective of the shooting that differs from that of the police as well as friends of Brown’s, noting that he heard at least seven gunshots that hit the teen with the possibility of a couple other other missed shots.
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-08-17/one-shot-critical-condition-7-arrested-after-protesters-break-ferguson-curfew
One Shot, In Critical Condition, 7 Arrested After Protesters Break Ferguson Curfew
As we reported last night, when the Ferguson curfew hitting at midnight, while most of the protesters dispersed, many still remained on the streets despite a clear warning by the police department that anyone still rioting/looting/protesting would be arrested. Which is when things went from bad to worse for yet another night. In roughly chronological order:
Live Blog: Majority of demonstrators obey Ferguson curfew, other...Tweets......
CBS News
Mo. Gov. Jay Nixon tells @FaceTheNation Ferguson's release of robbery video had an "incendiary effect" - http://cbsn.ws/1pUqkIz
The Ferguson police department may have undone the town's uneasy peace by naming Mike Brown a suspect http://thebea.st/1oSpurD
Ryan J. Reilly 
http://www.vox.com/2014/8/14/6002917/ferguson-police-expert-interview-fritz
( Great analysis by an expert in the field , well worth reading the full article at the link. .. )
In Ferguson, Missouri, local law enforcement has been using tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse largely nonviolent protesters, who have taken to the streets every night since Saturday, August 9, to protest unfair treatment by police. At least four different police departments have been involved. Two of these departments are now pulling out, and the state's governor, Jay Nixon, has said the police will deescalate the level of force. They need to: according to one expert on how to police protests, this isn't just shockingly unjust, it's also utterly incompetent police work.
Jason Fritz, an Iraq war veteran who's now an analyst focusing on policing in conflict zones, was appalled by what he saw in Ferguson, where the shooting of an unarmed black teen, Michael Brown, has sparked days of protests. "They are taking steps that are going to do nothing but exacerbate the situation," Fritz told me over the phone. "It's not any kind of policing tactic, technique, or strategy that I'm aware of. It goes against against all of the police manuals that I've studied."
In our conversation, Fritz explained why no police force that's really concerned with protecting the population and preserving the rule of law would ever do what the police in the St. Louis suburb have done.
Zack Beauchamp: You wrote that the police conduct in Ferguson isn't just immoral and unconstitutional, it's also ineffective. What do you mean by that?
Jason Fritz: In the Ferguson police's perception, they're trying to disrupt a hostile crowd. I'm not saying the people of Ferguson are hostile, just that that's how the police see it. [And when you're responding to a hostile crowd], what the police use is a phalanx system: police with their batons and their shields, like at the [World Trade Organization] protests. They become a physical presence to either block off terrain or push the hostile crowd off of the terrain.
There's a couple levels on which what the Ferguson police are doing, compared to the phalanx, is ineffective. They're not near the protestors, and they're not pushing them off the ground they want to push them off of. They're not doing what they want to do. They're standing back, using this show of force — I guess that's the best way to describe it — and it doesn't work. Obviously, the protestors are still there.
Police target an unarmed protestor. Scott Olson/Getty Images
Trying to intimidate the crowds off the street, especially considering that it's a protest against police aggression — well, it's just stupid. It's going to exacerbate the problem.
ZB: Under what circumstances do police normally use things like sniper rifles loaded with rubber bullets and tear gas?
JF: Police will use rubber bullets and tear gas, but in conjunction with a phalanx. They aren't systems to be used on their own. These are supporting tactics they can use, specifically when removing people from a scene or preventing them from getting access to something.
And the sniper rifles: If there is a threat that requires a sniper, the idea that a sniper can place himself on top of a very large vehicle, in the middle of the street — that's not how snipers work. He's clearly exposing himself to fire.
A sniper in Ferguson, doing his job. Scott Olson/Getty Images
What these snipers are useful for is to get rid of sources of fire with precision shooting. Just by placing themselves there, there's nothing that man is accomplishing other than intimidating the people he's pointing a sniper rifle at.
ZB: From your description, it sounds like they're taking military equipment, and using it to do utterly incompetent police work.
JF: That is exactly correct.
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http://rt.com/usa/180448-ferguson-police-shooting-protest/
Militarized US police face-off with Ferguson protesters LIVE UPDATES
Tensions continue to mount in Ferguson, Missouri, as police respond with a heavy show of force against protesters in the wake of an officer-involved shooting of unarmed 18-year-old teenager Michael Brown.
Sunday, August 17
06:26 GMT:
Police radio says that a person has been shot, and it's not clear if rubber bullets were used. It's also reported that the man, wounded in his leg, has been taken to hospital.
06:20 GMT:
Several arrests have been reported, with St. Louis alderman Antonio French allegedly detained for a second time.
06:10 GMT:
Police were using smoke bombs against protesters, after earlier conflicting reports of tear gas being used. Gunshots were reportedly being heard in the area.
05:48 GMT:
Police are announcing on a bullhorn that the protesters have to leave the area immediately. "This is the police. You're in violation of the state-imposed curfew. You must disperse immediately," the police are saying.
1:45 AM - 17 Aug 2014 Ferguson, MO, United States
Missouri Governor Declares State of Emergency, Curfew in Ferguson – Reports
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