Posted on 08/17/2014 11:46:49 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
The Justice Department has ordered a second autopsy of Michael Brown, the black teen who was fatally shot by police last week in the St. Louis suburb of Ferguson, sparking off a week of angry and frequently violent protests.
Justice, which is leading an independent investigation into the shooting of the unarmed black teen, issued a statement saying that due to "the extraordinary circumstances involved in the case" Attorney General Eric Holder had arranged for a second autopsy on the victim to be performed by a federal medical examiner.
"This independent examination will take place as soon as possible," the DOJ said. "Even after it is complete, Justice Department officials still plan to take the state-performed autopsy into account in the course of their investigation."
The announcement followed another night of confrontations between protesters and law enforcement in Ferguson, Mo., when some people defied a state-imposed midnight to 5 a.m. curfew.
One person was also shot and critically wounded in the mayhem, and a suspect was being sought, Missouri State Highway Patrol Capt. Ron Johnson said. In an early morning news conference, he said a total of seven people had been arrested overnight, all for "failure to disperse."
St. Louis Public Radio's Stephanie Lecci says: "The violence erupted after another night of peaceful protests that turned, once [the] curfew was broken."
Many people, she reports, resented the curfew, ordered Saturday by Gov. Jay Nixon after Friday night's violence and looting, but most protesters did leave before it went into effect.
However, "a group of about 50 people made clear they weren't moving — despite the pleas of organizers. By 1 a.m., the scene had turned violent," Lecci reports.
Some of them chanted: "No justice! No curfew!"
Police confronted the protesters, who gathered in the same neighborhood where Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson shot and killed 18-year-old Michael Brown on Aug. 9. Authorities ordered the crowd to disperse, and when they refused, the police fired smoke and tear gas.
Police said the protesters tossed at least one bottle rocket. The Associated Press, quoting Johnson, said authorities:
"Received a report that people broke into Red's Barbecue and some were on the roof — creating a potential danger for officers trying to disperse the protesters. Police were responding to that report — not the fact that protesters were still on the street after curfew, Johnson said.
"Things got worse when a man with a handgun went into the street as police were nearing the restaurant. He ran away, but there was plenty of violence."
The New York Times says the standoff between protesters and police began about 12:30 a.m. CT and ended about 45 minutes later.
But hundreds of protesters, such as Orie Hood of St. Louis, said they'd heed the warning to get off the streets.
"I'm going to obey the curfew," Hood told NPR's Cheryl Corley. "I can't fight them. I don't have any bullets. I don't have any guns. I don't want to get shot. I have something to live for. But at the same time, I want to be heard."
Nixon, appearing on CNN today, said the local community had asked for the curfew.
"When we saw that second night" of looting and violence, "we knew we had to protect people's property," the governor said.
He said he was pleased that in the first night of the curfew "not a single shot was fired by law enforcement."
Asked how long the curfew would go on, he said there would be a meeting with leaders today, but "that will be judged by the people."
Maybe they can get the guy who did the autopsy on Vince Foster.
Whaddayamean “maybe?”
I wonder if the DOJ will hand the coroner a completed autopsy report and tell him to sign it.
Will the DOJ provide their own freshly shot up body ?
What authority does the DOJ have to investigate a shooting which occurred wholly within a single city? Do we now have a federal police force in this Obama Nation?
Just keep doing it till they get it “right”
A person just can’t have too many autopsies. Ya gotta get all you can get before they plant you in the ground.
-PJ
If you don’t get the results you want the first time, take over and do it again — this time Holder will use ‘his people’.
The toxicology results are especially important. People don’t normally charge police officers when they’re unarmed — unless of course the are under the influence of drugs.
Like Trayvon, this thug-wanna-be had indications of drug use. He picked Swisher Sweets to steal because he was going to use them to roll blunts, or marijuana smokes wrapped in cheap cigar wrappers.
Or Commander J. Thornton Boswell, MC, USN?
If it’s an ME on the Federal payroll, it’s not going to be independent. It appears they didn’t like the results of the real autopsy. Guess it didn’t help their case enough.
What authority does the DOJ have to investigate a shooting which occurred wholly within a single city? Do we now have a federal police force in this Obama Nation?
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Hate crime? Civil rights violation? Obama Executive Order? Eric Holder Executive Order. George Soros? DNC Directive? All of the above?
Wonder if they can get FAHMY MALAK. He is so good he can do one over the phone when he worked with the Clintons in Arkansas!
They are going do it until they get one they like. i.e. the white guy did it.
"Don't worry about it. The fix is in. Another bullet will be found in the back. Trust me. I got this.
Maybe, maybe not. He might have stoled em to sell. He might have stoled em to dip in whack.
Regardless cannabis does NOT make people violent. It makes them into giggling drooling sleepy sluggards, with the only desire to attack a bag of cookies. Please stop the disinformation about cannabis.
Prohibition is the problem.
My personal theory, is based only on supposition and previous investigatory experience. It is not based on any personal knowledge of this case or autopsy. (aka/disclaimer).
Toxicology is fun but, the probable primary reason to need a second autopsy in this case is that the first ME concluded that the wound track analysis is entirely consistent with the officer having shot to stop a charging (substitute the name of large dangerous creature.) I personally don’t want to besmirch any.
We know the Just Us department simply can’t let that stand.
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