The Enemy Within...
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."
lol
defending crooks still
Prohibition is the problem.???
Are we talking about Stoners or are we talking about money?
Stoners, are primarily nonviolent. They make horrid decisions, are uproductive and with practice become highly paranoid. On the other hand when we talk dealers, we talk money and that is a different topic. Even Colorado seems to have a tax/dealer situation as well as a use situation.
Perhaps someone is having a paranoid phase...
Why have a second? We all know he died from lead poisoning!!
Way to try to hijack the thread.
Eff all the dopers.
It is sort of like dems in close elections where they are behind. They keep counting until they “find” enough votes to win. This has happened numerous times.
I think this THUG may well have had some type of undiagnosed mental illness such as bi-polar disease. It would NOT (as far as I know) show up in an autopsy but could help explain his behavior. He was displaying some sort of manic, king-of-the-world, “I’m indestructible” behavior starting (at least by then) with his strong arm robbery and continuing with his walk down the middle of the road and encounter with the policeman.
He was simply a THUG coming into full bloom as a monster.
“Top o’ the world, Ma!”
Look on the bright side, we have not yet heard from Screwy Looie in Ferguson
Jim Carrey - Star Trek; The Wrath of Farrakhan
None whatsoever.
They have POWER to do so, because they usurped it at gunpoint.
That is all.
I specifically heard his lawyer say on Friday that the coroner had performed an autopsy, that the family had paid for an independent one, and that the DOJ might order another one.
That would make this autopsy number 3.
Asshats galore in Holder’s Justice Dept, including him.
Holder’s justice dept is going to control the release of exculpatory information is the case against the police officer. The DOJ tried to prevent the release of the video of Brown robbing the quick stop store. They are now going prevent the release of information about how many shots actually hit Brown and where.
They want to drag this thing out until elections to give Obama plenty of time to speak out about it and make sure that they ruin the young officers life before he is acquitted.
It looks like the cop fired lots of warning shots and Brown just kept on coming at him. They can’t have the public know that.
I’m just glad that they can’t smoke cocaine.
I am from the area... He most likely wanted the sweets to make dippers with. (PCP dippers) - PCP is really big again among black youths in the STL area. They use sweets or MORE brand cigs to make them.
Pretty much worked with TWA Flight 800 didn’t it. Here FAA, you made a great investigation. Sign right there...
The Enemy Within...
I heard the same interview. It was right after the police released that video of Brown robbing the store.
Members of the media asked several times, about the results of the autopsy, and from their answer I got the feeling they did not like the results.
Said they were not ready to discuss the autopsy yet.
This kid’s going to be chopped up like stew meat after all the independent autopsies are done.
Thanks, that might explain the behavior. And why Holder would want to cover it up. It would look bad for "his people".
Remember the DOJ tried to get the Ferguson police to suppress the video of the robbery.
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