Posted on 04/08/2025 4:32:04 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
Ferguson was the ground zero for the BLM movement that destroyed public safety and the race riots that wrecked out cities and led to a wave of radical pro-crime policies that killed thousands.
While Ferguson may be in the rearview mirror for many, the Trump administration is moving to shut down the Community Relations Service that was at the heart of it.
The Justice Department “sent in its secretive Community Relations Service, all but indistinguishable from a group of community organizers, to train protesters and provide liaison services for them. The so-called ‘Peacemakers’ wear the blue windbreakers, polo shirts and dark sunglasses of Federal agents, but claim to be the ‘eyes and ears of the community.’ Eyes and ears, but not mouths. The CRS organizers were ordered not to talk to the media about what they were doing.”
Obama announced that at the time that “we’ve also had experts from the DOJ’s Community Relations Service working in Ferguson since the days after the shooting to foster conversations among local stakeholders and reduce tensions among the community.”
The secretive experts in question seemed to be geared at worsening the situation and not improving it.
But now the Trump administration is trying to put this community organizer arm of the DOJ to bed.
(Excerpt) Read more at frontpagemag.com ...
(For official DOJ report, Google "DOJ Report on Shooting of Michael Brown PDF.")
[01] The evidence, when viewed as a whole, does not support the conclusion that Wilson's uses of deadly force were "objectively unreasonable" under the Supreme Court's definition. (Page 5)
[02] when the store clerk tried to stop Brown, Brown used his physical size to stand over him and forcefully shove him away. (Page 6)
[03] Wilson was aware of the theft and had a description of the suspects as he encountered Brown and Witness 101. (Page 6)
[04] Autopsy results and bullet trajectory, skin from Brown's palm on the outside of the SUV door as well as Brown's DNA on the inside of the driver's door corroborate Wilson's account that during the struggle, Brown used his right hand to grab and attempt to control Wilson's gun. (Page 6)
[05] there is no credible evidence to disprove Wilson's account of what occurred inside the SUV. (Page 7)
[06] autopsy results confirm that Wilson did not shoot Brown in the back as he was running away because there were no entrance wounds to Brown's back. (Page 7)
[07] witnesses who originally stated Brown had his hands up in surrender recanted their original accounts (Page 8)
[08] several witnesses stated that Brown appeared to pose a physical threat to Wilson as he moved toward Wilson. (Page 8)
[09] The physical evidence also establishes that Brown moved forward toward Wilson after he turned around to face him. The physical evidence is corroborated by multiple eyewitnesses. (Page 10)
[10] evidence does not establish that it was unreasonable for Wilson to perceive Brown as a threat while Brown was punching and grabbing him in the SUV and attempting to take his gun. (Page 11)
[11] Wilson's account is corroborated by physical evidence and that his perception of a threat posed by Brown is corroborated by other eyewitnesses (Page 12)
[12] Wilson's account was consistent with those results, and consistent with the accounts of other independent eyewitnesses, whose accounts were also consistent with the physical evidence. Wilson's statements were consistent with each other in all material ways, and would not be subject to effective impeachment for inconsistencies or deviation from the physical evidence.8 Therefore, in analyzing all of the evidence, federal prosecutors found Wilson's account to be credible. (Page 16)
[13] Witness accounts suggesting that Brown was standing still with his hands raised in an unambiguous signal of surrender when Wilson shot Brown are inconsistent with the physical evidence, are otherwise not credible because of internal inconsistencies, or are not credible because of inconsistencies with other credible evidence. (Page 78)
[14] Multiple credible witnesses corroborate virtually every material aspect of Wilson's account and are consistent with the physical evidence. (Page 78)
[15] several of these witnesses stated that they would have felt threatened by Brown and would have responded in the same way Wilson did. (Page 82)
[16] there are no witnesses who could testify credibly that Wilson shot Brown while Brown was clearly attempting to surrender. (Page 83)
[17] There is no witness who has stated that Brown had his hands up in surrender whose statement is otherwise consistent with the physical evidence. (Page 83)
[18] The media has widely reported that there is witness testimony that Brown said "don't shoot" as he held his hands above his head. In fact, our investigation did not reveal any eyewitness who stated that Brown said "don't shoot." (Page 83)
[19] Wilson did not know that Brown was not armed at the time he shot him, and had reason to suspect that he might be when Brown reached into the waistband of his pants as he advanced toward Wilson. (Page 84)
[20] Wilson did not have time to determine whether Brown had a gun and was not required to risk being shot himself in order to make a more definitive assessment.
[21] In addition, even assuming that Wilson definitively knew that Brown was not armed, Wilson was aware that Brown had already assaulted him once and attempted to gain control of his gun. (Page 85)
[22] Wilson has a strong argument that he was justified in firing his weapon at Brown as he continued to advance toward him and refuse commands to stop, and the law does not require Wilson to wait until Brown was close enough to physically assault Wilson. (Page 85)
[23] we must avoid substituting our personal notions of proper police procedure for the instantaneous decision of the officer at the scene. We must never allow the theoretical, sanitized world of our imagination to replace the dangerous and complex world that policemen face every day. (Page 85)
[24] It may appear, in the calm aftermath, that an officer could have taken a different course, but we do not hold the police to such a demanding standard. (citing Gardner v. Buerger, 82 F.3d 248, 251 (8th Cir. 1996) (same))). Rather, where, as here, an officer points his gun at a suspect to halt his advance, that suspect should be on notice that escalation of the situation would result in the use of the firearm. Estate of Morgan at 498. An officer is permitted to continue firing until the threat is neutralized. See Plumhoff v. Rickard, 134 S.Ct. 2012, 2022 (2014) (Officers need not stop shooting until the threat has ended). For all of the reasons stated, Wilson's conduct in shooting Brown as he advanced on Wilson, and until he fell to the ground, was not objectively unreasonable and thus not a violation of 18 U.S.C. § 242. (Page 85)
[25] Given that Wilson's account is corroborated by physical evidence and that his perception of a threat posed by Brown is corroborated by other eyewitnesses, to include aspects of the testimony of Witness 101, there is no credible evidence that Wilson willfully shot Brown as he was attempting to surrender or was otherwise not posing a threat. (Page 86)
For the reasons set forth above, this matter lacks prosecutive merit and should be closed.
All CRS services are confidential and provided free of charge to the communities that voluntarily request or accept CRS’s assistance. CRS is not an investigatory or prosecutorial agency and has no law enforcement authority. CRS works with all parties to develop solutions to conflict and serves as a neutral, impartial party.
Good.
So the feds were stoking the flames to make sure the riots happened.
Just one video would have clarified this shooting. Unfortunately there was none and that was why it was cooked up to become movement. Never mind evidences that are too scientific to comprehend let it alone to accept. The video from that convenient store where a little giant pushed around that Indian clerk does not matter because it is not relevant to the shooting. Stupid community
Correction: gentle giant instead of little giant, that was how they called him
Not exactly news. The same paid organizers were showing up at all the "mostly peaceful" riots.
https://forgeorganizing.org/article/lessons-ferguson-uprisings/
Here is gentle giant measurements: Michael Brown, 18, who was fatally shot by Officer Darren Wilson in Ferguson, Missouri, in 2014, was reported to weigh approximately 292 pounds (132 kg) and was 6 feet 4 inches (193 cm) tall.
I would violate every sense of decorum as defined by this forum if I were to iterate properly my disgust and wishes as pertain to the agitators involved.
VERY Good!
another blow to bath house barry
How many CRS members were agitating on January 6th?
As I recall, I believe that this is the same Federal organization that was involved in the Travon Martin / George Zimmerman incident/ homicide.
The actual homicide occurred in Sanford Florida in 2012, but the Federal "Peace Makers" went up to a North Florida campus and recruited protesters.
Furthermore, these "Peace Makers" escorted the busload of demonstrators down to Sanford.
Peace Makers .. NOT !
blue windbreakers, polo shirts and dark sunglasses of Federal agents
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sounds like patriot front doesnt it ?
wanna bet its the same org.
Another good move by the Administration.
The way I recall it, POTUS #44 BHO’s AG, Eric Holder, launched the Justice Department’s secretive Community Relations Service in 2012 immediately after the justified and fatal shooting of Trayvon Martin in Sanford, FL. Michael Brown was killed 2 years later.
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