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."
Was the perp on drugs?
I just watched the USA Today video covering last night’s developments — the reporter said there was “no looting last night” — right in front of a Highway Patrol spokesman (who didn’t contradict his assertion). This is a LIE. I saw the looting LIVE on the local Fox2 channel!
Then again, it’s USA Today, so no big surprises here.
Here’s the link to the USA Today disinformation video:
We need the results of the first autopsy...
how many bullet wounds?
what direction were the bullets coming from?
how far away was each bullet shot from?
witness testimony is notoriously bad, we need good solid evidence of where Brown was relative to officer Wilson.
Do you have a reliable supplier?
This will be the 3rd autopsy done. The family (under direction of their lawyer) had a private one done. (local media reported this). It was probably completed a day or so ago. The national media is not reporting a lot of stuff that is going on at a local level.
Sure did. With enough power and control, they can make this investigation come out any way they want; the same way the 40 FBI agents can make the interviews match any predetermined conclusions.
Since we’re not hearing about it, the news is probably not favorable to their narrative. Expect the autopsy evidence to be suppressed.
The only one anyone can rely on, and the only one that actually supplies every bit of it.
http://biblehub.com/genesis/1-29.htm
They burned people alive for 1800 years just for owning these words. The persecution continues, even here where many call themselves by his name.
Looks like Mikey was a PCP whack head. Too bad our RULERS forbade him the first gift, he might not have turned out the way he did.
Yep, sadly I agree...
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