let's go live to ferguson, missouri. we just heard governor nixon's news conference. we heard some people yelling out once they announced the curfew demanding action. >> reporter: you heard the governor and law enforcement pointing out the number of people who came out here, poppy, as you know last night trying to help, trying to stop some of the people from coming out here and looting. today local police met with a number of community leaders trying to find a better way to deal with the city that will be under curfew tonight. the calm in ferguson broken once again as leaders took to the streets late friday night in some cases stealing in plain sight to the police. now law enforcement being

criticized for under reacting to those coming to ferguson to do more than just protest. workers at sam's meat market said they called police several times last night when looters broke in but no help came. >> they got calls from me and from co-workers, from everybody. why they not send one cop? that is my question. >> reporter: sam's meat market was looted twice, their patience wearing thin. >> the cops lineup down the street and let the people protest peacefully and let them march. some protect their businesses. >> reporter: clearly there was a break down in security. captain ron johnson with the missouri highway patrol is head of security on the ground. >> i have been tasked to provide security for the people of this community. allow them the right to speak, allow them the right to express their feelings. we will survive this and will make a change. >> reporter: this morning ferguson police chief met with

cedric alexander, vice president of the national organization of black law enforcement executives. >> we are here to help him and this community begin to build a bridge and provide some support. >> i appreciate the time. >> reporter: despite some support chief jackson knows last night is a clear indication law enforcement needs a change in tactics. >> i know it has been a difficult night based on what happened last night. i know you have been receiving words of encouragement but also criticism from people in the community. this young lady who came up to you was obviously one of those supporting you. >> she was. that means an awful lot. she is serving our country and taking time out to say she appreciates that we are doing our job and it means a lot. >> reporter: disappointing to see what happened last night. >> chief jackson ended our interview there and later

attended a meeting with local community leaders. >> we have to be mindful of the people that are peaceful there. for example, we can't throw tear gas into the crowd. that is unacceptable. >> reporter: back at sam's meat market they are worried about tonight but haven't lost faith in the community or law enforcement. for now they are boarding up and hoping for the best. the governor saying this about the curfew. if we have justice first we must have peace. this is a test, the eyes of the world are watching. there were agitateers out here last night and the night before that and the night before that and most likely will be out here again tonight, poppy. at this point it is just a waiting game to see if that curfew will work. >> we will wait and see. let's hope that there is peace there. that is what we can hope for. before you go, you have been pointing out throughout your reporting as you have been saying you have to put this in the context of the strained race

relations in this community for decades. >> reporter: you're absolutely right, poppy. the minute we got here several days ago now it was one of the first things that was said to me as i came up here. it was told to me over and over and over again. what you are looking at, what you have been hearing from so much is an anger and frustration that has been building and building and building for years and the anger comes from members primarily the african-american community and this fractured relationship between the police department, between elected officials. they feel as though their voices have been ignored for many, many years. that is why you see so much anger towards the government and law enforcement and why you see so much anger towards the street. having said that that does not excuse the people coming out here and trying to take advantage of the situation and do nothing short of stealing. those people are different from

the vast majority of people who are trying to make a political statement. >> those are the images we see again and again but that is not the vast majority of the people. appreciate the reporting throughout. you guys have been phenomenal. i know a lot of sleepless nights. let's bring in one of the attorneys for michael brown's family, anthony gray, co counsel for brown's parents. thank you for joining me. we appreciate it. >> thank you for having me. i appreciate it. >> i know that your team on behalf of the brown family requested the department of justice oversee a second autopsy on michael brown's body. i would like to know why that is and if you have had response from the department of justice on that. >> we have not had an official and final response from the department of justice. where we are with the autopsy procedures is that we are conducting an independent autopsy, the family is.

we want to have those results at our finger tips in order to be able to examine some information that we trust and that we can rely upon. >> tell me specifically what it is you are looking for from the independent autopsy and if you believe that the first one that was done by the coroner's office in st. louis is perhaps not complete or not thorough or not accurate. what is it you are looking for? >> we can't really say whether it is complete or inaccurate. i don't want to make that comment. i just want to say that the purpose for the autopsy that we called for was so that we can have information that we can rely on and that we trust and that we can put our fingers on once it is done. >> and you hired your own forensic pathologist to do that at this point, correct? >> that is correct. >> what can you tell us about who you have hired? >> michael biden, world renowned expert and medical examiner,

been in the business for years. he has worked on multitude of high profile cases. we think that there would be no problem with his experience or his statute within the pathologist community. we think we got one of the best in the world that we can have in order to do a thorough autopsy in this particular case. >> i want to ask you about the surveillance video from the convenience store that was released by local police there yesterday afternoon even though the department of justice ask that they not release it. police there say the video shows michael brown taking a box of cigars from the convenience store in what is called a strong armed robbery. this was released at the same time the police chief said the officer who shot and killed michael brown had not viewed and not seen the surveillance tape and did not know that brown was a suspect in the robbery when he

shot and killed michael brown. i'm wondering what the reaction has been from michael brown's parents to that video being released. >> they were absolutely distraught by it. just keep in mind they haven't had a chance to completely wrap their arms and minds around the events that happened on that saturday afternoon in broad day light. before they can make funeral plans for their son or before they can bury their child they have to face yet another attack on his body while they are attempting to have him rest in peace. they are very much distraught by this. that has driven the mother deeper into a state of depression. it has had such a catastrophic effect because they think they are trying to kill her child that is already dead. they think it is completely unfair. >> when your colleague was asked about this i believe yesterday

it said he was asked by one of my colleagues here at cnn do you believe that is michael brown in the surveillance video and he said i didn't know him but it appears to be him. do you know has the family said to you whether they believe that is their son? >> that's the interesting thing about the release of the video. you would think that before a video is displayed to the world that someone would have authenticated the identity of the individuals in those videos. that would be the mother, the father, some family member would have viewed that video much like they view a body and said that's my family member. that's my child. to my knowledge there has been no effort to authent kate individuals in that video, perhaps the chief feels they know mike brown jr. enough to identify them themselves. we questioned that. and so at this point i'm not in the position to comment as to

whether or not that is mike brown jr. or not. the mother hasn't seen the video but just heard about it. there has been no authentication of the people in this video by someone in the family. >> it's an important thing to point out. i want to talk to you, sir, about the curfew just announced there that is going to take effect tonight at midnight after we saw the looting that happened again last night after peaceful protests on thursday night, do you think that is a good move, a smart move on the part of law enforcement there and on the part of the governor of missouri to have this curfew in place at least tonight and then take it day by day? >> you got to take it day by day. i think it was a rational move to come up with some strategy. there is some place in the middle between perhaps no curfew or a midnight curfew, i don't know. i'm going to leave that up to the individuals that are in

operational control. however, i do think it is at least a step that the highway patrol is attempting and hopefully it will work. there is not much pushlic or back lash. i would wait and see like much of the strategies attempted in the past some work and some don't. right now the family wants to make sure that i send the message to everyone listening that they want calm and peace. they do not want violence. they do not want this situation to divide among racial lines and among any kind of ethnic groups. i practice law with caucasians, some of the best, some of the nice people who are in support of everything that kr do. i don't want this thing to turn into a black and white issue. the comments i'm receiving on the blog, the threatening voice mails i'm receiving from those coming from different races is just not fair. i'm urging the world not to take

the debate that we all stick together and call for a fair and impartial investigation that is all we call for from day one. we said let the chips fall where they may and let's all unify around that particular call. this is a color blind curiosity. asians are curious, mexicans are curious. people around the globe are curious. i don't want to get into this big divide and i hope it doesn't come down to that and neither does the family. >> it is an important message to be sending from the family. i know that tomorrow there is going to be an event, a rally held. what can you tell us about that? >> tomorrow at the greater grace church i understand that reverend al sharpton will be here spear heading an effort to galvanize a group of individuals and the community to just kind of unite around a day of peace and to start a movement towards

a peaceful campaign to get to the bottom of this case. so the purpose of tomorrow's meeting is primarily centered around that. we hope that he has great success in that. i can tell you that the mother is at least interested in coming. she has expressed a desire to be there. we are hopeful that she can gain enough strength to appear. >> before i let you go thank you for spending the time with us. before i let you go i want to ask you this. one of the big questions in this has been how many times was michael brown shot? what was the trajectory of the bullet, things we would find some answers to from the autopsy, the results of the first autopsy not released to you or the public. when are you doing the second autopsy of michael brown? and will you plan to release that information that you received to the public? do you want to share that with the public? is that something you are going to keep as you guys move forward in this? >> i will assure you of this,

poppy, that as we speak efforts are underway to conduct and complete the second autopsy which is really going to be considered somewhat of a second and third autopsy at one time. i am going to sit down with my partners ben crump and darryl parks and we are going to discuss what is the pros and cons of dissiminating that information. we will make a decision after we come together after talking about the results when we get there. >> we appreciate you being with us this evening here on cnn. thank you for taking the time. >> thank you for having me. i appreciate you. you guys have a great day. >> we have a lot more special coverage of the situation in ferguson, missouri as it unfolds. next we will have the executive director of the national organization of black law enforcement executives. he is going to weigh in on the curfew just set and will take place this evening. what is his take? is that the right move? a body at rest tends to stay at rest...

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welcome back. a news conference today with the governor of missouri became heated after he declared a state of emergency and announced a curfew for the city of ferguson. listen to protesters and citizens demanding to know if the officer who shot michael brown and killed him will be indicted.

>> joining me now from ferguson is cedric alexander, the executive director of the national organization of black law enforcement executives. thank you for being here, sir, we appreciate it. >> thank you. thank you for having me. >> that was just a snippet of what was a very tense meeting between officials, the governor there, ron johnson leading security and a lot of community members of ferguson demanding justice, wanting to see an arrest made, wanting to see an indictment come down. what is your response to the curfew put in place starting tonight there in ferguson? >> well, i really don't have an opinion in regards to the curfew. really that is an operational issue that i'm quite sure is being managed by the highway patrol here. whatever information or intelligence information they may be working off of they probably can answer that

question far more intelligent than i can being to the fact that you just never know what decision and why they made that decision so it would be hard for me to really comment on that. >> let's talk about what you have been doing on the ground there. you are there for a specific reason or purpose to help this community try to heal and rebuild. you have been lete meeting with local community leaders. what have you been hearing? >> one thing i had an opportunity to do today is i had an opportunity to meet the chief. he and i spent some time together going over a lot of the things that have occurred over the last week. he's asked for help from noble. we are going to reach out to him, and continue to reach out to him and going forward help provide training for his department around culture diversity and community oriented policing. it is evident and clear and i have been saying that over the course of the last week there is certainly a disconnect between

this community and the police department. i had the opportunity to meet with him today. in addition he and i also sat down earlier this morning and met with a number of community members particularly from the clergy and were able to work through some things and come up with a couple of ideas and maybe something to come up with quickly. >> can you share with us some of the ideas? we have heard from captain ron johnson a number of times. this is about being with the people in the community. we physically saw him walk with them on thursday night and say this is about talking, knowing each other. what are those ideas that you guys have come up with? >> well, what the clergy came up with and along with other community members in that room, there is some immediate needs that need to be addressed. one thing they committed to do was to make sure that those who are out looting and stealing and

creating mayhem at night, their statements were those people need to be arrested. they committed to support their local law enforcement in terms of doing that because they understand the importance of it. because they, too, want to see those that are protesting legally have an opportunity to do that. they are very committed to law enforcement being able to arrest those and engage those that are doing damage to innocent people and property, as well, too. in addition to that two other things we talked about again, i spoke about just a moment ago and that is training. doing training with the police department, engaging the community and opening up a dialogue and really starting to build a bridge that really has not been working, a bridge of communication not working between the two entities for some time. >> we appreciate you being with us and frankly having those meetings and helping to try to come up with some solution so that things can move forward in

a more productive way for everyone there on the ground in ferguson. thank you for being with us and sharing that with us this evening. we appreciate it. >> thank you for having me. >> of course. we are just hours away from that curfew taking effect in ferguson, missouri. it is going to happen at midnight there local time. my next guest blames what is happening on what he calls moral decay. what does he mean? that is next. ♪ [ male announcer ] over time, you've come to realize... [ starter ] ready! [ starting gun goes off ] [ male announcer ] it's less of a race... yeah! [ male announcer ] and more of a journey. keep going strong. and as you look for a medicare supplement insurance plan...

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curfew will go into effect in ferguson, missouri. the governor made that announcement today after several stores were looted overnoilth, windows were smashed and some molotov cocktails were thrown at businesses. >> last night where after hours of peaceful protesting small groups took to the streets with the intent of committing crimes and endangering citizens. that is unacceptable. so to protect the people and property of ferguson today i signed an order declaring a state of emergency and implementation of a curfew. >> joining me now is kevin jackson, the executive director of the black sphere, a conservative political action group and founder of the black conservative coalition. we appreciate it. >> my pleasure. >> what is your reaction to the looting that you saw take place overnight? >> well, i think it is pretty

sad that we have come to this point in america where something like that happens over a tragedy. i think that jay nixon who essentially put a band aid on a bullet hole by saying we are going to appoint a black man in charge and that would quell the bad behavior by people is ridiculous. >> the governor did not say he was putting a black man in charge that that is why. he put captain ron johnson, the head of the missouri state highway patrol there. >> he is the head of the missouri highway patrol that the two people that only have authority in this are the attorney general and governor of missouri. so ron johnson is a figure head put in place because the cries of diversity and the idea that a black man on the street or seeing a black face would make things better and it didn't.

>> you know, we have just had a guest on named cedric alexander just on with us. he has been meeting today even with the ferguson police chief and also met with a lot of local officials. one of the things he told us that he thinks could be effective moving forward is increased training for the police force. he said there is clearly a big divide here between the people of this community and their police force. i hear you laughing. i take it you do not agree with him? >> the fallback position for everything for liberals is let's do more diversity training. the cops -- prior to this incident there was nothing going on in ferguson. you probably didn't know what it was. most of the people watching this show didn't know where ferguson, missouri was. one incident occurs and suddenly the 53 police officers in ferguson are supposed to go through diversity training. and also mentioned reaching out to black clergy.

black clergy have been in the area for decades. the person responsible for the area, the representative, the lady that -- the state rep was on another program. she has been in charge of this area for decades. the congressional black caucus member has done nothing. suddenly we need this diversity training. there is a fundamental problem here. >> let me ask you this. we just heard our jason carroll who has been on the ground throughout this week reporting saying even in the first moments that he got there on the ground on monday morning that he was told by community member after community member this has been a long time coming, this boiling over is because of the strained race relations in this community and they are the people that live there saying that to him. can you understand the outcry? >> i live in a racially charged area and so on and so forth.

if you live in an urban indoctrination center known as a city it is all at a boiling point. it has nothing to do with white police officers or black police officers. it has to do with the fact that there is hopefulessness. the people promising hope in these black communities are the black folks over them like the congressional black caucus, state reps and everything else. that is not the problem. the problem is these kids don't have jobs. their parents don't have jobs and they are struggling to get the basic stuff out of life. >> what do you mean these kids? we are talking about ferguson. we are talking about michael brown who just graduated from high school and was going on to college, did not have a criminal record? talking specifically about this, sir. >>. [ laughter ] poppy, every time you talk about michael brown you want to make him a choir boy. >> i never said that. to be fair i never said that.

>> okay. let's not just talk about him as being a kid going to college and had no criminal record. you saw the video of what michael brown did. that doesn't condemn him to death but doesn't make him a choir boy. let's face it for what it is and talk about why michael brown went in, grabbed cigars that were not his, strong armed the person who owned the store because there is a victim. that is an absolute victim. and stop glossing over this issue as if michael brown was the best thing since sliced bread. i get it. i have four sons. i feel sorry for his parents and i feel sorry that this young man was killed and i think the investigation needs to vet that out. every time you are mentioning as if he is a choir boy it upsets me. >> understood. i did not call him a choir boy. i do want to end on this moving forward with you and i appreciate your time coming on. let's talk about solutions. if you think that diversity

training isn't the right solution, understood, what is the solution? how does this community begin to heal and move forward? obviously they need a thorough accurate investigation. for the broader community what do they do? >> for the broader community people need to understand that we are not -- america is not the racist onclave that everybody says that it is. the cops are not targeting black people, neither are white folks. why don't you give diversity training to people going to the football game. we meld at restaurants and schools and as a nation as part of the mosaic every day in multiple ways. just as the police help people every single day. but we take a situation like this, we blow it out of proportion because that is what happened. we want to set the narrative that one side is good and the other side is bad. that is what is bad. i don't know how this is going to shake out but if that cop did

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just a few hours ago the missouri governor and top officials at the highway patrol held a news conference, a gathering of community members. the man in charge of security in ferguson is highway patrol captain ron johnson. he said the curfew that takes effect at midnight will hopefully improve safety in the area. >> we will enforce the curfew in an effort to provide safety and security in the area. i have seen a great amount of people standing out and speak their voice. i have seen people show compassion towards each other, strengthen each other and that is what we are going to talk

about today is a positive impact that our community is showing on this nation and we will survive this and we will make a change. >> well, it was very tense. after this curfew was announced you heard a number of community members yelling out at points interrupting the officials saying we want justice, when is an arrest going to happen. what else did you hear from the people you spoke with there? >> much of the passion from protesters that you hear with every car that passes by that made its way into the press conference and the concerns from some of the members of the public really interrupting governor jay nixon whose soul purpose was to bring everybody up to speed with what are security concerns here in the streets of ferguson. his goal was to announce this executive order which would

create the curfew and state of emergency. a lot of people really calling for the arrest of officer darren wilson, the officer here who pulled the trigger saturday killing michael brown. every time that many of these officials whether the head of the missouri state police or governor nixon would try to focus on security, many members of the community angry and continue to shift the focus on their ongoing search for justice. we did get to hear from members of the public moments after the announcement. i do want you to hear a portion of the interviews. >> i am worried because we have shown we have the capacity and the respect from the demonstrators to get them to end at a certain time. and the new state of emergency deadline is worrying me because 12:00 midnight is too soon. >> i think the people have a right to rebel.

and by rebel we don't mean breaking windows and stealing things. i'm not going to judge those people. i think people are up to here. a young man was about to go to college on monday. he had a future before him and now his mother will live the rest of her life suffering his death. >> reporter: just a sample of the mixed reaction as the announcements were made by missouri governor. we are getting quite a mixed reaction. some people feel this could be the right way to go as you hear out and about after 3:00 that clearly that might be concern and lead to potential law breaking. some individuals feel that might lead to more confrontation between police and demonstrators. one question that was difficult to answer because of the drama that unfolded was exactly how missouri state police plan to actually enforce this curfew. we do know that captain ron johnson who is the man in charge here said they will steer away

from the armored trucks and tear gas and focus on the one-on-one interactions and potential violators will be asked to go home. tonight will be a major game changer. we will be watching the streets of ferguson. authorities do want to make sure that these demonstrations and protests remain as peaceful as the ones you see behind me. >> i think everyone wants that. appreciate the reporting. the shooting death of michael brown as raised a lot of legal questions, all made more complicated by the frayed emotions in the ferguson community. brian clayfield joins me now. thank you for being with us. we appreciate it. >> thanks for having me, poppy. >> we had a trial lawyer on earlier today who told me that she thinks it is taking a really long time to see if any charges are going to be filed or aren't going to be filed. is this taking a long time? >> over the past ten years i

have been a civil rights attorney in los angeles. i represented at least ten families of young men shot and killed by police officers. four of those young men were shot unarmed. two were white. one was hispanic and one was black. i have hugged mothers of all four and cried with them. i have consoled them. and all four of those mothers said the following sentence, all four of them. i want justice now. there are two problems with that term. that is what everybody in ferguson wants. they want justice now. there are two problems, though. the word now, it will not happen now. there has to be a very, very extensive criminal investigation that involves processing of physical evidence, forensic evidence, medical evidence and eyewitness testimony. you have to reenact two shootings. the shooting that allegedly occurred outside the car of the officer and the shooting in the street. that is going to take a lot of

time. and then the other comment that the families said they want justice. the form of justice that a lot of families of those killed by officers might take a different form and a different shape than what they expect. and that is really, really difficult for them to process. >> i also want to talk about the video, the convenience store video that allegedly shows michael brown, his attorneys are not confirming nor his family that was indeed him but let's show it to you there. this convenience store video taken ten minutes before michael brown was shot and killed. the strong armed robbery leaving with cigars that police say it is michael brown. talk to me about admissibility of that in court and the potential importance or is it not important because we know that officer darren wilson who shot and killed michael brown had not seen that video before he approached him on the street. >> that's a great question.

here is how you break it down. the measure of whether a police officer can be charged with homicide or held culpable in a civil court is what was in their mind at the time they shot. it is an objective standard. but you have to look at information that they had in front of them or gained from audio dispatch tapes. audio dispatch tapes will be crucial in this investigation. it will tell us about the dialogue taking place leading up to the shooting. getting back to your question. if this shooting officer is not aware of the prior robbery then it may not be admissible. here is another problem, though. it may come in another way which is it could possibly explain why michael brown reacted the way he did because a question that everybody wants to have answered is why did the person flee? i have had cases like that. why are you fleeing from the

police officers? it could be argued if michael brown did do this robbery that that explains why he was fleeing the scene. that will be a difficult call for the judge. >> there are still a lot of questions. the police chief clarifying remarks in an interview with dadon lemon saying the officer may not have known michael brown was the suspect but did know cigars were taken and may have seen michael brown with cigars. there are so many questions about that. i wish i could keep talking to you for a lot longer and get more of your thoughts. we will have you on soon. thank you for joining us. >> sure. thanks for having me. >> the response is almost immediate. something happens and social media reacts. you know that. how has social media played a role in what has unfolded over the last week in ferguson, missouri? we will talk about that next. ♪ ♪

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just as social media has brought attention to what has happened in ferguson it's been the lead all over cable news for the past week as well. let's bring in brian setter, our

senior media correspondent, host of "reliable sources." you think social media has helped in terms of getting reporters to cover the story in the beginning. >> to get the spotlight on the story. i know the first time i heard about it, since it was seven days ago, was saturday evening on twitter and facebook as well. there's in concept called black twitter. the african-american community is especially prominent on twitter, disproportionate number of users who are african-american. a very active community there. and this became a big story there. and on twitter more generally before it did on cable news. >> this hash tag that became broadly known, if they gunned me down. the impact you think that had on this story resonating in all of the major networks having people there by monday morning, if not sunday night? >> i think the hash tag if they gun me down was an example of accountability, holding the press and reporters accountable early on. almost any time there's a controversial story we see a variety of photos of the victim. we saw this during the trayvon

martin coverage. different photos of him depicted in different ways. similarly with michael brown. there were photos being used some people, especially again in that area, idea of black twitter, thought were inappropriate, thought were portraying him in a foul and unfairway. as opposed to, say, a photo from graduation that we're showing right now. the concept of if they gunned me down, how i would be portrayed? a very provocative concept. >> what about the risks? there was a group, a group that is very anonymous on social media putting out the name of the police officer they said was responsible for this. >> right. >> before the police did. >> wrongly, twice. >> wrong name. >> that's not the only example of false information spreading online. there was a particularly heinous example where the ferguson police chief's wife was claimed to have posted this nasty facebook message calling the protesters feral, all these bad names. it was a hoax, it was fake. thankfully was not picked up on by traditional media. but it spread online to the point some people still believe it's true.

that's a great and very ugly example of how information can spread online and why we need both traditional media as well as social media. >> you also think it helps with putting the positives out there. >> it does. you see people looting on television, we've also been showing the cleanup. a lot of pictures online of the cleanup. so social media can accentuate the positives and it can be viral that way. >> appreciate you coming in. thank you, more from brian, 11:00 a.m. tomorrow morning here on cnn, "reliable sources." don't miss that. we'll be back after a quick break. at your credit report sit. do you guys have identity theft protection? [ male voice ] i'm sorry, did you say identity distribution? no. protection. identity theft protection. you have selected identity distribution. your identity will now be shared with everyone. thank you. no, no, no -- [ click, dial tone ] [ female announcer ] not all credit report sites are equal. [ male voice ] we're good in here, howie. yeah, have a good night, brother. experian.com members get personalized help plus identity theft protection. join now at experian.com. with enrollment in experian credit tracker.

welcome back. we were speaking about social media and the impact in ferguson, missouri, over the last week. let's now get more on that from jean casarez. >> reporter: always on, unfiltered. a technological eyewitness to history. the smartphones, text messages, and social media of ferguson, missouri. front and center in this crisis. >> as you know, particularly with social media, there is so much information out there and we're urging anyone and everyone with any information at all that pertains to this, by all means contact us. >> reporter: all of that information can be tough to wade through. some of it dramatic, like this video taken moments after the shooting. then there's this. the group anonymous tweeted out what they say is the name of the officer who shot 18-year-old michael brown. the problem? they didn't get it right. the st. louis county police department responds. twitter spends the account. >> as with any new technology

there's the threat of misinformation, of wrong facts and data being spread. >> reporter: but with no filter, information can be worldwide with the touch of a finger. making investigations more challenging. >> unfortunately, i think it's a double-edged sword. on one hand i think evidence that is recorded, created by individuals who were there, i think it can be tremendously powerful and very helpful, but it can also be misleading. >> on social media you can sense so much anger, so much outrage, and a little bit of fear as well. these websites amplify people's emotions. >> reporter: it is one reason why police in washington state are asking citizens to think twice before tweeting when they see officers at work. for fear of disrupting investigations. attorney c.j. lawrence couldn't believe when it he saw one social media response to this picture of michael brown, which some interpreted as him holding up a gang sign. >> look at him, hanging the

streets with his pants sagging, i don't feel sorry for him at all." and i was shocked by that. >> reporter: lawrence tweeted out a picture of himself with president clinton and separately with a bottle of booze. asking which picture would get more attention. #if they gun me down has gone viral, showing perceptions can cloud reality. police vow to use every source of information at their disposal to get to the truth. >> one thing that i have pledged is that we will do a full, fair, complete, and impartial investigation into this. nothing will be head of the untouched. >> reporter: or in this case unsaid, or unread. jean casarez, cnn, new york. >> as we have seen, tonight a state of emergency has been

declared in ferguson, missouri, coming down from the governor of missouri. the town's fragile peace has crumbled in the days after the killing of 18-year-old michael brown by a police officer. we have just learned that brown's family has hired famed pathologist michael baden to perform a second autopsy on brown's body. he testified in the trials of o.j. simpson, phil spector, and drew peterson. a cue few goes into effect on the streets of ferguson. state patrol captain ron johnson spoke at what became a contentious community member meeting. really talking about why they're putting this curfew into place. at the same time, what you heard from members of the community speaking out after that announcement saying, we want justice, we want justice now, saying when is an arrest going to be made? it went on for a very, very long time. a contentious meeting between some of the leaders of that community and the police officers and some of the community members demanding answers. as we mentioned a