french is a city alderman near st. louis, missouri. you may recall he was arrested last week while documenting the protests and police presence there in ferguson. want you to take a listen to what he had to say just a few minutes ago. >> i was out there doing what i've been doing all week. just being with folks out here trying to keep them safe. trying to keep this whole thing peaceful as best as possible. we worked with a lot of different community leaders and organizations to make sure we pass the message to everybody here that they should be off the street by midnight. the vast majority of people did. there was a hardcore group that kind of posted over by the barbecue joint there. >> what was that like? were you in the midst of that group? >> yeah, sure. >> what were they yelling? >> well, first we were talking to them and just trying to get them to go home. some of them did. we let them know that, you know, this is not necessarily a government-imposed curfew, that we as community leaders have worked with them to we'll be back out h

alderman french, thanks very much for being with us. i appreciate your being here tonight. >> thanks for having me. >> first, let me just ask you about what's happening right now, what happened today in ferguson, and in north st. louis after the announcement that there had been another officer-involved fatal shooting? >> yeah, so it's a tense night. you know, we're very hopeful that we'll keep the peace tonight. we did have an officer-involved shooting in north st. louis near my own ward. the alderman there, chris carter, gave me a call and let me know something happened. we went over there, and it was early in the scene. crowd started to form. some people trying to see what happened, and that crowd quickly grew and it became a tense moment. but i was out there, chris carter was out there. the chief of police was out there. the chief did a great swrjob, i thought, at updating the media as to what happened right on site, then walked over and updated the public directly. there were some folks angry, but i think people appreciate it that h

we've seen evidence of that so far, but as the alderman said, sun is just down. it's just nightfall now in ferguson and has been the turning point for the last few nights. we'll be right back. stay with us. sweater, extra sweater oh and this is the xfinity tv go app. he can watch live tv from over 50 channels and xfinity on demand movies and shows wherever he wants. have fun, make some friends. alright? did i mention his neck pillow? (blowing) ♪ >>> police brutality. vigils held in boston. and austin, texas. chicago. in brooklyn. in baltimore. and new orleans. and in manhattan. what started as a movement online, on facebook and twitter, turned into a flesh and blood national group of gatherings today. people came together in denver, colorado. they gathered in chicago, illinois. and in portland, oregon. this is just a nationwide outpouring. people putting their hands in the air to say, don't shoot. this was in orlando, florida. don't shoot in nashville, tennessee. don't shoot, baltimore, maryland. look at this, folks gathered in washington, d.c., big crowd in d.c.

louis alderman, antonio french. this video another instance in which police presence can appear to be overwhelming. there are reports circulating online right now that riot police are moving in on protesters at the local quick trip. an hour ago i spoke with alderman french who's been documenting the protests. he was standing in front of that quick trip. i asked him what he saw last night and how his judgment was to how the police reacted to last night's events. >> listen, i think since this thing first happened, as soon as the -- even while the body was still on the ground, i think the police at times have taken a heavy-handed approach and at times that has made things worse, i think. last night we had a large group of people here at the qt again which has become a rallying point. they were peacefully protesting. as it got larger, there were some guys that made their way out on to the street. a few of them jumped on cars and that's when the police came in. and they came in very heavy. they had assault weapons, gas m

i know your an alderman from nearby st.uis, but do you know the reflection of the demographics within the police department in ferguson? it's 67% african-american population. in the city. what is the police department though? >> i understand they only have about three or four african-american officers here in ferguson. that's the information that's been given out. what is happening in ferguson isn't different from a lot of municipalities. small municipalities that have large african-american populations and very few black police officer. what happens is there's such a disconnect between the community and the police that tensions have been rising for years and years. it's not exclusive tofr to ferguson. a connection between the african-american community and the people who police it. >> to that end, the guest that just preceded you was the mayor, james know els of ferguson. he said that very thing, this is not just a problem in ferguson. your city, st. louis, is it the same? are you facing the same possibilities? are you fac

louis alderman antonio french, a presence at both the ferguson and st. louis protests, urged calm. >> this is not ferguson. one of those problems in ferguson is those folks didn't feel they had representation and didn't have faith in government and didn't have faith in the police department. but they do have representation here. this is our neighborhood. >> joining me now from ferguson, a democratic state senator from the fifth district, senator shooed, thanks for joining me on a busy day. do you think there's truth, that the st. louis police, their initial response is better than the ferguson police department's response? >> oh, absolutely. and i think that the city of st. louis will get to the bottom line of that incident. we're going to have transparent and fair investigation. >> let me ask you, alderman french pointed out one of issues he saw was lack of black representation in city governance and institutions. do you think this episode is going to galvanize more members of the african-american community to participate and also run for office? >> oh,

alderman lewis, dr.e inability to see black or brown kids or poor kids as human beings and as a result they are n they are not extended the fundamental basis we use to treat other kids, that is treat them with respect and dignity, don't assault them or shoot them, if they are doing something wrong, tap them on the back of the hands, let me take you to your parents as opposed to gun them down in the streets? >> michael, here's -- you know, and then -- when you think about this issue, right, and the way african-americans especially our teens are being st. louis, but america, media plays a major role in the perception that people have of these kids when they approach them. if every time you see an african-american child on tv, if he's involved in crime or whatever, then you naturally begin to have that perception. i think everybody has a role to play in turning this thing around. the other thing is when we think about the reresources that need to be available within the communities, everything from jobs to

so i think that goes a long way. >> now let me go back to you alderman french. you have been out there with the protesters. and there's been a lot of concern about the local prosecutors, local authorities. how important is the attorney general coming in, given the concerns in the community. i'm not talking about those of us observing or coming in from the outside. but in the community, what does it mean to them that have expressed this concern about how local authorities might handle this investigation. >> yeah, you know, there is almost no faith here in this local community that there is going to be a fair investigation and fair result from the county prosecutor. so having the attorney general come here personally is a strong statement that the federal government is looking to make sure the justice is served in this case. whatever that may be. but also, we are still calling on the governor to reconsider and the point of special prosecutor. because even comments made as soon as within the last 24 hours, it really endangered people's faith that county prosecutor

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the property from the aldermans . >> we will have to see if a person was shot or not. the on scene commander no doubt has that information. they will look to arrest anyone who is armed and shooting people if that's the case. i see a measured response. this is the way we want our swat and tactical officers to operate. carefully, slowly, methodically, using just enough force to effect the mission. in this case, for people to go home. and not to use too much force. i don't see excessive force. certainly it appears as strong force. >> but warranted in your opinion? >> well i haven't seen any overwhelming tactics. people can say i don't like the look of the armored truck, well it protects them from being shot, it also has two benches, that the officers sit in to go there. those are commercially built police armored vehicles. >> gh g. to have your perspective with us as we are almost two hours into this curfew in ferguson, missouri after a state of emergency has been declared. thank you. >>> let's turn to todd johnson for a bit of a wrap up. has the situation changed. is it

alderman french is for the 23rd ward. let you get back into the meeting. >> thank you. >> the new presiden -- the curre minister nouri al-maliki is not stepping down. john terret, tell us what he had to say. >> the president is not here in martha's vineyard, broke into his holiday o ostensibly to maka political statement on the outcome in iraq. some of the yazidi people who are camped out on the top of mount sinjar at the moment fleeing the islamic state forces, some of them have begun to escape. and the president says the united states is presently working with their international partners to try to lead them to safety. iraq having a new prime minister elect, haider al-abadi, president obama spoke to the prime minister elect on the telephone. at the course of the conversation president obama pledged support, and says it's very important for iraqi people to regain trust in their political process which at the moment they have lost. take a look. >> today iraq took a promising step forward in this critical effort. last mont

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you talked to an alderman detained by police.hat did he tell you some. >> so much has happened in just the last few hours, carol, as you mentioned. we're hearing a possible officer's name involved in this shooting which we're working to confirm. you can see it's calm here now but we're learning of protests that are being planned for today, not just here in ferguson but all over the country. the missouri governor is on his way here to visit ferguson today and the president, we know, is monitoring the situation and has been briefed from martha's vineyard where he's vacationing with his family. one of the reasons the situation is still escalating, we're hearing on the ground here, is that police they say are still trying to oppress protesters' voices and that's exactly the message that we got from alderman antonio french. he's a st. louis city alderman and he was among those arrested last night for what he says not listening to police. listen to what he told us. >> i was out there with the protesters. i had been out there about two

louis alderman antonio french joins me live from ferguson. he has spoken with this program before.e tried to convince the protesters to aed abide by the curfew, but it did not work. also, reverend renita, with the episcopal church. she was also among some of the protester earlier on in the story and she said police shot her with a rubber bullet during some of the protests there. alderman french -- sorry, go ahead. >> i'm here go ahead. >> if i could begin with you, with the news, mostly due to last night, some of the prior nights where there's been violence, arrests, tear gas, even gunfire police say from the crowd, the national guard is coming in. i wanted to get your reaction to that, mr. french. >> yeah, you know, i'm worried about safety tonight in ferguson. the presence of the national guard, along with the release of the autopsy results. and last night's violence, including the gassing of children and women. i think that's a dangerous combination. i'm really worried about what we're going to see tonight. i understand that, you know, if it's true, as the police have said, that

louis alderman antonio french was arrested last night. he said officers dragged him out of his car where he'd gone to escape teargas. demonstrators protested alderman french's arrest outside the police station. a local film maker and columnist covering the protest were arrested, too. there is no justification for the police force we have seen against peaceful residents. and intimidating the journalists trying to shine light on this story is shameful. joining me now are the two men arrested while they were covering that protest, ryan frank and umar lee. thank you both for being here. >> you're welcome. >> thank you for having us. >> let me start with you, umar, why did the place say they were arresting you? >> the police said they were arresting us for failing to obey an order. we were standing on a public sidewalk monitoring the events. they were using teargas, rough house tactics in the streets i grew up in in tanks, sniper rifles. we wanted to monitor what they were doing. the public has a right to know. when you don't have a free media

alderman antonio french of st. louis is at the ferguson police department rally. he's been live tweeting it. what can you tell us about what's bubbling over there? >> well, i think what you see here is a lot of anger and tension that's been bubbling for a long time between young african-american males and the largely white police officers that patrol the neighborhoods. ferguson is no different than the many municipalities around ferguson in north st. louis county and really in my neighborhood in north st. louis city, we feel a lot of the same tension. i think that's why you see so many people coming to ferguson to show support for mike brown and his family. but also to stand in protest against police discrimination and police abuse. >> tell us about ferguson, where we're watching this footage. it's got a population of 21,000. that's mostly black population. 70% black. what are the racial dynamics like there? >> well, the racial dynamics, what i've heard on -- someone posted on facebook that ferguson could be very volatile racially. the racial dynamics there, peopl

louis city alderman. he doesn't represent ferguson. but what i'm thinking, the extent that ferguson folks are there, it takes them out of the emotion. get them registered, thinking about politics, and it's a done deal. >> i got to say goodbye. to our guests, thanks a lot. that brings us to the end of "inside story." thanks for being with us. from washington, i'm ray suarez. >> s >>> this is al jazeera america. live from new york city. i'm richelle carey. here are the top stories - widespread damage and dozens hurt after an early-morning earthquake in california. >> i'm peter, a journalist in boston, massachusetts. >>> an american held hostage by a rebel group in syria has been freed. >>> israel says bombs will fall wherever

louis city alderman. he doesn't represent ferguson. but what i'm thinking, the extent that ferguson folks are there, it takes them out of the emotion. get them registered, thinking about politics, and it's a done deal. >> i got to say goodbye. to our guests, thanks a lot. that brings us to the end of "inside story." thanks for being with us. from washington, i'm ray suarez. >> because michael was a big guy, but he was a kind, gentle soul. before he left this earth, the day that he was killed he was out spreading the word of jesus christ. this moment michael also stated to the family that one day the world would know his

auld alderman french, thank you for being back with us. i appreciate it.now you must be tired after this long week. >> it has been a long week. >> yeah. let me ask your reaction to these incident reports. the decision by the prosecutor's office to not release more information while the grand jury is still in session, it seems like this might be the end in terms of official information about the shooting of mike brown, at least for a while. >> yeah, i think what we're seeing throughout this whole process is really missteps on the local authority's part at how they are releasing information, when they release information, and how much information they release. and that's unfortunate because besides the tragedy of mike brown's death, the other thing we really have to fix and people want to see work done on is restoring faith in the justice system here locally. and they are not helping the situation. >> this is the end of a long two weeks, as you said, a long two weeks punctuated by pretty violent clashes, by more than 100 arrests. i can hear people in the str

alderman chris carter.in that particular case, there was an alderwoman who was actually a witness to the incident, so folks there shouldn't feel like this is going to be swept under the rug. in fact, we've already called for hearings of the public safety committee to start looking at how st. louis city police officers are trained. whether they're trained to shoot or wound. and what cases lethal force is justified. >> when you talk about healing, there's a tremendous am of trauma in this community. i was struck yesterday, there was a memorial in the middle of the street of campfield right here where mike brown was shot, and there were people around and just completely broken up, and it occurred to me that because of what we've seen with the tear gas and protests and this intense media microscope that's come over this town, there's not been a lot of space for people to grieve, to process, to process everything that's happened in the last 12 days. >> yeah. that normal process usually involves these public prot

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louis city alderman. he doesn't represent ferguson. but what i'm thinking, the extent that ferguson folks are there, it takes them out of the emotion. get them registered, thinking about politics, and it's a done deal. >> i got to say goodbye. to our guests, thanks a lot. that brings us to the end of "inside story." thanks for being with us. from washington, i'm ray suarez. [ shouting ] >> israeli jets kill three top hamas commanders in gaza, but civilians have also paid the price. ♪ >>> i'm in doha with the world news from al jazeera. also coming up, a record settlement, banc of america is to pay nearly $17 billion over its part in the 2008 financial crash. consolidating power. turkey's president elect nominates the new

louis alderman antonio french is here also. thank you for being on the program. mr. gaskin, i'll start with you. what the the release of the video doing to the already fragile relationship between police and people in missouri. >> well, it furthers our argument that many people on the ground distrust the local police department, that they have a fear of police here on the ground, that they fear police officers and they feel as though many police officers here do not have their safety as the number one priority. that's exactly why the naacp youth are leading a march this saturday at 3:00 -- 2:00, excuse me, here in ferguson to put up -- make a stand of everything that's happening in america. we have youth across the country are very upset about that. we have board member theresa veer here on the ground that are providing mentorship to these young people to help them channel their energy. but that's one of the reasons we're having a huge national march here in st. louis this weekend. >> john, these officers were doing their job. they claim they were threatened with a k

louis city alderman. he doesn't represent ferguson. but what i'm thinking, the extent that ferguson folks are there, it takes them out of the emotion. get them registered, thinking about politics, and it's a done deal. >> i got to say goodbye. to our guests, thanks a lot. that brings us to the end of "inside story." thanks for being with us. from washington, i'm ray suarez. >> announcer: this is al jazeera. >>> hello, welcome to the al jaseera newshour from our headquarters in doha. coming up in the next 60 minutes... [ explosion ] >>> confusion in libya as a rebel militia seize control of the international airport. israel's prime minister warns his army will strike targets in gaza, and tells civilians to get out of the way. >>> a search

louis city alderman. he doesn't represent ferguson. but what i'm thinking, the extent that ferguson folks are there, it takes them out of the emotion. get them registered, thinking about politics, and it's a done deal. >> i got to say goodbye. to our guests, thanks a lot. that brings us to the end of "inside story." thanks for being with us. from washington, i'm ray suarez. >> a grand jury begins hearing evidence in the killing of michael brown attorney general eric holder has arrived in missouri with federal investigators. we'll have details from his advice. plus business owns open up about how the unrest has affected them and we'll hear from protesters and activists who are in the middle of the fray. all that at 6:00 p.m. caltech >>> this is "techknow", a show about innovations that saves lives. we explore hardware and humanity in a unique way. this is a show about scientists by scientists. let's check out the team of so-called nerves. lindsay moran, an analyst - new technology can make guns safer. does it work. we put it to the "tec

>> i don't know. >> chief we had an alderman arrested from the city of st.ouis, he said he was pulled out of his car and there were other people across the street, sitting in their car just to wait to see what was going on police pulled them out of their car and arrested them. why would that be? >> all i can say, if anybody was arrested from what i understand because they were in an area that was being cleared by police. once it was declared by the commander on the scene as an unlawful gathering because of the violence you know everything going then they have to clear it. >> (inaudible) photographs and -- >> reporters were releaseat the scene and they were upset (inaudible). >> and chief there are a few names circulating about this officer that was involved, we're hearing brian goreman darren wilson, any truth to that? >> we're going to have conversation about release of the name. i guess it's anonymous put out a name this morning, brian-something that's not the name. i haven't seen anything else. >> protesters who are just here announced another name and th

alderman antonio french has been known to use social media to document the shooting of michael brown. and two reporters covering the story, ryan riley from "the huffington post" and wesley lowery" from the "washington post" were arrested while sitting in a mcdonald's not far from the demonstrations. they were let go a short time later and not charged with a crime. they spoke with chris hayes last night and described their interaction with police. >> i was told to stop resisting, despite the fact that i had gone limp and was not resisting at all, at least my arms were limp. and then on the way out of the mcdonald's, my head was purposely slammed into the glass door and the officer sarcastically remarked that he was sorry. >> they threw me up against the soda machine, put my hands behind my back. i dropped things out of my hands, said i'm not going to resist, i am not resisting. and they said you are resisting, stop resisting. i said, no, i'm not resisting, i'm not going to resist. they took me outside. i was standing outside and they were giving us information, tell us what we were bei

louis alderman, antonio french. good to have you with us. down with the activities and the protests that unfolded in the recent days. what's different in the last 48 hours from what you can see? >> we've had two peaceful nights in a row. we haven't had that in a long time, and i think folks have really been fatigued from all of the violence and the conflict on the streets and they've had a couple of nights of peace. i spent most of this morning at the local library here that's been turned into a makeshift school. school has been out and classes have not been in session since this conflict has been going on so people are eager to get their kids back in school and get back to some kind of normalcy. >> did the attorney general's visit in ferguson make a difference? is this a result of his visit? >> i think it is. i think the central issue here is that people have lost faith in the justice system and the violence you saw is that people felt they were not getting any recourse out of the local jurisdiction and out of the county jurisdiction and i

. >> alderman french, are you satisfied right now with the police response? very outspoken in condemning the looters, in standing physically in front of them. in trying to deescalate such situations. do you think the police are doing their part to that as well? >> well, i'm very happy to see a peaceful night so far here in ferguson. we've been through a lot. especially last night. i'm happy to see that the police officers are out here and they're getting the support they need with the national guard. there are some things that trouble me. the fact that people are anot allowed in walk and stand still on the sidewalk without fear of arrest. i think we can loosen the reins a little buiit on that and i'lle continuing to advocate for that. step one was to establish peace. it was just -- it was just a very bad situation we had last night. >> yes, indeed. >> when we see scenes of children being gassed, we have to take every measure to avoid that. >> it seems to me, paul, and alderman, there's this kind of dynamic that set in in the early hours of the morning in whic

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the local alderman is demanding more police involvement. the condition of arrowstream c- e-o steven lavoie has been upgraded from critical to stable. lavoie was shot in the head and stomach july 31st by disgruntled employee tony defrances then shot and killed himself. lavoie's wife posted an update on her husband's condition, saying he is breathing on his own but not speaking or eating. about 25 midlothian residents came out last night to walk around the neighborhood's metra station. this comes after a fourth woman was attacked after getting off the train. the group is a part of the local citizen's policing committee.. which focuses on keeping an extra eye on the neighborhood. signs have been posted at the midlothian metra station to remind residents to stay alert... and to call 9-1-1 if they're scared to walk home alone. a father and son remain in the will county jail, after pleading "not guilty" to the bat-beating death of a man in romeoville. mark ballard attended yesterday's hearing by video hookup from the jail. his 15-year-old son ada

i just talked to a man who walked out of the jail, an alderman here in the st. louis area and he talked a little bit about what led up to the unrest last night. we'll hear from him in a minute, but first, i want to walk you through exactly what happened. overnight, ferguson erupted, perhaps the most chaotic protests and police response yet. angry crowds throwing bottles at law enforcement and police firing tear gas and flash bangs to disperse them. a tv news crew on the scene runs for cover after a tear gas canister lands directly in front of them. >> there it is, they're firing onto the crowd. ouch! [ bleep ] they're firing rubber bullets. >> reporter: dramatic video shot by a reporter on the ground captures utter chaos. police advance on the protesters, sending them running in fear. >> stop throwing stuff at them! >> reporter: as officers fire rubber bullets and smoke grenades in this residential neighborhood. at least 18 arrested overnight, including two journaliests, detained while police attempted to clear out a local mcdonald's. the altercation caught on c

louis board of alderman, i take that to be a council, local council. >> yes. >> if you could help us understand some of the clashes occurring here and what people have described as a leadership vacuum. we've heard from cab ta captain , but has enough leadership been taken on. >> although i'm the president of the alderman in the city of st. louis, this is the city of ferguson that we're in. we've been reaching out and have not got the response we would like to see, but they are managing other things also. it's a small city, but this is one of the biggest things this city in this region has ever seen. so they're busy managing their constituent issues and everything else, and the business-- >> shouldn't they be managing their message, stepping up and explaining what it is that the city is doing and what the county police have been doing? >> yes, they should. part of the challenge is working with captain johnson coming in, and the local law enforcement not really turning everything completely to him. i think its important that they step back, and turn it over completely to him and follow

and a chicago alderman is accusing a political committee of targeting the mayor's opponents.ow available for dogs. will tell you about that coming up. heavyo the area -- even shutting-down the eisenhower early this morning. we are *live with the latest. overnight developments out of the middle east, as another 72- hour cease-fire appears to be holding. and, the two americans who contracted ebola in africa received an experimental treatment. we'll have details. good morning, i'm dan ponce. erin joins us at the top of the hour. let's first get right to sarah for a look at traffic. >> if your just waking up with us you'll want to listen with a lot going on because of the overnight flooding. look of the eisenhower, eastbound is shut down between first and harlem because of high standing water. steeply say it's a mixture of water and mud between that stretch. westbound is shut down as well but at the top of the hour they were able to open the west bound to traffic. now it's just eastbound that remains shut down. think about the kennedy or the stevenson. in light volume of traffic

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in connection is the alderman of swat we're looking forward to a long relationship but want to recognizeike and bryan as well as their colleague michael who couldn't be here that represented us on the marketing and leasing on the project finally i gaffe one of the colleague and partners they've been here we're on schedule and budget and intent intend to keep it that way in addition their going to participate in an experiment we're boring from london and we're going to post on the job site sense penn cal commits to this county to be a respectful contractor to manage noise that unfortunately comes from construction if this works maybe others in the city will follow us the biggest thank you to so mayor ed lee and his administration we're joined by director ram and jean who worked hard with us over the past year and a half to get us here we're appreciative of our font we have the building inspection to make sure that the permits arrive on time to keep things going and in addition to that this project recommendation what the city has been trying to do with long-term planning this is part of t

louis alderman, and patricia bynes, committeewoman of ferguson township. thank you for being here tonight. >> thank you for having us. >> alderman, let me go to you fist. you have been on the ground so much in ferguson. what's the mood like today after the funeral? >> i think it's somber. this was an opportunity for people in the community to come out, show their support for their family, help them mourn and show them that we do have their backs for the long haul in their fight for justice. as you know, it was a well attended funeral. hundreds, thousands of people came. i think it was a strong show of support for the family. >> patricia, let me ask you. you were there with us this this morning. what's next for the town? >> well, reverend al, first, thank you very much for your words. they were healing, not only to the family but to the community. it was a message that we neededed to hear. i want to thank antonio for helping and coming out and helping us here in ferguson. because what's next is the hard work where we are rolling up our sleeves. now is the r

. >> let me ask both of you, alderman french, the state highway patrol and remove the st. louis county police? >> i am. it's already a noticeable difference in tone. really, it has been the police presence, the heavy-handed presence which escalated the situation and i think led to the violence each night and so it's good to see this new approach already. there is a different attitude and a different interaction between the crowd and police and i am very hopeful for a peaceful night. >> are you also encouraged, carissa? >> yes, very much so. i mean, i know that the smoke that they were putting out there and pellets, it looked as if at night this area turned into a war zone. they were controlling an uncontrollable crowd and these people, just as myself, were peaceful doing nothing that considered us a threat. >> very quickly to both of you, are either of you facing any real charges, or is all that dropped? carissa, first to you. >> for 13 hours i sat there and told me in so many ways i'm not charged but i realized that 13 hours was there for me to just think and i thought lo

louis alderman.r. >> good morning. >> what y do you think it's taken police so long so release this officer's name? >> reporte >> i'm not sure why it's taking so long but details coming out would help to give people a sense of hope that justice will be served, and hopefully give these young people something so they won't be so violent in the evenings. >> the autopsy and police aren't releasing that in its totality either, and that would, of course, tell us how many times brown was shot. should they release it immediately, as soon as they get those results? >> they should. i mean, obviously we have conflicting reports, eyewitnesses, you hear one version of accounts and then the ferguson police department gives a completely different account. to me, the two stories differ so much that the autopsy would really clear a lot of this up. >> because there is a lot of tension in ferguson right now the looting going on, and the police carrying dressed in flak jackets, carrying guns and throwing tear gas cans.

louis alderman antonio french, who is posted video online of the protest over the past days and appeared on democracy now! earlier this week. an earlier protest faced and the police response, with police in riot gear stationed by a massive armed vehicle in the street. >> i'm very discouraged. this was supposed to be a peaceful rally. we wanted peace and unity. we don't want an adversarial relationship with the police. we want to partner with them to find out what happened and bring justice for mike brown. the fact it has to come to this comments very disheartening. >> journalists from the washington post and huffington post were also arrested last night and then released without charge. they were detained while filing reports from a mcdonald's restaurant near the protests. the ferguson police department continues to withhold the name of the officer who shot brown, citing threats on his life. the ferguson chief of police tom jackson said the unidentified officer was injured during his confrontation with michael brown. jackson also called on protesters to end nighttime demonstrations. >> h