. >> reporter: and so, anderson, another wrinkle to this story, chief belmar apologized there. and he also released a statement, just a short time ago, saying that chief belmar would again like to apologize to anyone this video has offended and ask any videos of this nature be reported, so we can take proper action against any officer not meeting our standards. so, meaning, they now want people to come forward if they hear about any action like this, if they hear about any videos. it's certainly a very disturbing, you know, tale that is happening here. and also, we should point out, this oathkeepers organization says he's not a member, but he speaks to them occasionally. and according to the chief here, he really has -- his record as a police officer is really unremarkable. not involved in any police shootings, you know, as far as the chief knows. so it's just really those inflammatory statements now that have gotten him in trouble. >> we'll continue to follow it, don lemmon, appreciate it. we're joined now by our cnn legal analyst, sunny hostin, george geragos, and mark o'mara

louis county police chief john belmar. >> there was at least one shot fired within the car, after that, the officer went -- came back out of the car, he exited his vehicle and there was a shooting that occurred where the officer, in fact, shot the subject. >> dorian johnson with was michael brown. he gave a different account. johnson says the officer pulled up next to the two teens and exchanged words with them before choking brown and trying to pull him into the squad car. the officer he says then exited his car, fired a shot and chased after brown who was running for his life. >> he shot a gun, my friend felt that shot, he put his hand in the air and he started to get down, but the officer still approached with his weapon drawn and he fired several more shots. >> nearby residence rushed to the scene angered at what they say was an over reaction by the officer. tensions flared, some chanted kill the police, and others reportedly fired shots in the air. several local departments were brought in to help control the crowd, no one was hurt. >> u.s. attorney general eric. department of jus

louis county mischief john belmar said it all began when the officerren count erred two people one of them was drown. >> after that, the officer came become out of the car, exited his vehicle, and there was a shooting that occurred, where the officer, in fact, shot the subject. >> crenshaw lives in the neighborhood and says the officer shot brown multiple times. each after he put his arms up. >> the st. louis county police department is handling the investigation. attorneys with the justice department civil rights division have been instructed to monitor developments. >>> several protesters were angry that brown's body remained on the streets for hours after the killing. >>> the officer, who was not identified, is a six year veteran and has been put on paid administrative leave. >>> a person shot and killed a woman inside her apartment. her body was discovered last evening in the 3200 block of sycamore lane. police do not believe the shadowasking random, but they vice president released a name or motive on a speck. >>> the joker's jinx roller coaster at six flags will remain closed un

captain ron johnson who gained so much notoriety for handling the crowd control and colonel john belmar, the chief of the county police clearly, they're making an effort to reach out to this the african-american community here in ferguson that has been so upset following the shooting of mike brown. julie? >> mike tobin in ferguson, missouri. thank you very much. >>> all right. the national weather service keeping a close eye on a storm that could eventually become hurricane cristobal. tropical disturbance is forming near the dominican republic and expected to become a trop tropical storm within the week headed toward florida. authorities are warning of heavy rain, flooding, possible mud slides in the eastern caribbean. meanwhile heavy rain and flooding are causing mud slides in north central washington state there. at least ten homes have been damaged or destroyed in an area already devastated by the largest wildfire in the state's history. >>> you think politics in this corrupt are nasty? check out this political rally. involving soccer, furniture, and police. we've got the dramatic de

louis county police chief john belmar said it all began when the officer encountered two people, one of whom was brown. he says somehow a struggle began when one of the men pushed the officer as he was trying to get out of his squad car. >> after that the officer came back out of the car. he exited his vehicle, and there was a shooting that occurred where the officer, in fact, shot the subject. >> reporter: crenshaw lives in the neighborhood and says the officer shot brown multiple times, even after he put his arms up. >> he shot him in the face and in the chest and he fell down and shot him multiple times. >> reporter: the st. louis county police department is handling the investigation. the civil rights division have been instructed to monitor the developments. michael brown's mother says she doesn't understand why police didn't use a including or taser to control her son. the county executive says he'll ask the fbi to investigate. >>> for the fourth time since last week, united states forces bombed islamist fighters in northern iraq. thousands of refugees fleeing the militants are

for drivers in new jersey in the belmar area, i-295 and i-76, the westbound hov lane, if you're headedhe exit of 26, that ramp is closed for repair work. chris? >>> an ice bucket challenge goes horribly wrong. we'll show you how two firefighters became seriously injured while participating in that trendy fund-raising campaign. plus, how 17,000 drivers in new jersey who ran red lights just got very lucky. >>> two firefighters were injured in kentucky while doing that ice bucket challenge that's so popular online. the firemen were spraying cold water over the tiger's marching band for the als ice bucket challenge but they moved their aerial ladder too close to nearby power lines. >> electric energy surrounds these high-powered wires and an arc occurred, striking the two occupants who were in the bucket. >> these firemen are recovering were their conditions said to be improving. the als association released a statement saying our hearts go out to the injured firefighters an their families. >>> 17,000 drivers in new jersey who ran red lights will not get a ticket thanks to a glitch in the

i talked to chief belmar laugh night. there are officers here riding hand in hand. >> the community has been asking for the name of this officer to be released for a long time now. it comes on the same day police release footage that's per ported to be mike brown involved. what's behind the timing of this? >> i can't tell you what the timing is because i saw it on the news this morning along with everybody else. >> -- on the same day as the officer's name. it seems to be -- >> i can't answer that. that may have been a question to ask chief jackson this morning. >> [ inaudible ]. >> i can tell you as far as basic investigation, we're not involved in -- the governor has tasked us to provide security. he wants to make sure that people in ferguson are safe and that they have a right to protest and speak their minds. and so that's what he's tasked us to do, and that's why we're here. >> [ inaudible ]. >> yesterday -- that's our task. when you look at a lot of the mission statements -- so that's number one. i can't speak to the

louis county police chief john belmar said, it all began when the officer encountered two people, one of whom was mr. brown. he said a struggle began weather one of the men pushed the officer as he was trying to get out of his squad car. >> after that, the officer went -- came back out of the car. he exited his vehicle. and there was a shooting that occurred where the officer in fact shot the subject. >> reporter: crenshaw said the officer shot brown after he put up his arms. >> he shot him in the face and in the chest and he fell down and shot him multiple times. >> reporter: the st. louis county police department is handling the investigation. attorneys with the justice depth civil rights division have been instructed to monitor developments. marlie hall, cbs news. >> that officer is a six-year veteran on paid administrative leave. >>> stowaway marilyn hartman is due back in court after her latest attempt to get on a plane without a ticket. she was arrested last week and pleaded no contest after sneaking past security to get on the southwest flight in san jose to los angeles. she wa

i would trust any muslim with my children sooner than i would trust belmar. let me leave it at that. but leaving aside -- bill maher. leaving aside, as an atheist, they still say god help those who help themselves. if the palestinians don't get their act together, get a coherent strategy, have responsible leaders, people who have moral stature, personal integrity, then it is not much we can do. the last analysis, it's up to them and we can be a support group, but this notion that they will liberate palestine i think has nothing to do with the real world. >> real quick. we'll have five more minutes and we've got to start closing up and stuff. he will still be selling books in norman will be signing books. there's an e-mail list both johns hopkins students, for upcoming events information and stuff like that. >> i just read an article that came out in the latest "nation" magazine and it was about debunking five of the favorite israeli talking points. i forget the author's name. i was impressed by an argument that was made in there, and it would what you thought

and according to this tweet, the police chief belmar says we've done a remarkable job of restraint.rotesters offering raised arms are often met with this message. >> you are not peacefully assembling. you must leave or you will be arrested. you must leave the area immediately. >> you're tweeting outrage reactions like this one. never thought i'd see the day where you could not protest peacefully in america. and you've sent more than 1.9 million tweets on ferguson in the past 24 hours, some that could have come from a war zone like this one. several time young men approach police with red dots painted on their chest. images like this one and we will come to define what is happening in ferguson more than the images that remind us to see the bigger picture. others are offering opposing views, like this one. police officers are human, too. we expect them to be perfect but there's always two sides to every story. still, you're overwhelmingly applause the spirit in ferguson. it's weird but i've been feeling so much patriotism about ferguson, one woman shared, not for our government but fo

but i hope police chief john belmar will move forward and have the right conditions in place this afternoon. we hope there will be no more rioting or looting or destruction of property. that's what we need to make sure. >> pardon me, i think you need to have stronger statement than that. the looting last night had notion to do with the -- nothing to do with the death of michael brown. what was that all about? >> it could be frustrations or another agenda. but what iowa seeing is -- -- but what we are seeing is, there is no, we're trying to avoid that situation with manpower and try to be patient with those individuals. we do understand the concern the frustration when young man loses his life and not enough information being distributeand that's what we're -- distributed and that's what we're trying to do get the information to the community and so they understand exactly what took aplace at that time. >> is the local chapter of ncaa holding a meeting tonight? >> my understanding one of the local churches is holding a meeting at 6:00 p.m. this evening and that is going to go forward is my u

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speaking to the media belmar left over the possibility. >>> joining he is areva martin, an attorney in los angeles. we have to talk about something like this again. so let's talk about it. there's a lot we don't know. a couple of things that we do know are key. the police said mike brown was unarmed, and the police said he was running away. put those two things in context, we know those things. >> you know what, is troubling about the story,ing doctor the press conference by the chief of police, he said that mike brown ended up in the police car, there was a struggle in the police officer where mike grabbed the gun of the officer, end up outside the car and the fatal shot occurs. that may be as many as eight shots fired by the police officer. but we are hearing conflicting stories from witnesses who say that when michael was shot he had his hands up. i'm a little puzzled about how an unarmed teenager pushes his way into a police car, struggling to take a gun from an armed police officer. something is not adding up with the version of stories we are hearing. >> at this point, police kno

you've seen even less of officer belmar, the county police chief. and they still have -- with the exception of giving the information in the video, we don't know how many times this young man was shot. because that simple question is going to go to the heart of what happened here. if we find that he said at the beginning it was more than a couple, and we have estimates that an entire clip was fired, we don't know. but certainly this kind of st e stonewalling has only had a snowball effect. any time they hold up information or put out the video, it increases the tension -- >> every time they speak. i want to play something from a little bit ago from the rally. we didn't hear from the parents today. benjamin crump, attorney for the family, said they want to speak, say thank you but their hearts are heavy today so the cousin of michaelle brown spoke to the audience. let's play that for you. >> michael brown was not just some young black boy. he was a human being. he was a younger cousin. he was a son. he was an uncle. a nephew. he was not a suspect. he

-- captain johnson and i just spoke about our communication breakdown and we -- i talked to chief belmar about this. we talked to the command post up there. but i did not personally call him. i should have done that. i'm still in the county being in charge mode. okay. thank you very much. thank you very much. appreciate your time. >> okay. here we go. so got a lot of new nuggets of information there from the ferguson police chief. i think the biggest headline in the wake of them releasing the video and the still photographs of who they say is michael brown and his friend, dorian johnson, who, he cleared up, will not be charged, was not complicit in the strong-arm robbery. the headline that jumped out at me was the fact that this officer with ferguson police who the chief described as charming and a gentleman, and a good quiet man. the one who ultimately pulled the trigger, shot and killed the 18-year-old unarmed man. that officer, according to the chief, did not know that michael brown was involved in this alleged robbery. the reporter asked the question, why did the officer stop mike br

john belmar is the police chief of st. louis county. thank you for being here. chief, i want to start with you. the official story of what happened to this young man and why he wound up shot by a police officer is not clear. can you tell us from the police's point of view what happened that night? >> well, we know, in fact, it was the afternoon on saturday. the officer had an encounter with two individuals. one of whom is mr. brown, who was caught down the road. he spoke to the individuals about getting off of the street and perhaps taking the sidewalk. one of the individuals complied. the other did not. in fact, as the officer decided to get out of his car to continue the conversation, he was pushed back into the car, and there was a physical confrontation in that car where, in fact, there was a struggle over the officer's gun. we do know, for example, that there was one shot fired within the car. we're taking a look at the rest of the details of the investigation at this point to determine exactly what happened once the police officer exited the car. . >> and

louis county police chief john belmar was posted on line, an e-mail bomb was also dropped, overloading city email account on wednesday police dispatch tapes said to be from the day of the shooting were released. >> ferguson is asking do assistance with crowd control. we have a large group bath gathering there. we just got another call state that go there was an officer-involved shooting. [speaking at the same time] >> anonymous and the fact that they say they are going to release, pictures, names, addresses, how do you respond to that threat? >> anonymous has been doing that threat t hasn't been accurate information, but they have been putting it out as accurate information, all we can do is counter it when we see it. >> then today's tweet was claiming to name the officer that shot brown. the police took to twitter saying the wrong man had been identified and calling on those responsible for the posting to stop. ferguson police chief thomas jackson at today's press conference. >> we are going to have a conversation about the release of the name. but i guess it's anonymous put out a nam

. >> belmar said the officer has been placed on paid administrative leave while an investigation goesrd. morgan radford, al jazeera, new york. >> we want to take you back to ferguson, misery. bear with us as the shot kind of moves around here but you can see residents confronting police. this is in st. louis county a second night in a row following the shooting of an unarmed teenager. residents there showing their frustration to the police department demanding answers over why this teenager was shot. once again, you are looking live, ferguson minutes your e. this shot is bouncing around but police are out there. several officers with the canine unit. there are also reports that protesters began looting and attacking police cars. we are also hearing the local media covering this story have been -- have been confronted, if you will, by the residents there in ferguson, missouri. tensions certainly high between residents and the president. we will be following this story and the situation very closely throughout the night here on al jazeera. >>> now, to the latest on the l ebola virus out

we -- i talked to chief belmar about this. we talked to the command post out there but i did not personally call him and should have done that. i'm still in the county being in charge mode. >> hindsight being 20/20 -- >> thank you very much. >> speak to the citizens. >> that is ferguson chief of police tomman mass jackson in a difficult press conference. several questions he was unable to answer. he conceded we cannot be sure it is hikal brown on the convenience store videotape and he said the officer in question darren wilson did not know that brown was a suspect when he encountered him in the street that. got us talking about the table as we were watching this. that led you to say the tape is irrelevant in our discussion of what happened between wilson and brown. >> that's right. the most significant piece of information to come out of this press conference that is legally relevant is this assertion by the police chief that there was no connection between the video and the alleged robbery and the state of mind of the officer

also with us is chief john belmar of the st. louis county police department. and with us as well is major ronnie robinson of the st. louis city police department. we have everyone here who knows about the investigation. again, before we get into all of that, it is a very different scene here. people feel that they can express themselves. they don't feel like they're in an occupied zone. what is going on tonight that makes it different? >> well, i think that we have a different approach that we're using this evening. and i think people are out here expressing their feelings, seeing old friends, sharing emotions. sharing pain, but also talking how we can heal and how we need to get better. and holding people accountable. when people are held accountable are the people that are standing here in front of you today. kirks you tell me the breaking news at the top of the show is that they're going to release the name of the police officer who shot michael brown. what do you know about that? >> i know that's been discussed. that's been a topic for the last two days on

. >> well, actually, brianna, i read part of the code of conduct to chief belmar., yeah, that's a good statement what you just read to me. we'll have the sound bite of that the later on cnp. he says and those statements really do not personify that. and quite frankly, the chief said he was embarrassed. he says he embarrassed the st. louis county police and every man and woman in uniform. and i think it's important to when you look at the statements and listen to them to point out he's going to have to undergo a psychiatric examination. that's huge considering that this person is still on the force. that we had an encounter with him earlier in the week, that what he has been on day duty for during these protests and has been in charge of corralling people and handling people when it comes to the protests here in ferguson, missouri. i also asked the chief, i said listen, this is going to be confirmation to many people of the type of person that may be employed by the county police and police in this area. he said listen, i joined this police force because i believe i