this is page seven of this document are from the ferguson police department. as we watch this, and i know it's quick. this is what police say. they say they identified the man in that red cap as michael brown. and they say he is inside this store, along with his friend, darrion johnson. and the shorter man, according to police, was the clerk. and you can see the individual in the white t-shirt, khaki shorts, hat, shoving, has the cigars in hand, walks out of the store. jake tapper. that is the gist of what we can now finally see. we saw the still pictures released this morning. finally, the video being released, jake. but still, you know, i've been hearing the chorus all day. you've been talking to people there in the community. and we'll talk about your interview with the governor and with captain johnson in a minute. but what you're hearing from the community is they're saying, okay, with this -- it's not a shoplifting, because he was shoving, according to police, it is a strong-arm robbery. they're saying that does not justify shooting and killing this young

we have not heard from ferguson police officially now that we have this new information here, but we do know this. when that video was released, that police chief received a lot of sharp criticism, also accused of attempting to smear the character of michael brown in an attempt to possibly make him look less sympathetic. he was asked, the chief was asked at the press conference what was the thinking behind releasing this video? and this is what he said on friday. he said that he felt that he had to because the media requested it through a freedom of information request and he feared that the police department would be sued if he did not release this video. so that is the explanation we received on friday. we do want to point out, fred, that the doj's advice was just that, advice. they could not make the ferguson police department listen to them essentially. we do know that investigators with the justice department also have a copy of this video. they never planned on releasing this video. and just to reset, the doj has a role here, but it is very separate from the criminal investigati

ferguson police only got a couple of humvees and a trailer but police departments throughout missourihich are assisting in ferguson got 20 mpaps and hundreds of rifles. often when they get the weapons the attitudes change. khan i did says having s.w.a.t. teams well trained in major cities is necessary. police in smaller towns sometimes without the proper training in how to use this military gear overreact when conducting my opinionor operations, like serving search warrants. >> they will drive up in an armored personnel carrier, raid a person's home, holding assault rifles, holding people at gunpoint, yelling at everyone to get on the floor. this is an extremely traumatic experience and we've seen over and over again situations like this, where people are traumatized and sometimes people are injured and killed. >> reporter: but current and former police say criminals have increasingly more fire power, and law enforcement can't afford to be outgunned. >> if people are shooting at the police and committing looting and other violent acts the police need to protect themselves. >> as we re

the county was taken out of charge in policing the protests in ferguson yesterday by jay nixon. d the results of that change in command was a remarkable u-turn. a total turnaround in the policing of the protests. the state highway patrol took command, under captain ronald johnson, who you see here. he ordered officers to take off their s.w.a.t. gear, to get out of their armored vehicles, to stop taking up sniper positions and armored turrets and pointing guns at people protesting. captain johnson and his senior officers, they walked with protesters, as the protesters marched in ferguson yesterday. captain johnson himself walked the length of last night's giant protest in ferguson, speaking with protesters throughout, occasionally getting an earful, but being there, no armor, no helmet, treating people like human beings, protecting their right to protests, pledging to continue to do that and to listen, there were no roadblocks last night in ferguson, no 911 calls, no tear gas, no arrests. and that's true even though more people appeared to have turned out to protest last night tha

he was killed by a member of the ferguson police department, and just yesterday the city's police chief named the officer who pulled the trigger, his name is darren wilson. 28 years old, and the protesters for days, demanded that information. >> they did and, of course, that name came also with the details that tied brown to an alleged robbery in the area as well. which has left a lot of people asking questions. >> yeah. and it's really em flainflamed tensions. emotions were already raw. show you exactly what we saw overnight and into the early morning. >> reporter: a tense standoff overnight in ferguson, missouri, as police in riot gear confront looters. what started as a night of peaceful demonstrations escalated into violence. >> there were at least three molotov cocktails one of our crews saw. they were thrown on to the roof of a domino's pizzeria. the police, fire department, were called in and able to put out the flames quickly, before much damage was done. but that resulted in a bit of a police show of force here that ultimately come minated way very, very tense stand all right?

i watched firsthand as police were brought in to protect ferguson market. it's a convenience store where the alleged robbery took place. the police chief got a question about it at a second press conference today. >> you just put more citizens in trouble by releasing that video that now they have to be protected, because their store and their business has been placed in media. and you say you're concerned about our safety -- >> absolutely. >> but it seems like you're only concerned about your officers' safety. >> i'm absolutely concerned about the safety of my community. >> but by far, the biggest bombshell of that press conference, one that literally left fellow reporters with their jaws agape, was the fact that the alleged robbery was not related to the shooting that killed michael brown. >> this robbery does not relate to the initial contact between the officer and michael brown. >> did he know that he was a suspect in a case or did he not know? >> no, he didn't. he was walking -- >> it had nothing to do with the stop? >> it had nothing to do with the sto

that is according to chief tom jackson of the ferguson police department. wolf, there you have it. a lot of people here need to get their feelings out. the video is out as well from inside the convenience store. and new information now from the police department regarding the man, the young man who was with mike brown, dorian johnson. >> don, terrific reporting over there. we're showing the video. i know you can't see it. we do see the man who is suspected to be michael brown. there he is. pushing the clerk there, walking out, allegedly, after in his hands are a bunch of cigars that he supposedly, allegedly, stole from that convenience store. you see the clerk following him. that's michael brown, the 18-year-old teenager who was shot and killed moments later by a police officer. don, do we know that the police officer in question who has now been identified as darren wilson, do we know that he was looking for this suspect in this strong arm robbery as it's called in this convenience store and that's why he stopped michael brown to begin with? is that clear to you? >> why he stopped

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clashes between police and protesters growing more violent in ferguson. st louis county police have been relieved of their duty and will no longer be involved with policing ferguson, after police fired tear gas at protesters last night. gungun [ explosion ] >>> at least 10 were arrested overnight, police say protesters threw molotov cocktails and other items. earlier today president obama spoke out about the unrest in ferguson, and expressed concern for the violent turn of events much. >> there is never an excuse of violence against the police or for those that would use the tragedy as a cover for vandalism and looting. there's also no excuse for police to use excessive force against peaceful protest or throw protesters in gaol for lawfully exercising their first amendment rights. >> diane eastabrook is in ferguson now. the police force there in ferguson - we are talking about an entire police force - has essentially been relieved of its duty and will not police the streets. talk about the change in tactics, and what it's supposed to accomplish here. >> we

the ferguson police department, the st. louis county police department, they are upset because they have been relieved of duty. the government came down here, took them off the case, insta installed the highway patrol. they are acting out like kids. like you catch a child doing something, you spank him and he starts going to his room, trying to tear stuff up. >> let me go back to you. the incident report about the robbery refers to other reports about the shooting that have not been released. a ferguson police report and a st. louis county police report. what do you make of the fact that we have the robbery incident report, but not two reports about the actual shooting, antonio? >> you know, i think it shows that the local ferguson police department is in over their head. they shouldn't be in charge of releasing any more information. in fact, they have shown in the last week they are incapable of handing the situation at all. i'm glad they put a new person in charge of safety. somebody needs to take the microphone away from

down just before michael brown was shot and killed by this ferguson police officer. edly was involved in a strong armed robbery. we've been talking a lot about that. as you might expect, tensions may rise in ferguson because of this new information, so we understand that governor jay nixon, missouri's governor, and captain ron johnson who is in charge of the police presence in ferguson, they will hold a press conference at noon eastern time. in the meantime, people are already starting to protest, peacefully protest in ferguson in light of this new information and they walk in the streets with their hands-up. that hands-up symbol has become a sign of the protest. hundreds take this photo in solidarity with michael brown. has gone viral and retreated more than 13 rrks -- 13,000 times. i want to bring in the president of the student association at howard university. well, layton. i want to get your reaction to the news moments ago where the officer who shot michael brown was named and also it's been alleged now that michael brown was possibly a suspect in a strong armed

but ferguson police chief thomas jackson said the robbery was not related to the shooting incident that killed michael brown. >> this robbery does not relate to the initial contact between the officer and michael brown. >> police say they released the video of the convenience store robbery today because the press asked for it. earlier, chief jackson described what happened after the robbery. >> at 11:51, there was a 911 call from a convenience store nearby at 11:52, can dispatch gave a description of a robbery suspect over the radio. at 12:01 p.m., our officer encountered michael brown on canfield drive. at 12:04, a second officer arrived on scene immediately following the shooting. >> reporter: after almost a week of silence, the officer involved in the shooting was identified. darren wilson, a white 2-year-old who has served on the force for six years, and according to the department, has no disciplinary actions taken against him. he was treated for injuries which occurred during the altercation on saturday. >> he had no complaints. he was a gentle quiet man. he was a distinguished of

ferguson police say the man in the red cap appears to be brown. he shoved the clerk, who tried to stop him from leaving without paying for a $48 box of cigars. police dispatch records indicate a description of the suspect was broadcast at 11:52 a.m. brown and a friend were stopped by officer wilson three blocks away at 12:01. they were walking in the street. did he know he was a suspect in the case or did he not know? >> no, he didn't. >> thomas jackson is ferguson's police chief. >> i know his initial contact was not related to the robbery. >> reporter: witnesses say officer wilson pulled ferguson into his police car through an open window. police say there was a struggle. a shot was fired. two witnesses then saw brown move away from the car. dorian johnson, who appeared in the store with brown, described what the officer did next. >> his weapon was already drawn when he got out the car. he shot again, and once my friend felt that shot, he turned around and he put his hands in the air and he started to get down, but the officer still approached w

confused members of ferguson and people who distrust the police department. you can see why this situation is being pieced together the way it is and why no one really has any idea what's going on. >> thank you, todd johnson in ferguson. the president of the naacp legal defense fund joins us tonight. thank you for your time. i'm curious what you make of the latest twist as todd is saying at the press conference this afternoon, the chief is saying two things clearly. one that the stop had nothing to do with the robbery. that the officer wasn't aware of that. two that the only reason the video was released was because the media was asking for it. as soon as the press conference ends the chief is saying, oh, no. actually the officer knew about the robbery. saw the cigars and made the connection. he's justifying putting the video out. it seems fishy to me. i'm curious what you make of it. >> i'm not confused. we are at a critical moment now. look what happened today. we have been clamoring for information about the shooting. we have been asking for the identity of

the police in ferguson really standing by not doing a lot to stop it this time. igating that shooting of michael brown. police said that agents will spend the coming days canvassing the neighborhood where michael brown was shot dead hoping to find more witnesses that will speak to them. let's go straight to jason carroll who is in ferguson now. jason, you have been on the ground throughout this. we'll get to you in a moment, also to you rene marsh covering this for us there in washington. jay, you've been there this entire time. what can you tell me about what transpired last night after we had seen some peaceful nights of protests? it seemed to unravel last night. >> reporter: well, you know, poppy, so many people out here were so disappointed to see what happened here last night. we were out here until about 10:00. 10:00 last night, throughout the day. throughout the -- at least the early part of the evening, the protests were vocal, but they were peaceful. but then, once again, very late at night after about midnight things really began to turn ugly. you have t

renewed rage, police in ferguson release video of michael brown allegedly robbing a store minutes before a police officer shot him to death. rick perry facing a possible criminal trial after a grand jury finds evidence of abuse of power. >>> dozens of overdoses in new hampshire have been triggered by synthetic pot that can be bought over the counter. >>> plus dog day revisited. an iconic film from the 1970s. if you think al pacino's performance was incredible. the man who inspired the classic. >> we're going to begin in ferguson, missouri, you're looking at live pictures. it is a day of calm protest but there's new anger as traffic makes its way along the street. as people show solidarity of the family of the man who was killed a week ago. new video shows michael brown robbing a convenience store just minutes before he was killed. there he is in the red cap. they say that is brown. brown's family says the police are mounting a smear campaign. also today, police finally came clean about the shooter. nearly a week after the fatal shooting of 18-year-old michael brown and several days after

flash point ferguson. police accuse michael brown of a robbery even though the officer who later shot brown didn't know anything about it. outraged about the police disclosure, calling it character assassination. ferguson police finally reveal the name of the officer involved. and michael brown, who he was, who he wanted to be and how he will be remembered. we gib thi begin this hour in f, missouri, tensions between police and local residents. earlier police broke their week long silence and named darren wilson a six year veteran of the force the officer who shot and later killed michael brown.

people in the community, they say they are outraged at the lack of transparency early on by the ferguson policeeven by some of the tactics of police over the last several days, the militarization of the police force. >> i'm not going to second guess the technicians here watching the situation unfold moment by moment. those are the guys i trust to make the decision about what tactics to employ and frankly, they have tried a variety of different tactics with the same results. i think it's the crowd after dark that wants this to be a chaotic volatile situation and their response is not about what the police are doing. it's about their goals here. >> it seems last night they had a different tactic. they seemed to try to identify individuals in the crowd who they believe are causing problems, move in quickly, get them, and then continue to allow and that sealed emed to work fo awhile, at least. >> this is a fluid constantly changing situation and the police are trying to employ tactics that keep the crowd safe. their goal here, first of all, is to go home at the end of their shift and see their wife

we just learned from the ferguson police chief that the officer responding to the scene did not know that michael brown ways suspect in the robbery when he stopped him. what do you make of the police releasing this video in the morning and then a few hours later saying oh, it turns out that's not necessarily directly relevant to the shooting at all? what do you think of that? >> jake, it's nothing but police 101 when it comes to police shootings where they shoot innocent people. you know, i've done almost hundreds of these type of cases. it is the same strategy every time, jake. attack the victim, assassinate the character and try to justify the actions. but it cannot be justified, jake. the execution style murder of this kid in broad daylight. it's so irrelevant, the two have nothing to do with one another. we're going to make people stay focused on what this case is really about. where's the report about the murder? >> the family had asked for transparency in this case. obviously there's a lot more. we still don't know, including the police report from that night. isn't it part of t

has six years experience on the police force, four with ferguson pd. sent ed lavandera out, tried to knock on doors, learn more about this police officer. ed, what did you find? >> reporter: you know, that's the key to this, trying to paint as best a picture as we can of the situation here. and i think that's helpful for all viewers here. but we have tried going to the neighborhood where darren wilson lives, and he lives in a suburb of st. louis, about 25 miles away from here in ferguson. many of the residents that we met there this afternoon were reluctant to seek with us. very nervous about what the release of his name and knowing where he lives at this point might cause for the neighborhood. but we did, besides the people reluctant to talk, they did share interesting details. they said that in the days after the shooting, they noticed a large police presence or a consistent police presence in their neighborhood as people were trying to piece together what exactly was going on. and then slowly they started getting a sense and understanding that this w

brown's family called the release of this video character assassination. >>> protests continue in ferguson. police departments around the country and here in our area are paying close attention. at the height of the protests, demonstrators set off firebombs and looted stores in the area. the police response has included tactics like tear gas and stun grenades. upper darby police superintendent tells nbc 10 that from what he's seen, the initial police action was warranted but he feels ferguson police should have scaled back their response when it came to protesters who would not disperse. >> when police organizations restore order, they're wrong. when police organizations don't restore order, they're wrong. you walk the fine line of how are you successful? >> several local law enforcers have told us they worry about police departments that stockpile military hardware and then feel compelled to use it. >>> people in philadelphia came together to remember a murdered woman whose body was found stuffed in a duffel bag and left on a sidewalk. a crowd of people walked in her memory last night. friends, f

put them in the back of the police cruiser with a struggle to get the officer's weapon and subsequent to that the shots were fired. gretchen? >> so how are things in ferguson last night after so many nights of violence and mayhem and chaos? >> reporter: you know, the dynamic was less of an angry protest against the police, more of a block party. you had people out on the streets honking the horns and walking through the street. they were waving their signs. there was music and dancing and candles lit. there was pot and alcohol. what you didn't see was any police. you don't have the police, you can't have friction with the police. all very intentional from captain ron johnson who looks like he is handling this more like a campaign, less like a commander of a scene. >> all right. mike tobin, thank you, live from the scene there. we'll be back in touch with you as news warrants. >>> so the turmoil in ferguson is sparking a surge in demand for guns. two stores in the area say sales of guns and ammo soaring due to the fear of spreading violence. since the shooting, one store selling five times more guns than usual. another reports business is up 50% since the u

these are police in ferguson. server thought he saw police in a mind resistant ambush protected vehicle. this is not something we need in american communities. >> reporter: but more than 500 have made their way from afghanistan and iraq to local police forces in america just over the past couple of years. it's part of what the aclu in a recent report called the excessive militarization of american policing. indications of that are everywhere in ferguson. police in these towns are getting combat equipment free of charge from the pentagon. the defense department says just in 2013, nearly $450 million worth of military equipment was given to law enforcement. a defense official says ferguson police only got a couple humvees and a trailer. police departments throughout missouri, which are assisting in ferguson, got hundreds of m-16 rifles in recent years. critics say often when they get these weapons, policemen's attitudes change. >> increasingly the police are trained to view the people in the communities that they're

i will tell you that the ferguson police department needs to do a better job at addressing diversity within the police department. this police department should be reflective of what people look like in this community. secondly, the ferguson police department needs to do a better job at having diversity training and insuring that every single officer on the street has the opportunity to really have genuine relationships built on trust. no intimidation, no harassment, but what people in this community are looking for are genuine relationships. that habit happened. it hasn't occurred. i think the death of michael brown is changing the name of the game here. i think everyone is going to move forward differently. we also want an active civil review board, a citizen review board so citizens can look at all of the facts. there is one more thing that this community wants. they want the technology in place that allows them to be able to hear and see all of the interactions between an officer and someone who they may be tracking through an arrest or otherwise. >> michael: is there a dashboard

and the police officer who has now been identified as darren wilson, a six year veteran of the ferguson police department with no prior problems and according to the police department darren wilson is told i suppose about possible suspects from this robbery and yet in the interaction between officer wilson and michael brown it seems as if this started with officer wilson to say to brown, i need you to get off to the side. off the street. that doesn't seem like an officer who is about to arrest a suspect. >> we don't know what happened when officer brown encountered michael brown. we have heard there was an altercation of some sort, the officer was pushed into his car, the gun went off and other shots were fired later. we have heard from people, witnesses that the officer was very aggressive. we really don't know what happened at that site yet. that is under investigation. the state's attorney or i guess i should say the county prosecutor here in st. louis is investigating. and we should know details of that later. what we did hear though is that officer wilson was responding to another call an

can you at least -- i want to try to understand it from the point of view of the ferguson police department, if it was political, then it's political. if it's something else, if united states strategic, it's strategic. why release the video and the name of the police officer at the same time? >> it may be that there is fundamental fairness involved because once the officer's name is released, everyone is going to be clamoring for his personnel records, any disciplinaries to come to a conclusion about the officer. well, if the officer had some deportment issues, that's why he attacked michael brown. by the same time, releasing any of this information about the robbery, the robbery, only five or six minutes before this altercation with the police officer, then you would develop conclusions about michael brown as well. bringing them out at the same time kind of evenings it out and allows the public to recognize that law enforcement is taking the investigation in its due course, not being too hasty, being judicious and being careful about not only what they release but what they are implicating

flash point ferguson. police accuse michael brown of a robbery even though the officer who later shot brown didn't know anything about it. outraged about the police disclosure, calling it character assassination. ferguson police finally reveal the name of the officer involved. and michael brown, who he was, who he wanted to be and how he will be remembered. we gib thi begin this hour in f, missouri, tensions between police and local residents. earlier police broke their week long silence and named darren wilson a six year veteran of the force the officer who shot and later killed michael brown. the unarmed teenager. this photograph shows brown allegedly robbing a convenience store clerk. however, this was unknown to officer wilson when he stopped brown for blocking traffic. these photographs which the brown family call a smear campaign. ash-har quraishi, what is the mood out there today? >> reporter: david, protests, continue today. there's been a steady flow of traffic coming through here. this is same scene we

witnesses say police from ferguson and st. louis county, that's the agency now investigating brown's killing, used rubber bullets and tear gas and overall excessive force on the people there. they also -- you see these pictures, this camera crew? police dismantled tv camera positions and detained and released two journalists. in all, a dozen people were arrested. police say some protesters were throwing molotov cocktails. president obama speaking just a little bit ago, called for peace and calm. >> there is never an excuse for violence against police or for those who would use this tragedy as a cover for vandalism or looting. there's also no excuse for police to use excessive force against peaceful protests. or to throw protesters in jail for lawfully exercising their first amendment rights. and here in the united states of america, police should not be bullying or arresting journalists who are just trying to do their jobs. but let's remember that we're all part of one american family. we are united in common values and that in

department you know the ferguson. police department embarrassed themselves st louis county. you just did this show the militarization i mean all of the you know we saw all great. police community working where they hosted. they went out but that's the lesson that's what police officers are supposed to really be about and there are even military people e-mailing and tweeting saying we're embarrassed because we wouldn't even act like the police do that second night if we were in afghanistan you know it's interesting general honore a in louisiana when katrina happened he said the first thing he ordered his guys to do were to put their guns down you know they were they were they were aiming guns at folks who were attempting to to get food and water and those folks were criminal . and i couldn't help but have flashbacks of that when i saw what i saw in ferguson may have been abandoned well originally and in fact here's what marina had to say it was captured by us embassy there's a short clip. oh you know we've we've got this clip

at the ferguson police department are white. ant that communities see their reflection in their police force so that they see cops as one of their own who are using force to protect them and not an outside force being imposed upon them. it's important that police see their own reflection in the communities for very similar reasons, and that just wasn't happening in ferguson. it's not happening in a lot of the rest of the country. >> there's something symbolically really problematic about the military gear just at the basic level of kind of our constitutional expectations of what it means to be part of a republic in which we are not an occupied populous in which law enforcement is there as public servants and not a force to subdue the people around them. >> right. it's also part of what kind of country do we want to be? i mean, when you talk about the mraps, the people who defend the use of mraps, the people who defend them say, what's wrong with it? it's a big bulletproof truck. there are no guns attached to it. it's about image,

ferguson police plan to release the name of the officer who shot and killed michael brown. after four nights of violence turned the city into the battle zone, the police stepped in ordering the highway police to take jurisdiction over the ferguson police force. >> these are deep and existing problems not only in missouri, but in america. this has clearly touched a nerve. that nerve is not nearly from this horrific incident that happened a few short days ago or the interim things. it touches a deeper nerve. >> there's so much frustration in ferguson right now. don lemon got a look at the demonstrations overnight. >> reporter: i'm don lemon in ferguson, missouri. night after night, violent protests. finally, a calmer, peaceful night in the community. that is due to a new man in charge. the head of the missouri highway patrol, ron johnson is in charge. people don't feel like they live in a militarized zone anymore or feel intimidated by police. they started showing up by the hundreds, really by the thousands for impromptu protests. some were getting messages from churches and

louis post dispatch" saying, to relieve ferguson police and st. louis police of their command as they oversaw what we saw here the last three nights, a decision, i would add based on my reporting, has basically been unanimously acclaimed. bob mccullough, the county prosecutor for st. louis county, the man who basically holds the fate of the man who shot mike brown in his hand said this -- it is shameful what he said did, referring to governor jay dixon. he had no legal authority to do that. to denigrate the men and women of the county, police department is shameful. that is striking a very different note than the note struck by jay nixon which itself was fairly even-handed, the note struck by barack obama and basically every other politician who's watching this. that is a note of castigation. it's a note of defiance, a note of rallying to the side of the embattled ferguson and st. louis county police. and that note is being sounded by the man who is the single-most important person in all of this as it proceeds criminally. that's a very important d

. >> ferguson police chief thomas jackson announced his name a short time ago. he surprised a lot of people by implying brown might have been a suspect in what he called a strong arm robbery. let's listen to the chief. >> i want to give you a little timeline of what happened on august 9th. at 11:51 there was a 911 call from a convenience store, further description, more detail was given over the radio, and stated the officer was walking -- the suspect was walking toward quick trip. our officer encountered michael brown on canfield drive. at 12:04 a second officer arrived on the scene, immediately following the shooting and at 12:05 a supervisor was dispatched to the scene. the officer that was involved in the shooting of michael brown was darren wilson. he's been a police officer for six years. has had no disciplinary action against him. he was treated for injuries which occurred on saturday. >> that's the information that the chief provided. providing very few detail about this alleged strong arm robbery. he passed out information packets to the press gathered

so, law enforcement can fly helicopters over ferguson to monitor protests and to help with policing, but the media cannot fly helicopters over ferguson in order to monitor policing and film the protests. and this is not to question law enforcement's stated need for a flight ban. over the course of the last ten night, almost every night police have said there were reports of shots fired. police have said over and over again that gunfire has been part of this experience, especially late at night in this town. tonight, missouri highway patrol captain ron johnson said that police received calls of shooters on top of buildings in downtown ferguson. last night, at what appeared to be some of the most difficult clashes so far, police reportedly arrested 78 people and in the course of the night confiscated two handguns and at least one molotov cocktail which they showed off to reporters at about 2:30 in the morning as a way of trying to convince reporters that police directions to the media really were about keeping reporters safe and not just about suppressing the reporting of the news. poli

police forces have. i wonder if it warps the response in ferguson. it's what we can see in communities across the country where the police departments don't need. they have military equipment. because it's there they feel compelled to use it. >> absolutely. >> then you have situations like this. >> absolutely. forgive me for sounding sexist, but it's boys and their toys. if you have things there, there will be a desire to use them. the channel to every community when they have the opportunity to get these kinds of tools in their department have the protocols kept up with the onslaught of all of this equipment. i think the answer is clearly no. i can't imagine that the small departments are keeping up with the rules that should be in place if we have these things. i just have to ask this question. what is it about the behavior of americans that support the need for this type of equipment? what are we doing now that requires that we have tanks at situations? the protest in ferguson is really similar to the protests that have happened decades before us.

the ferguson police chief faced tough questions. the justice department announced another investigation, and protesters faced off with county police. this time two journalist were arrested, and al jazeera crew used tear gas. police were seen to be using protest. this day brought up national attention. the president spoke out. >> we are part of one mep family. we are united in common values, and that includes belief, equality under the law. wasn't a right for peaceful protests. quite a day, quite a week of events following the death of michael brown. we'll look ahead to the next segment of our special report, when we look back with seb aft yep walker of "fault lines", on a report he did about the militarization of law enforcement in the united states. there's a few stories to tell. we'll hear more about it after this. @jvé >>> and welcome back. i am julie chen in missouri, outside of st louis. we turn to flashpoint ferguson. in this area there has been a great deal of concern over the last few days because of protests and protesters i

all caps are in ferguson -- by a police officer in ferguson, missouri was shot with all bullets appearing to enter from the front. eric holder said the justice department would conduct its own autopsy. has ordered the national guard into ferguson today after another night of protests over his death. for the past two nights, police have tried to enforce a curfew starting at midnight. night, police fired tear gas and rubber bullets in an attempt to clear the streets before the curfew began. they fired into a crowd that included parents with their children. police accuse some protesters of throwing molotov cocktails and it trying to overrun the police command center. earlier in the day, hundreds of people packed the greater grace church for a rally attended by michael brown's parents. addressed the crowd. >> he was not an animal. that is how he was killed. this was the last actions that our family member made. this will be stuck in my family's memories for the rest of our lives. grew overty outrage the weekend after the fergus

the ferguson police clearly are not. because if they don't realize what the signal, the message they are sending with somebody sitting on top an armed vehicle with some kind of machine gun on top, then they don't need to be in a situation by themselves. african-americans tend to trust the federal bureau of investigations and the justice department much more than they would in the local police in ferguson. so i'm hoping that -- if the crowds continue to assemble, that the governor will, in fact, call out the national guard. >> and sir, let's go to the investigation very briefly. do you believe that the federal bureau of investigations should take over the investigation into the killing of michael brown? >> well, i think they should stand in the background waiting to see if there is a pure and undistilled, untampered with investigation going on. and, if so, they should stand in the background. if we continue to receive reports that the police are not even interviewing the eyewitnesss, then we can't allow that to stand. i t

the ferguson police left an innocent man beaten, suffering from a concussion with the ludicrous chargeing on police uniforms. on the night of september 20, 2009, police officers in ferguson arrested a man named henry davis, suspecting him of driving under the influence. they took him to jail where the four officers allegedly beat him. one of the officers, kim tihan, allegedly struck him in his head with a closed fist and hit him in the head with handcuffs. davis testified, quote, they started hitting me. i was getting hit. and i just covered up. davis insisted he be photographed to document the beating. a warning, the photo is graphic. davis said another officer ki kicked him in the head at which point he suffered a concussion and almost passed out. davis had been arrested for an outstanding warrant, but the police had the wrong suspect, one with a different middle name and social security number. davis was held several days before being charged with four counts of property damage for bleeding on the police officers' uniforms. he filed a civil suit. in december, the claim was thrown ou

although the local police department in ferguson has said, oh, the police officer was hit in the faceat's the kind of distorted, one-sided information that doesn't give anyone confidence in ferguson or anywhere else. >> jeffrey, standby if you would. you mentioned that the fbi is going to be doing a slow and meticulous, and it should be, job. i want to talk to shawn henry, a former director of the fbi. thanks for taking the time to join me. you just heard what jeff toobin said. the investigation should be slow and meticulous. my guess is you know that the fbi would know a lot of the answers that the crowd is demanding. the name of the officer, the number of shots, the cause of death, the time of death. but when should that information start being made public, especially in the circumstance we're seeing develop in missouri? >> in a case like this, i think you have to maintain the integrity of the investigation in terms of if there is going to be potential charges or some type of a trial. typically in an investigation where there is a shooting, especially if there's a death, it's presen

thomas jackson is chief of the ferguson police. >> there is gunfire, there are firebombs being thrown at the police. i understand that what it looks like is not good. the whole situation is not good. we would like the protesters to stop the violence, we certainly don't want to have any violence on our part. we want this to be peaceful. if individuals are in a crowd that's attacking police, they need to get out of that crowd. we can't individually go in and say, "excuse me, sir, are you peacefully protesting, are you throwing rocks? are you throwing a molotov cocktail?" it's a crowd. >> woodruff: the "st. louis post dispatch" reported ten people were arrested. among them, st. louis city alderman antonio french, who'd been chronicling events on social media. including several vine video posts. >> what do we want? justice! >> woodruff: french was released this morning. >> stop videotaping! let's grab our stuff and go. >> woodruff: "washington post" reporter wesley lowery recorded this exchange with police as he and a "huffington post" reporter were ordered to clear out of a nearby mcdona

so, law enforcement can fly helicopters over ferguson to monitor protests and to help with policing, t the media cannot fly helicopters over ferguson in order to monitor policing and film the protests. and this is not to question law enforcement's stated need for a flight ban. over the course of the last ten night, almost every night police have said there were reports of shots fired. police have said over and over again that gunfire has been part of this experience, especially late at night in this town. tonight, missouri highway patrol captain ron johnson said that police received calls of shooters on top of buildings in downtown ferguson. last night, at what appeared to be some of the most difficult clashes so far, police reportedly arrested 78 people and in the course of the night confiscated two handguns and at least one molotov cocktail which they showed off to reporters at about 2:30 in the morning as a way of trying to convince reporters that police directions to the media really were about keeping reporters safe and not just about suppressing the reporting of the news. police

ferguson? >> essentially, another police department that had such big problems they essentially shut it down and of officers were laid off and lost their jobs, and officer wilson ended up over in ferguson. one thing when you're on ground there that strikes you is just how many different agencies there are. ferguson is a very small town. actually, the state senator you were speaking with earlier there covers 41 different municipalities. there's a lot of these different agencies is running around. if you end up having trouble in one department, it's very easy for you to find another job in another close by. >> and ryan, you've also seen all of these multiple departments policing the protests together. there was an officer from a neighboring police force named dan page who actually now is in some trouble because off duty he went to an oath keepers event and gave a speech in which was more like a rant in a quite racist fashion. you've got that. you've also got the piece you're reporting on about a ferguson police officer named justin cosma. tell me about him. >> sure. so it happened that he was actu