they rushed the officers who were lined up in front of the ferguson police department. there were those who were in the crowd, demonstrators, actually, who wanted to police themselves, who were trying to tell some of the agitators in the crowd to stop, to stop throwing things, stop throwing the bricks, stop throwing the bottles. clearly they weren't listening. don? >> i need an i.p. i need someone on the phone or something. just give me -- what's the number of the control room? >> i also want to tell you a little more about what we've been seeing down here because you can see the officers. they continue to move slowly up the street. continuing to keep those who are causing the problems off the sidewalks. an announcement came down saying that if you were on the street you would be arrested. we saw several arrests take place right here right now where i'm standing just a few moments ago as they were dealing with some of these demonstrators who were coming through here. this is a close-up look now at the police car we saw from st. louis county a little earlier. i actually s

>> that's been the approach, the national guard, from what i can tell, has not left the ferguson police station. when i saw city hall almost being set on fire and a police car being turned over, i thought the national guard would show up, but again, it was just the st. louis county -- not just, but the st. louis county armored vehicles that showed up and it was the officers -- it was officers in regular -- not regular plain clothes, but officer gear, versus the fatigues that the national guard is wearing, so i haven't seen any national guard in the street patrolling, however, i heard from my understanding there are national guards on west floreson avenue. >> there have been some by and large they've been fairly stationary. thank you very much for your time. we'll be right back. >>> joining me now from ferguson action and msnbc national reporter. let me start with you, you've been here for months engaged in nonviolent direct action, training out doing actions tad, i saw you on the streets last night. how are you thinking about the shape of these protests after what happened last night? >

if in the end a pattern of discrimination is identified, ferguson police could be forced to make changes to things like policies and even hiring. now, over the past five years, the justice department has conducted similar investigations in about 20 police departments across the country, and, scott, in many cases, changes have been mandated. >> pelley: bob, thanks very much. the protests in all of this went far beyond ferguson. in nearby st. louis today, hundreds swarmed the federal courthouse, before fanning out through the city streets. last night, another demonstration wound through the streets of washington, d.c., ending up across the street from the white house. a large group in oakland, california, blocked an interstate, then set a bonfire. while in los angeles, demonstrators lay in the street, their bodies outlined in chalk. in new york's times square, marchers stopped traffic. one man was arrested for throwing fake blood on police commissioner william bratton. the decision not to indict officer wilson reinforces a perception among many african americans that justice is not always

>> a former ferguson police officer speaks to lori jane gliha. what is it like to protect and serve in the city of ferguson >>> also, indepth - a single exam aimed at lifting kids out of poverty. >> it's one in a million. >> grading a test that may pit minorities against each other >>> and, i'll give you a constantant and a vowel, can you guess the oxford dictionary word of the year? >>> good evening, everyone. thanks for joining us, joie chen is on assignment. i'm adam may. we start with an exclusive. a former ferguson police officer is speaking to us for the first time. the anticipation is building as protesters and police wait for an announcement from the grand jury. it could be a matter of days until they decide if they will indict a ferguson police officer who shot and killed an unarmed teenager. a former colleague says he also nose how it feels to be a target. >> i felt it all the time in a uniform. saying "i hate the police." it was "you don't know me, this is the first time you have met me." they may have had a negative encounter with poli

beyond the protests, i think people want to think about not just the ferguson police department but police departments across this country dealing with african american men. ferguson is a jumping off point. it gives us an opportunity to have a big discussion around race and african american men in criminal justice system. my hope is beyond the protest we do things that make a difference in the communities like improve the school system, create more jobs -- >> and create a relationship, better relationship between the community and law enforcement, on that point. >> absolutely. >> john terret is standing among the protesters there and john there are quite a lot of them. john terret can you hear us? john terret can you hear us john terret? >> yeah, hi. >> hi john it's joie in washington. can you talk a little bit about that crowd around you now? it is really swelled to quite a group but peaceful to this point. >> hey joie we've got a lot of loud music going on here and the crowd at the moment is waiting with anticipation to see what the grand jury decision will be. let me take you on a tour.

what they did was they walked down south florson avenue adjacent to the ferguson police department here. they cut off a major intersection. so police cut off the entire street to traffic. then maybe ten or 20 minutes ago, two supporters of officer darren wilson showed up, and things got quite tense. there were some shouting from both sides. that died down to some degree, and now protesters are out here once again across the street where the barricades where, where some 30 police are standing guard over those barricades and are holding down the fort, keeping watch over not only the police department but what they say is keeping the peace here in ferguson. >> pelley: michelle miller, live outside the police station. rikki klieman has been a prosecutor and criminal defense attorney now a legal analyst for cbs news. what are some of the things a grand jury has to consider before it makes a decision about whether to indict the officer? >> well, they have a low standard of probable cause, which means just more probable than not, like 51%. it is not as high as at a trial, proof beyond a reason

police cruiser being turned over now in ferguson, missouri. l guard on the scene. last night we saw -- a, at least, two police cruisers torched. and not exactly sure where this is. again this is -- in ferguson, missouri. not sure what street it is. we are not in control of these, these pictures. van jones where is the national guard in all of this. looking at a police cruiser being torched in the city of ferguson, missouri. they brought in more -- 750 more national guard members. 2,200 here now. again, seeing more unrest here. >> well, you know really, i think frustrating for people here in ferguson. you talk to them. in the summertime when we really didn't need a lot of militarized policing we had over militarized policing. yesterday and today when we need to see more of a presence, we don't see the presence. so, i have heard many local activists complaining that -- some parts of town, especially african-american parts of town seem to be particularly without enough support. so i help that is not a pattern we see tonight. it really has the both

this is one block away from the ferguson police department. you can also see from a distance, again, you can see these now riot gear clad police, and -- you remember the last time this happened, several months ago we had the scene playing out on the main drag, and then allowing the protesters -- running through the neighborhoods. the same thing is happening this time around. you don't see the police on the main drag. they're pulled into the -- as the fire burns. i'm going to turn you here, if i can -- i want to show you -- this is the scene in front of the ferguson police department, and you can see this is one of the vehicles -- one of these military type vehicles. there's been two others just like this one on the other side of the street. behind that vehicle -- i'm not sure if you can see -- behind the vehicle you have roughly 150 officers, shields, batons, and holding a line of some sort. a few dozen folks in the group. the sort of a standoff there hasn't been any activity in this particular area. hasn't been any sort of activity for 15 minu

that is right outside the ferguson police station. there's no intervention yet, that we can see on camera, by police officers trying to intervene and stop, i think we just saw the back window broken. now we're seeing riot gear police entering the scene where this police vehicle's being attacked. they did that just after the back window of this police car was broken, which you can see in that shot when it's a little bit wider, and you see the back window there. that just happened seconds ago, the broken window. the riot police have immediately gotten control of the vehicle. there's no more movement on the vehicle. the police are moving carefully. they are heavily equipped but moving carefully and slowly in through the crowd at this point. to simply get the crowd away from that car. they all, that we can see on camera, have their firearms, their rifles aimed down, aimed down toward the street. they are not aiming weapons, as far as we can tell from this camera angle at the crowd, as we saw in august and even situations like this. we, we

ferguson police are here. right now just trying to clear the roads. anderson? >> jake, do you still have large numbers of protesters there confronting police or interacting with police? >> there are definitely people confronting police. the numbers are relatively small, especially compared to what we saw earlier tonight. there have also been some shots that we heard but they were actually i think rounds in the police car that were set on fire and exploding in the police car. so some of the rounds that we heard came from that, from the police cars being lit on fire and the ammunition going off inside. but much of the crowd has dispersed. there are still quite a few people out here but much smaller. >> i just want to tell our viewers, we're at the command center. we're now seeing dozens of police cruisers arriving here. some have had their lights on, but they're moving at a pretty good rate of speed. looks like they're state troopers. yeah, most of these vehicles are state troopers. i'm not exactly sure what location they are coming from. but they are now arriving

ferguson to do. they will have lots of experts in policing working on this. they will lay out their demands and talk to ferguson. if they can reach an agreement, the traditional path is to take that to court, have entered as a dissent decree administered by the court. it can last for years while changes are made. host: are you censoring the police department for its actions? guest: what you're doing is improving the department. it is based on past actions. the department of justice will have to find ferguson has engaged in a pattern of violating people's rights. that pattern can depend on any number of things good lack of diversity could be one element of that. the way they engage in patrols on the street. whether they disproportionally target african-americans and law enforcement activities, whether they adequately train officers on the use of force. host: do police unions come into this negotiation? guest: they have to be involved so they will have buy-in in the end. the successful implementation of reforms will depend on the cooperation of the police. host:

i want to check in with jake tapper who is outside the ferguson police station. ng, a growing number of protesters have been gathering there. what's the latest from where you are? >> well, anderson, we're here on south morrison and there are 20 police officers from st. louis county. you can see some of them here, some of them over there outside the police department and the headquarters here. there are a few protesters here. a lot of people in anonymous masks. people waiting for word of the decision by the grand jury. one way or the other. it is tense. it is a tense atmosphere. there was a filmmaker and his son here earlier, and somebody confronted the filmmaker, an older white guy, and asked him if he was the klan. there are a lot of rumors about the klan being here, making an appearance. apparently the gentleman said something along the lines what does it matter if i am? and that set off a very intense moment where the crowd was circling around him. he was apparently not with the klan at all. in any case, police got him to his car, got him and his son to his car

a lot of protesters marching through rows of car, all headed to the ferguson police station. police are lined up to take defense of the building if they have to, we'll be watching the situation all night. live update at 6:30 if not before. >>> thank you. >>> all right, bringing in the legal analyst, melissa, the case before a grand jury, normally low bar for indictment. >> right, looking probable cause, you have a grand jury to determine whether there's enough evidence to warrant an actual criminal trial, so not nothing, but it is low bar to just see if there's enough to actually take the person to trial. >> all right, we know the grand jury doesn't have to reach a unanimous decision, what's the makeup? >> seven men, we know five women, nine white people on the grand jury, and three black people, and i tell you, it might be the only thing we learn because state law requires the county to withhold the identity of the members of grand jury, and they deliberate in private and we my never know who's on it or how or why they voted the way they did. >> and any statements the grand

we're starting with darren wilson, no longer a member of the police force in ferguson, missouri. >> he resigned five days now after a grand jury decided not to indict him for killing unarmed teenager michael brown. wilson feared for the police department which parentally had been threatened with violence had he stayed. >> wilson said he hopes hisure community to heal. many say this just not enough. we're in ferguson. so, ed, was wilson forced out? do we know where he is now? >> well, we don't know where he is now. many people here say this announcement doesn't come as a surprise. no one really envisioned that he would continue to be a police officer here in the city of ferguson. his own lawyers have been saying that for some time as we've known there was some sort of negotiation in process to plan for darren wilson's exit from the police department here in ferguson. but his lawyers have been saying that the chances of him ever working as a police officer are slim to none and his statement last night darren wilson said that being a police officer was the only job he ever dreamed of doin

ferguson, missouri. that there, smoke is a burning police car burning ferguson police car amid the choppy car. it's a burning police car. it's one of several police cars that are vandalized by the grand jury not to indict darren wilson. it's an incredible scene. thick smoke and big crowds a larger presence of protests. what we saw before coming on the air here. again was the police car engulfed in flames. we will return you to the scene if the conditions warrant. >>> thethey are working togetheo combat sexual violence. a u.v.a. student was gang-raped at the ficapat the phi capa psi. >> the suspension of fraternities gives the time to breathe and to develop for sub standive changes that confronts this problem. >> the culture is learned. it can be unlearned. we try to unlearn these practices. >>> since the article was published rolling stones said it went viral, and they decried the convict of interests that lies in universities trying to >>> a man was in court today. each carried a year in jail and fined up to $2,100. >>> as melissa has opinion telling yobeen tellingus an estn americans will hit

mark strassmann is >> axelrod: tonight, resignation in ferguson. police officer darren wilson is leaving the force five days after a grand jury declined to indict him for the shooting of michael brown. mark strassmann is in ferguson with the latest. after running back ray rice is cleared to play in the nfl again, his wife speaks out for the first time about what happened in that elevator. mark albert reports. ( cheers ) mission creep-- jericka duncan with an early look at holiday shopping now that black friday's has taken over all of thanksgiving week. and location, location, location, plus a 2,500-bottle wine cellar. carter evans on the beverly hills mansion that could be yours for $85 million. >> it's the finest of everything. it's louie vuitton on steroids. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news." >> axelrod: good evening. i'm jim axelrod. we begin with breaking news tonight. officer darren wilson has resigned from the ferguson, missouri, police force, effective immediately. let's go to mark strassmann, who is outside ferguson police

that is not what the case was with the ferguson, police department. the st. uis county cops came in to help investigate. but what you see is a disparity with the amount of training at play here with the police departments across the country. >> and then you see something like this all out in the open. pam, thank you very much. >>> and joining me now is cyril wekt and marcus amanda. and when you hear this, it seems shocking, that on this international magnitude, there were things done not the way they should have been done. dr. wekt, the medical examiner not taking photos and didn't take measurements at the scene. is that something you could overlook and is okay in this case? >> erin, by no means would this be acceptable. and i would challenge in a friendly way my professional colleague in st. louis medical examin examiner's office to go along the american academy among their brethren among the country and tell them this is how they handle a police shooting case. ferguson is a suburb of st. louis. we're not talking about east sher you canniville in some far off

we were told ahead of time that their primary responsibility was going to be to back fill the ferguson police department. so i think what we heard 40 minutes ago from the mayor was the frustration of many business owners in downtown ferguson. i'm talk beiing about maybe 21, people live in ferguson proper. the businesses that were looted and torched, these were small business owners. these were mom and pops. i could see 50 yards away, there's a hair salon that was damaged and we heard from this woman during the last hour, essentially pleading once again with protesters who are going to be out, to take it easy on these businesses. >> in terms of response in different parts of the town, everyone from the president on down has urged restraint in the response in part of law enforcement officers. to lonnie cob in ferguson had a scathing indictment saying what restraint looks like. he said it is a nonchalant approach to what was happening on the black side of town but a hyper vigilant approach to what was happening on the white side of town. did you get a sense in the discrepancy how law enforcement

hundreds gathered in front of the ferguson police department. the crowd grew more reckless. >> stop throwing objects at the police! you will be subject to arrest. >> reporter: destroying police cars, even setting them on fire. it was surreal covering this. in my earpiece i heard president obama plead pleading for peace and encouraging the media to focus on the positive. >> we have to make sure that we focus at least as much attention on all those positive activities that are taking place as we do on a handful of folks who are using this as an excuse to misbehave. >> reporter: true, most in ferguson were not on the streets rioting. most were likely at home. but the disconnect was jarring. it was as if i was listening to a speech from another time or from another planet, far from this one. fewer than two hours after the grabbed ju grand jury's decision was announced, tear gas was used to clear the streets even though the police department's own website said it was only shooting smoke. this was definitely not the case. there's glass all over. >> rep

officer in the shooting -- ferguson police officer in the shooting death of a teen. barricades are in place, and there's heightened security at the courthouse where the announcement will be made. the governor declared a state of emergency and activated the national guard. a short time ago he made a final appeal for calm. >> our shared hope and expectation is that regardless of the decision people on all sides show tolerance, mutual respect and restraint. >> today michael brown sr. spoke to cbs news. >> reporter: what's your message for the protesters down here? >> newly released recordings added to the tension surrounding the shooting. >> michael brown was seen allegedly robbing this store. it shows the office saw brown, and called for back up. the entire encounter took less than 90 seconds, but it's unclear what happened in the moments before officer wilson shot brown, wilson reportedly testified there was a struggle for his gun. some witnesses backed that up, others say they saw brown getting on the ground with his hands on his head. the officer has been in hiding

ferguson. about 70% of the community is african-american, we're told. there's maybe 50 or 60 police officers in ferguson. all but three of them are white. is that what the justice department is looking into right now, whether there's built-in racism in the ferguson police department? >> well, obviously that in and of itself is not a civil rights violation. i think they're going to examine whether or not there's any kind of discrimination in terms of hiring practices but also in connection with the enforcement of the law. i think that's -- they're going to look to see whether or not, is there a pattern and practice of discrimination based upon race. that's what the department is going to look at. and, again, i'm hopeful that irrespective of what's happened with respect to the state charges, the department of justice is going to move forward with this investigation in a professional, straightforward way as it would normally do in any case. >> yesterday the president spoke out on what's going on in the aftermath of the ferguson decision. he was in chicago. let me play this little clip.

you do see through the crowd ferguson police department, members of the ferguson pd waiting on the other side of the barricade there. most of the people who have gathered out here with their cameras, with their posters have been peaceful. they're hearing what michael brown's family has been saying in terms of come out here, support michael brown but do it nonviolently. anderson? >> jason, this is certainly the largest crowd -- i mean, they have been able to maintain protests outside that police station basically every day now for some hundred days or so, but this is certainly the largest crowd we've seen. >> absolutely. i mean, for the past several months when you think about what these demonstrators have been able to do, spreading the word through social media to get people out here, just a few hours ago, as soon as word came down that the grand jury had reached its decision, i got a text from one of the protesters saying it's going to happen in front of the ferguson police department, come on down. that's what we've been seeing. this group is very well organized. they've been down here

being questioned by police in. ferguson, things remain calm and an increased presence of national guard troops standing by. >> pelley: earlier today governor jay nixon tripled national guardsmen in and around ferguson to 2200. representatives of the brown family denounced the violence and the grand jury decision that sparked it. michelle miller continues our coverage from ferguson. >> reporter: the eruption was not immediate after darn wilson's fate was made known, cries of injustice, haunts and bottles thrown at ferguson police department. crowds but then two hours in, when crowds overturned two squad cars and rounds of gunfire could be heard, police responded with warnings and volleys of tear gas. 12 businesses were burned, including this pizza takeout on north florissant. the store manager did not want to be identified. he said authorities did not protect his business. >> my-- my question would be is where were you? why did you promise me that you'd be here to protect my workers? >> reporter: today, the man in been. of t

true bill on each of the five indictments. >> hundreds of protesters had gathered outside the ferguson policetation to hear the grand jury decision. they were closely monitored by a heavy police presence. officer wilson fatally shot michael brown as the two scuffled on august 9th. that shooting touched off weeks of sometimes violent racially charged protests in ferguson and other cities around the country. as the grand jury neared the decision following three months of work, michael brown's father urged supporters to remain peaceful. local officials also appealed for calm. >> our focus today in the short run here is to protect lives, protect property and to protect speech. >> but with emotions running so high in in case the short run -- in this case the short run could mean a long night. of course, president obama reacted to the ruling by the grand jury as well. our jim osman is live in front of the white house with that. >> reporter: good evening. lots going on tonight. the president spoke more than an hour ago calling for peace saying it was the grand jury's decision to make. let's listen t

>> a former ferguson police officer speaks to lori jane gliha. at is it like to protect and serve in the city of ferguson >>> also, indepth - a single

will officer wilson resign from the ferguson police force if he's not indicted? about his intentions, wolf. i mean, that's a personal decision he has to make with his family. >> we heard from the st. louis police chief that he didn't think it was realistic for him to stay on, given the commotion and uproar and given all the problems that realistically he wouldn't be able to be a decent, fair police officer in ferguson any longer, given the history. you agree with the st. louis police chief? >> i would be more worried about his safety. obviously, there's attempts and plans to injure and kill police that are soeassociated with the protests. him being back on the street would present challenges in that regard. >> based on conversations you've had, and i know you don't want to give us too many details of those conversations, but he believes, the officer, that he was acting in his own self-defense when he shot and killed michael brown, is that right? >> well, i think that's been repeated in several reports, that he has maintained his innocence, yes. >> does he look bac

we're seeing now the protesters are already gathering in the ferguson police department, which has become the site of most of the intense protests in the months since august. what have those interactions been like since police and protesters. >> the last few days, as we've seen again, as this tension is bubbling over, you've seen arrests. you've seen what some have believed to have been a little more aggressive tactics by police. one young gentleman was arrested for standing on the sidewalk and refused to move. it hantd spun completely out of control. but it seems there has been a stepped up aggression in that situation at the police department. >> i want to bring in ar ari melber. i was just saying on "hardball," that, you know, there is a strangeness to this that we are an tis pating the announcement of a grand jury finding. it's strange. it's not ushltly where one finds one's self as a reporter. verdicts get a lot of attention. but this is a grand jury proceeding. walk us through what is a process that's led e led up to this and what are the possible things that we might hear tonight?

we are also dedicated to improving the relations of the ferguson police department and the youth. e police chief is going to be committed to the youth for police explorer youth programs for the youth and the surrounding districts. the police explorer unit will be implemented in the schools in the fall of 2015. third, the city of ferguson a has established a scholarship program to recruit african-american candidates to attend the african-american community to be a scholarship to repaid to the scity of ferguson after the completion of the academy, and this is a proactive step to be more proactive to be more reflective of the demographic of our community. and also, pfor the officers of the city of ferguson in 2015 we will pass an ordinance for the stipend of $200 to $300 per month por officers living in our community to encouraging the police sufficient officer -- police officers to live in the city of ferguson to make sure they are vested in the community in which they serve. over the past 15 years, the city of ferguson has faced issues of xus dus because of urban sprawl, the foreclo

they are pulling someone back to the ferguson police department. ind the police line and behind the national guard line. we are also being told to move back on the sidewalk, which is what we're doing, but basically what's changed tonight is that officers have said that because of items thrown at police. and we did notice a couple of water bottles being thrown at police and perhaps some other items that they have told everyone to disperse and go home. that this is an unlawful assembly. very different than what we were going to hear earlier today which is get out of the road. you can assemble and you have to be on the sidewalk. now they're saying there is an unlawful assembly thrown at office earlier. >> some of those items included bottles filled with urine, as well as tent poles and rocks. we'll get back to the ferguson coverage in just a moment. >>> first, we want to take a look at another big story. yeah, it's a major storm hitting the east coast. it's going to affect thanksgiving travel for millions of people. chad myers has an early look at your

also the justice department led by attorney general eric holder is looking into the entire ferguson police department. here's part of the statement issued by holder last night. in addition the department continues to investigate allegations of unconstitutional policing patterns or practices by the ferguson police department. as far as a federal prosecution of darren wilson, it is high standard to me so i am not sure how it will progress. he thinks the investigations will be done by the time leaves office which should be relatively soon. >> doug luzader we will check back with you. >> hundreds of thousands of posts from all around the world he says while i may disagree with the decisions no the to indicted burning the place where you live makes no sense to me. jamie says i guess the lives of small business owners don't matter. he says a right decision was made any person who actually looks at the evidence knows it is a threat. another says to see looters cars ablaze and the violence because of protestors it is satedening t there's an immense amount of hurt in ferguson. breaking down the cit

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say officers have used tear gas to disperse crowds near the ferguson police department. this is video from earlier this evening of the crowds running moments after smoke bombs were fired. police used a bullhorn to tell the crowd to disperse, saying it had become an unlawful assembly some protesters smashed the windows of a police car and threw rocks and other items at authorities. police cars were vandalized and several gunshots were heard monday night as crowds erupted in anger after the announcement that officer darren wilson will not be indicted in the shooting death of 18-year-old michael brown. there have been acts of vandalism. in this aerial video. you can see a police car on fire. at least two police cars have been set ablaze. protestors are scattered throughout town. confronting a heavy police presence. also -- smoke and fire was seen billowing from a building. there are reports -- some in the crowd reportedly tried to stop others from taking part in vandalism and other violence. some pulled firefighters were fought off from the fires by four protesters brandis

why did darren wilson decide to resign from ferguson police department and does he still fear for his life? >> he decided to rye sign because we got information yesterday directly from the chief in ferguson that they had some information that suggested they were going to be acts taken against either members of the department or the department itself related to his continued employment. when he was told that, he said that was enough so he submitted an oral resignation followed by a written resignation letter shortly thereafter. >> he he still feel a a marked man in the st. louis area? >> he does, chris. it's a a shame and that's something he has to liv with for quite some time. >> mr. parks, let's get to the evidence in this case. what do you think is the single biggest hole in officer wilson's testimony? what do you think is the strongest reason that that grand jury should have indicted him? >> well, chris, i believe the strongest reason is the reasonableness of his so-called fear as michael approached him. for what i can tell thus far, and in my investigation of this case, almost one

the other a broader look at the ferguson police department as a whole and whether the predominantly white department exhibit a pattern of discrimination or force, a pattern of violating the civil rights of ferguson's residence, the majority of whom are black. >> they'll be conducted rigorously or in a timely manner to move forward as expeditiously as we can to restore trust and understanding. >> legal experts say the tougher case to bring will be the one against the officer. the department of justice would have to prove that darren wilson intended to violate brown's civil rights. >> they will look for anything that is unusual in his actions. that would not be the normal course of actions that an officer would have taken. >> as for the investigation into the ferguson police department. barbara calls that a slam dunk. >> i say that we'll see signs of abuse. we'll see a violation of the civil rights law. the question will be what is the remedy. what would the justice department do. >> it was the violent police beating in los angeles of unarmed motorist king that helped to pass a law authoris

will ferguson, missouri, police officer darren wilson be charged in the fatal shooting of michael brown? officials urge calm. reports from mark strassmann and michelle miller. remember this? it's turning into this. after the record snowfall, jericka duncan shows us the preparations for the meltdown and flooding. juliana goldman reports the university of virginia is banning fraternities temporarily after a student says she was gang raped. and jeff glor reports a driver's homicide conviction in a fatal crash is thrown out. >> i never thought this moment would come. >> pelley: after gm admits the car was defective. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening. before this night is over, we will know the grand jury's decision in the fatal shooting of michael brown by ferguson missouri, police officer darren wilson. the panel has been hearing evidence in the case for three months now and late today the announcement came that the jurors have decided whether there is probable cause to charge the officer with a crime. that announcement is

ferguson area. as demonstrators have been demonstrating that cruisers have been set on fire and bottles thrown at policeocks happened brown as well. rocks have been thrown as well. hurling dangerous items at other people right now. as we see a building enflamed and ferguson. >> pam: we are talking about 581 of the main thoroughfares through oakland and the east bay. you could see this is the freeway work cars have stopped and people are standing about. traffic is moving on one side of the freeway and not on the other. the chp is starting to pull an extra crews to deal a very difficult and dangerous situation. have some how wound up on the freeway. law enforcement to is coming to some decision on how to handle how to clear all of these people off of by the zero. highway 580 >> reporter: pam we have seen from other colleagues that thankfully where we are located things are calm. not even a mile or two down the road we are next to ferguson, on the line. we have seen video of cars on fire and buildings on fire is hard to tell what exactly the building may be. it does look like it is becoming more violent by

president obama called on those that want to protest to be peaceful and had a message for the local police in ferguson. >> our police officers put their lives on the line for us every single day. they have a tough job to do to hold accountable those that break the law. as they do their jobs in the coming days, they need to work with the community, not against the community, to distinguish the handful of people who may use the grand jury's decision as an excuse for violence. >> not surprisingly darren wilson, the police officer who shot michael brown, welcomed the grand jury's move, his statement saying he followed his training and the law. many in ferguson don't agree. and they have been making the feelings known on the streets of this racially divided city. so a violent start to an evening that ended in relative coup, but the question moving forward is will the protests expected as the week wears op, against the decision of the grand jury, will they be as peaceful as organizers exist, or will the scenes of violence we saw monday night dominate the message that the community is trying to send to the r

ferguson is the shadow that now hangs over many other police shootings. >> whether there was fergusont, doesn't matter to me. >> reporter: outrage over michael brown's death touched a nerve felt across the country. over the weekend, a police officer killed a 12-year-old boy who was carrying a pellet gun. >> what happened to me is that it happened to cleveland, and it happened to a child, so ferguson being out there, or not being out there, it really doesn't matter to me. >> reporter: nationally the number of officer-involved shootings has been rising. police officers killed 461 felony suspects last year, the most in nearly two decades. those killings were ruled justifiable, but the number could be higher since not all departments report their police shootings, nor are they required too, leading to fear that activists say show police officer are using too much force. >> there are a number of officers that see a man of color, and treat them disrespectfully. >> reporter: from new york city to new mexico, deep anger over police behavior and tactics. and in new york as a grand jury decides

but i also had a message for no the local police force in ferguson itself. >> our police officers putife on his the line for us every single day. they have a tough job to do, to maintain public safety and hold accountable those who break the law. as they do their jobs, in the coming days, they need to work with the community, not against the community, to distinguish the handful of people who may use the grand jury i's decision as an excuse for violence. >> reporter: the police officer who shot michael brown has welcomed the grand jury i's decision is saying in a statement that he had followed his training and followed the law. but many in ferguson don't accept that, and they are making their feelings known on the streets of this racially divided city. victoria, al jazerra. >> the police officer darren wilson issued a letter thanking his supporters. sake all of you are simply amazing and i don't know how to thank you all yo enough. he goes to say i wish i could meet, hug you, and personally thank you for your continued sport. however due to me and my family's safety, i am unable to. >

police officers. more than 40 arrested. >>> and rallying against the ferguson decision. officers used pepper spray, but some refused to leave the area. >>> and in minneapolis, a driver plowed into a crowd of protesters. the car dragged several people before coming to a stop. one woman had to be taken to a hospital. but we're told she is not seriously injured. of course, you can stay us with at abc news for the latest on the protests around the country. we have life team coverage on "good morning america" later. >>> and university of virginia has apologized to student victims of sexual assault. they have adopted a zero tolerance policy and hired an outside law firm to investigate how the school handled an alleged gang rape at a from attorneyty house. the police chief is asking for anyone who witnessed the incident to have the courage to come forward. >> there were people in the room who saw and heard what has been called shocking and horrifying and gut-wrench. and i hope that there's bystanders have the moral courage -- the moral courage to come forward and help us with t

fire and mayhem overwhelm the streets of ferguson. police use tear gas to disperse rioters, sending them scrambling as they smash windows, loaded stores and some randomly fired guns in the air. >> in august, we talked about the out of towners came into our community. well, our community has got to take responsibility for what happened tonight. >> reporter: people marched in chicago, new york and d.c., in oakland they lay in the streets simulating the death of michael brown. all of it in angry reaction to decision clearing police officer darren wilson. >> they determined no probable cause exists to file any charge against officer wilson and returned a no true bill on each of five indictments. >> reporter: subsequently evidence was released showing the swollen face of officer wilson, a result of the beating he took from brown, and wilson's grand jury testimony describing brown charging him and the fatal shot. he turns and when he looked at me he made a grunting like aggravated sound and he starts, turns and coming toward me. i keep telling him

louis airport a couple miles from ferguson. police say outbound flights are still flying. some reports say people are shooting guns into the sky. in a town, ferguson schools are closed. a decision the administrators made before the decision came out last night. >>> and angie goff is live at the live desk with more. >> take a look at these photos of officer wilson showing a slightly bruised face and neck that were taken at the hospital after the shooting. according to the records, he was in the hospital for about two hours. these jurors heard more than 70 hours of testimony from about 60 different witnesses. some of the things that standout, wilson said as he tried to open his cruiser door, brown slammed it back shut and then said he pushed brown with that door trying to reopen it. and that's when brown hit him in the face. wilson had never fired his gun on duty before the shooting. he ended up firing it a dozen times. brown was running through the shots. also, the medical examiner never took photographs at the scene and we learned that through the documents that was not don

we think he would not be very effective for the ferguson police department nor ferguson community if he had continued to be a police officer in that community. so we think that the community all expected this. >> o'donnell: will it change at all your decision to move forward with additional legal action? >> certainly not. the family greatly wanted to have the killer of their unarmed son held accountable. they will look at every legal avenue, they are still troubled by the things that happened in the grand jury proceeding as well as officer darren wilson statements when he said that his conscious was clear that he would do the same thing over again. that suggests very cold, if one of those things where you would hope that even if a police officer felt they had to use lethal force that they would have some consideration. i don't think officer wilson had any consideration for his children and wonder if he had a conscience that's troubling to them. we want police officers that do have a conscience in our community note police officers that are cold as ice and see our children at demons an

police force if he is not indicted? >> i have not talked to him about anything since the first few days after the shooting. >> and i guess the question is, given the environment in ferguson right now, just as a hypothetical question, but an important one, do you think officer wilson would be safe as a police officer in ferguson, if he came back and did that? >> well, that's a discussion that we're going to have, you know, once all the investigations are over. as you know, we still have a federal investigation coming up. so, that's a discussion down the road. >> and again, we've learned that darren wilson could announce plans to resign from the police force in ferguson. nothing confirmed yet. we'll continue to follow that story. if there's a development, we'll bring it to you. >>> all right, day three of an epic lake-effect snow event brought an additional two to three feet of the white stuff in parts of western new york state. pretty incredible. >> really incredible. up to seven feet of snow. you can translate that for our international viewers, derek van damme is with us for more about that. >> 216 centimeters. >> knew you could do it like that. >> mental calculator, on

police. they're expected to arrive today. omar villafranca, cbs news, ferguson, missouri. >> police are also preparing for possible protests here in d.c. if a grand jury doesn't return an indictment against officer wilson, the washington chapter of the national black united front is planning a demonstration the day after at mount vernon square in northwest washington. >>> a memorial service was held this morning at st. patrick's church in northwest for three law enforcement members shot and killed inside d.c. police headquarters 20 years ago. f.b.i. agents martha dickson martinez and michael john miller as well as police sergeant hank daily were in a third floor squad room when a lone gunman opened fire back in 1994. the gunman benny lee lawson then killed himself. the week before the shooting, lawson had been questioned as a suspect in a triple homicide. bruce leshan will have more on today's service and a wreath laying ceremony coming up on wusa9 at 5:00. >>> police now say a person of interest in an armed carjacking and kidnapping at a metro station is a susp