pastor michael mcbride and missouri state senator maria chappelle-nadal. and we will look at the crackdown on journalists. >> here in the united states of america, police should not be arresting journalists who are just try to do their jobs and report to the mac and report to the market people on what they see on the ground. >> we will speak with the intercepts ryan devereaux who was one of the least 11 journalists detained so far in ferguson. he was held overnight. also he was hit with a rubber bullet. all of that and more coming up. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. we are broadcasting from ferguson, missouri. protests over the fatal police shooting of unarmed 18-year-old michael brown have continued for a tense night here in ferguson. speaking earlier today, captain ron johnson of the missouri state highway patrol said 47 people were arrested overnight. >> as of 1:00 a.m., there were 47 arrests tonight compared to 31 at the same time yesterday. steesl add one of the are we have arrested for the third ti

joining me now on the phone is state senator maria chappelle nadal. good morning. >> good morning. >> what is being done to keep the calm in ferguson? >> what we're trying to do is have a very clear message to residents and other concerned citizens in the area that we need to see transparency. we do want justice for this community and for the family of mike brown. but we have to remain cool, call and collected. and frankly many of the people who are in that community and my senate district are upset because of the violence last night. and it is certainly not condoned whatsoever. i want to make clear that there were two vigils last night and the second vigil that we held last night was not violent at all. you heard the sirens and we were at the police station last night because simply people would not leave. and i wanted to make sure that instead of going to the other side that we also held the second peaceful vigil last night. that's not being reported on at all. but we are talking to people, trying to keep tempers down. >> nosenator, in looking at th

missouri state senator maria chappelle-nadal is tweeting about last night's round of violence. she says, it is my belief that ron johnson was used as a pawn to cover up governor jay nixon's failure. last night may have been a set-up. please obama. she joins us now for more live from ferguson. great to see you, ma'am. there is so much in that last tweet that you put out there. what do you mean that ron johnson, the captain, was used as a pawn? >> well, let me tell you, i have been a victim to political politics for a very long time. and what i have experienced myself is that people will create perceptions that are really not reality. and the whole intent behind creating perceptions is to seem as though you are the person who's winning an argument but in reality you are actually losing. so from the very beginning, we know that governor nixon has been completely absent from the minority community. and when he was at the state fair and all of a sudden decided after three days of being teargassed, two of those days i was teargassed myself, he decided to leave the state fair and say,

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. >> reporter: state senator maria chappelle-nadal knows what it feels like. >> i was subjected to tear gas two of three days. i was scared. a lot of intimidation by police officers. >> reporter: born and raised in st. louis, ferguson is one of her districts. she's at the quick trip gas station which has become a symbol of the movement. >> behind us is the result of looting last sunday where a bunch of people were angry and upset and decided to just raid the store and then they set it on fire. >> reporter: her goal tonight is to keep things peaceful in a town where peace seems a long and distant hope. >> there was more people in iraq in 2010 than in st. louis, missouri, in 2014. >> reporter: she thinks the police have failed in their heavy-handed approach and have created more violence than they have stopped. in this st. louis suburb, tensions with police have long run high. in a town where 68% of the population is black, there are only three black police officers. >> this group of people represent the victims. because any one them could have been michael brown depending on the day and

joining me is state senator maria chappelle nadal. thank you for being with us. should the police chief be fired? >> i think he should resign, absolutely, right now. >> it's sort of stunning that he could do this without the state police captain, captain johnson, knowing about it, whouithout th governor knowing about it. is captain johnson really in charge? >> you know, last night i started thinking about this entire ordeal and i received some information from the ground this morning, and i almost think that captain johnson is being used as a pawn to cover for all of the mistakes of governor nixon at this time. >> captain johnson has certainly impressed a lot of people there and around the nation for how, you know, committed he is, how passionate and how well he knows the community and his courage. so he certainly is doing an important job there. the question is the lines of authority and why they're not clear and what will the national guard be doing? >> well, here's how i see it right now. because of our chief johnson here, or jackson, in ferguson, not communic

senator maria chappell nadal was gassed by the police officers out there.hen you have the politician he who represent us being arrested or gassed and the others like governor nixon being silent on the situation, it causes the unrest in the community. >> what was disheartening in the community was there was no community leaders stepping up. antonio french, he's in the city and out here all the time. there are people who are in this community who are being quiet. >> 20 seconds c.j. >> i'm sorry, yeah but the local government is not saying anything. the state government isn't saying anything. it's kind of -- it's scary. >> on that note we are out of time but i want to thank all our guests today. tashara, ishmael, c.j, representative drago, chuck, until then, waj and i will see you online. you online. "techknow", a show about innovation, we explore humanity, and we'll do if in a unique way. this is a show about science by scientists. tonight military technology in the e.r. >> night vision goggles show surgeons something they could never see before.

louis area and state senator maria chappelle nadal.you both. >> thank you. >> thank you for being here. chris, i know you're upset about a lack of security for businesses. you have a state senator standing right beside you. what would you like to tell her? >> well, you know, i would like to tell her i feel we're going to come out of this okay. the police are doing a much better job right now. it took a little bit of time. but we are broken and i do think that we're going to come out this stronger. just like a fracture in the human body, we will heal, but we need the st. louis business community to step up. we need the large corporations, emerson electric, express scripps around the corner from here, to open up their wallets and reinvest in this community, invest in education. it could make a huge difference in the schools of normandy and the surrounding areas. >> senator, that's great, but that's a long-term solution. in the short-term, what can be done? >> well, let me tell you what my residents are looking for. they want to see the o

maria chappelle nadal represents the town of ferguson, missouri, where police shot and killed an unarmed teenager saturday. michael brown was one of maria's constituents. it's important to know who she is, she will not see senator nadal in this next clip, but you will hear her voice, check this out. >> wanted to know if i'm going to be gassed against like i was on monday night. and i was peaceful. >> i know, i know, i know. >> we couldn't get out. and we were peacefully sitting. i just want to know if i'm going to be gassed again. >> i hope not. >> i really hope not either. >> and i'm your state senator? >> that was the chief of police in ferguson, missouri, today taking questions from reporters and citizens at a press conference. people ask for instance why the department needed to bring out armored vehicles, handed down from the u.s. military. >> people are using bombs now. pipe bombs, so forth. >> there's been no indication of bombs at any of these protests, even though there definitely has been some looting, violence and things have been rowdy at some of these events. there have been

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maria chappelle nadal represents the town of ferguson, missouri, where police shot and killed an unarmedeenager saturday. michael brown was one of maria's constituents. it's important to know who she is, she will not see senator nadal in this next clip, but you will hear her voice, check this out. >> wanted to know if i'm going to be gassed against like i was on monday night. and i was peaceful. >> i know, i know, i know. >> we couldn't get out. and we were peacefully sitting. i just want to know if i'm going to be gassed again. >> i hope not. >> i really hope not either. >> and i'm your state senator? >> that was the chief of police in ferguson, missouri, today taking questions from reporters and citizens at a press conference. people ask for instance why the department needed to bring out armored vehicles, handed down from the u.s. military. >> people are using bombs now. pipe bombs, so forth. >> there's been no indication of bombs at any of these protests, even though there definitely has been some looting, violence and things have been rowdy at some of these events. there have been n

i want to bring in now a state senator, maria chappelle nadal, represents parts of ferguson, also patricia bynes, congresswoman of ferguson township. thanks for being with me on this friday. let me start with you, because we were talking, again, before the broadcast about bob mcculloch and about the prosecution, if you will, not so much the prosecution but the specter of prosecution. where does that stand right now? >> well, you know, bob mcculloch has stated that he would freely take himself away from this case if the governor made that decision. >> for folks, really quickly, senator, who have not been following the story perhaps as closely as others, why is it that so many people in ferguson want mcculloch off this case? >> historically, he's had more cases that have made african-american s go to jail, o he has a record of having african-americans prosecuted, and this community has a natural mistrust of him. always have. i have a great working relationship with him when it comes to the state, but when it comes to home politics, this community just doesn't trust him, so he has freely said

criticism of the handling of the situation that came in the form of a tweet that came from maria chappelle nadal that included a four-letter word? >> good? warm? it's near the gs. >> are you familiar with it? >> you know, i get the access. you guys sent a lot of stuff and i get to see some of it. i don't -- i don't -- it's not how i communicate and i don't -- i -- i try to put gasoline into the engine of fire engines when i see them, not on the fires that are existing. i find doing that is more productive. [ inaudible question ] >> we tried to. we'll get that opportunity soon and we've certainly been in contact with them and i have been impressed by their comments in calling for peace and justice and i thank them for that. i think they've been resolute in their recommendation to the communities that violence is not the answer, and i know they're going through difficult times. very difficult times, and i think that wheel we had a chance to get together that the schedules got bumped out, i'm sure we'll get a chance to sit with them, but with the things in front of me rof me right now i've been mor

. >> thank you very much for joining us there, state senator maria chappelle-nadal, appreciate you joining us on the phone with that. thank you for calling in. i want to go to julie bossman, a "new york times" chicago bureau chief. my brian colleague knows julie as well. jul julie, can you hear us? >> yes, i can. >> julie's on the ground there with some of the protesters in ferguson. what can you tell us? >> well, i'm standing here at the corner of west foreson and lang, which is two blocks north of the quick trip that was looted one week ago today. and right now the side streets are very quiet. you have a helicopter buzzing overhead. and there are several large armored police vehicles that are just south of us in front of the quick trip and they are telling everyone to go home, every time a car turns down the street they say to disperse. so it's clear that the curfew has kicked in earlier than the police had planned. right now i'm standing with a group of four young men who live on the other side of west foreson and are effectively trapped because they're afraid to cross the street to get

. >> senator maria chappelle-nadal, appreciate you for being on.as well. >> coming up, there have been supporters in ferguson who support darren wilson, the police officer who killed michael brown, and the online fund-raising page has raised more money so far than the michael brown fund. a closer look at wilson supporters, next. imagine the luxury... of not being here. the power you want with the fuel economy you dream of. performance with a conscience. this is volvo innovating for you. >>> tonight win i want to take a closer look at who officer darren wilson is and the people rallying behind him. you don't see a lot of people in ferguson itself supporting him, although you do see some. two nights ago, a pair of ferguson supporters were in a confrontation with protesters. elsewhere, it's a different story. especially online where fund-raising page has raised a six-figure amount in the officer's name. more tonight from jason carroll. >> reporter: his very name has stirred unrest and has invoked words about injustice and police brutality. >> mike bro

i'm sorry, former ferguson mayor, brian fletcher in ferguson, missouri, also state senator, maria chappelle-nadalferguson. i have to cut you off because of time here. i would say clearly the two of you have reporas individuals but the question here is about the issues of structure. i do hope, all of us deeply hope that the underlying issues can be addressed because the people of ferguson are clearly hurting and asking for justice from all sides of this point. everyone stay right there because two people can say the same thing and get very different results is next. >> working in a coordinated fashion. >> excuse me, governor, you need to charge that police with murder. ♪ [ male announcer ] when you see everyone in america almost every day, you notice a few things. like the fact that you're pretty attached to these. ok, really attached. and that's alright. because we'll text you when your package is on the way. we're even expanding sunday package delivery. yes, sunday. at the u.s. postal service, our priority is...was... and always will be...you. our p♪ [music]s...was... defiance is in our bones. d

nixon was harshly criticized last week by missouri state senator maria chappelle nadal.he think of nixon's decision to bring in extra law enforcement. let's ask her. what do you make of the national guard coming in? >> i find it very interesting because the national guard will be coming the ground zero one and two before governor nixon has come to ground zero. he's been in normandy, he's been at the command control that is in ferguson, but he has yet to come to ground zero and talk to the people who are really affected by the death of michael brown. >> how do you think his presence will help? >> people want to know you care. every other elected official that has come down has talked to all of the people who are from this community who are angered by all the intimidation. unfortunately we have some negative influences that are coming into this community and a lot of people who are -- a few people who are in this community who are making it just a worse problem. >> let's talk about all that. there are people very critical who are saying, you know, these people should be al

. >> state senator maria chappelle-anyw chappelle-nadal in ferguson. >>> thursday the president tooko address the shooting death of michael brown by a police officer in ferguson. at that point protests had been going on for four days. police were facing off with protesters in stunning and often frightening ways. the president spoke before the state highway patrol and captain ron johnson came in to take over crowd control before local police claimed the same day that he was killed, michael brown had stolen from a store. in a statement the president called on both protesters and the police to hold themselves to a high er standard. >> we all need to hold ourselves at a higher standard. i know emotions are raw right now in ferguson and there are certainly passionate differences about what has happened. >> he spoke about the death of michael brown. >> of course it's important to remember how this started. we lost a young man, michael brown, in heartbreaking and tragic circumstances. he was 18 years old. his family will never hold michael in their arms again. >> i appreciate that the presi

maria chapelle-nadal. >> woodruff: former mayor fletcher, state senator chappell nadal, we thank you for joining us.to ask you first about the governor's decision to call in the national guard. we just heard president obama say he wants that to be a limited use of the guard and in an appropriate manner. senator chapel nadal, what do you make of the decision to call out the guard. >> well, what i would agree to is that we certainly need some order in this community there are certain elements that have come into the ferguson area that are not welcome. we have heard that anarchists have come from across the country to incite negativity in the community. and all ferguson residents, all they want to do is to be able to protest in peace. and we just want to make sure there's order. and we do not have disturbances. we want to make sure that all businesses are safe, and that every single resident is safe as they are protesting and trying to live their lives. >> woodruff: former mayor brian fletcher, tell me, what is your reaction to calling out the guard to patrol your community. and why do believe it's bee