>> i have not talked to chief tom jackson -- i have not talked to chief tom jackson, and so i am unaware of anything he has in place. >> they have shown that it is mike brown on the video that they've released this morning. the guy is a young man. the picture looks like him, but the picture, you look closely at the detail, when you look at it, with socks on. the picture of mike brown in the middle of the street, he had the black of the shoe being a sole. so they are stating that is mike brown in that picture, and i think that is so unfair. you have to look at the whole picture, from head to toe. >> i have not seen that. but i guarantee you, i will look at that packet, and i will look at that. and that's why i'm down there so i can get this kind of information. >> did the locals mishandle the crowd control? >> like we've talked before, i am going to talk about yesterday. and i think yesterday we handled it just right. shook hands. we had a great time. we're going to talk about last night and move forward today. i can tell you what happened last night is what's going to happen here forward

tom jackson addressing reporters.et's listen. >> giving the sidewalks up in the area to protests -- protesters, we'll put up cones, put up porta potties for them to use and allow them to freely protest for as long as they want. what's happening now is, is not what any of us want. last night, we started ge getting -- started getting rocks, bricks, bottles thrown at us then a molotov cocktail then a bomb went off. we all need people to calm down and bring some peace to this. we want people to be able to protest, we want to facilitate their ability to protest because it's a constitutional right. so working with these leaders we're going otry to put this together and hopefully everyone will take the opportunity to get the message out that they want to get out. we understand everybody's age are aneverybody's angerand theio we're hoping for that ability. >> police approach has been blindly criticized for being much like a military unit and i'd like your reaction to that. >> i thawns, th -- understand t, there is gun fire, f

>> i have not spoken to chief tom jackson so i'm unaware of any things he has in place. >> (inaudible) mike brown and video that they released this morning, the guy's a young man that maybe the picture looks like him but the picture, look closely at the details, when you look down at his details, nike, the picture of mike brown, long striped sox on and the black of the shoe being the sole. they are stating that is mike brown. that is so unfair for his parents, you have to look at the whole picture. >> and i have not seen that. >> i have it on my (inaudible). >> i can guaranty you i will look at that packet and i will look at that. that's why i'm down there so i can get this kind of information. >> did the locals misthan crowd control? >> like we've talked about i'm going to talk about yesterday. and i think yesterday we handled it just right, shook hands and hugged and we had a great time. we're going otalk about last night and move forward. i'm going to tell you what happened last night will move forward. >> is there a strained relationship between the state and the locals? >> no, th

i have not talked to chief tom jackson, and so i am unaware of anything he has in place. [inaudible conversations] >> [inaudible] >> all right. we're going to open our microphones back up and begin to speak because i can't quite all -- hear all of the questions that are going on, but the gist of this, governor, is what you were talking about off camera. look, it's all been said, now we have to hear other people say it. >> ron johnson has handled this brilliantly. the militarization of the police in ferguson brought it to a level that it never should have gotten to. what ron johnson has done is take the mask off, and he's walked out there, and he's become a vulnerable guy walking among the people. think about this, if you're in the community and you're scared and you're frightened and people who are in authority are behind masks and shields and military equipment, it escalates your fear. here's what they're doing, they're coming back, he's walking out there and saying i'm vulnerable too, and it really equalizes it and makes a brilliant, brilliant strategic move. >> let's w

-- [ inaudible ] i have not talked to chief tom jackson. so i'm unaware of any -- things he has in place. [ inaudible ] >> -- that young man that they -- look down at his -- a brown man in the middle of the street. he had stripes, black and white tennis shoes, the black of the tennis shoes -- so they're saying that is mike brown in that picture and i just think that is so unfair to compare -- the whole picture, from head to toe -- [ inaudible ] >> and i have not seen that. but i guarantee you, i will look at that packet and i will look at that. and that's why i'm down there, so i can get this kind of information. >> did the locals mishandle -- [ inaudible ] >> like we've talked before, i am going to talk about yesterday. and i think yesterday we handled it just right. we shook hands and we hugged hand had a great time. we're going to talk about last night and move forward today. what happened last night is what's going to happen here forward. >> -- strained relationship between the state and -- >> no, there's not. i talked to chief behlmer

we did hear tom jackson saying at the press conference that there was videotape. he said the videotape would be in the pack. to the best of my knowledge, they released stills, pictures, from the videotape. i think that videotape does exist. we just don't have our hands on it. it has not been released. >> have we done a comparison between what the suspect in the convenience store strong arm robbery, as the police called it, what that suspect was wear, as opposed to what michael brown was wearing as he was lying on that street for that long period of time? >> we have. the reality is, it was listed in the police report as to what the suspect in the store was wear, what the suspect on the ground was wearing. in both of those, it is consistent. these, obviously, the people who live here, they don't believe it's consistent. if you look at what the suspect is wearing in the store, how it is described in the police report, and of course police, they do make the reports, right. and what was on the ground when he was wearing, it does appear to be consistent at this point bu

the only person who put their name on this story was the ferguson police chief tom jackson. did not produce any photographs of to that reporter or anything to backup his statements. he doesn't have to. he's got fox news describing almost a riot. this afternoon cnn senior social media producer tweeted officer darren wilson did not suffer a facial fracture source tells cnn cruise in ferguson. now i want to play some video from the scene of the shooting on august 9th. this video was taken right after brown was shot. it shows a number of different officers at the shooting scene. we don't know -- we don't know if this gentleman right here, we don't know if these guys around the police car. we don't know if this gam -- we don't know if they're darren wilson, but i'll bet those guys do. we need to hear from these officers at the scene. they are the only ones who would know if wilson really suffered facial injuries to his eye socket. they would know if he was badly beaten. they would know if he was almost unconscious, either that or they're totally incompetent. here is what we do kno

. >> reporter: ferguson police chief tom jackson waded into the protesters this morning and got an earful from sonny ford of st. louis. >> we know what happened! the man had his hands up and said "don't shoot me! "why was he shot? >> reporter: do they have valid points? >> they have a valid point of view but the fact is we don't know what happened. >> reporter: dorian johnson said he was with michael brown saturday walking down the middle of canfield drive when he said a policeman who he described as a white male drove up and ordered them to the sidewalk. johnson said he then grabbed brown around the neck and tried to pull him into his cruiser. >> he said i'll shoot you or i'm going to shoot. and in the same moment the first shot went off. >> reporter: police say a scuffle ensued but brown broke free. johnson and other witnesses say the officer ran after him. >> his weapon was already drawn when he got out of the car. he shot a gun. and my friend turned around, put his hands in the air and he still got down but the the officer approached with his gun and he fired several more shots and he

released by tom jackson has reignited a discussion. you see the peaceful protest behind us. as we mentioned, we now know the name of the officer. he was a six-year veteran of the force. police tell us he had no prior history as far as disciplinary action against him. theow know that wilson is one who made initial contact on friday afternoon before the deadly romp rotation. we are also learning more about his status right now. we did not have an opportunity to speak to him before he -- we did have an opportunity to speak to him before he released the name and he said that the officer is heartbroken, devastated, and never wanted any of this to happen. the police chief making it clear that the officer is going through some of his own emotions, a roller coaster of them. , investigatorse continue piecing details together as to what happened on saturday. we also heard about a robbery at a convenience core and brown being named as a potential suspect in that robbery. the information is prompting some reaction. people feel passionately about demanding justice for the family. , prote

we heard chief tom jackson from ferguson police department during a presser say that each night there is an incident commander there, but you've got a number of different law enforcement agencies there, but ultimately it comes back on chief jackson. if i were he, if i were chief jackson this morning i'd get my incident commanders together saying look, folks, you need to use common sense. if you're not being fired upon, do not fire tear gas, do not use flash grenades do, not use triple chasers, all of these things if there is no civil disobedience. >> joey, the police seem to not be in total control of the situation. look what anonymous just did, released the name of the police officer they say was the officer that shot michael brown. the police are refusing to do that but now they've lost control of the situation. >> you know, the problem, carol, is that people certainly have the right to peacefully protest and obviously the teng tension enflamed and there's a feeling of gross injustice that occurred. i understand the facts are developing. we don't know them all but from the witnesses

we heard about him from the chief of the ferguson police chief tom jackson a little bit ago and we have to see the reaction to get a gauge on how the community is going to react and how they're actually feeling at the present moment, carol. >> and joey, missouri law does provide a specific exemption barring the release of records authorities are likely to pose a clear and present danger to victims, witnesses or others. so is this a break in protocol to name this officer? >> i don't know that it is, carol, and just starting here, it's about bridging a divide, and there's a distinction of course between speaking at someone and speaking with someone. i think the police recognize it's about establishing a dialogue with the community, and certainly in the event the officer's life is in jeopardy or in danger, there are protections for that, and certainly no one wants that. they want answers. they want trust. they want honesty, and so, carol, i think this goes a long way at getting that and developing progressing the investigation and allowing the public to know, and so the officer will be pro

where is mayor knowles, police chief tom jackson? with this happening it seemed no one was in charge. there was lawlessness but not on the part of the protesters. on the part of people who were supposed to protect and serve. i do want to say one thing. of all the public officials i was calling out for, there was one public official who actually -- at least by twitter was letting it be known she saw what was happening and that was senator claire mchaskill, junior senator from missouri. she was engaged and involved. governor nixon tweeted things out around midnight. we didn't hear or oh see from him until today. >> let me go back to the congressman on that. one thing is no police were at the governor's press conference. is that a signal of something? do they know they're out? sure. what's important is what happens over the next week, how we deal in our community. it's okay to tweet and to put out signalsle. what do we do to actually change the dynamic of how police could police the african-american community. that's going to require sy

tom jackson requested citizens to peacefully protest daylight hours. this is a request only, there is no kerr few being imposed as long as traffic is not being blocked. protests are still at night. the police chief also addressed rumors circulating after the shooting. >> there were threats against an officer's life, and so out of abundance of caution, we weighed the value of releasing the name right now against the safety factor to both him and his family and his neighborhood, and we opted to postpone that. >> a reference, the department's continued withholding of the name of the police officer in question. the one who shot and killed michael brown. chief jackson said he's planning to meet with michael brown's family, the local head of the naacp and a head of the justice department. >> there appeared to be a concerted effort to reach out to the community over the last 24 hours. a town hall last night and again today, chief jackson wants to turn around negative perceptions. >> what really breaks my heart, some in this community consider me part of the p

ferguson police chief tom jackson said the officer wilson who stopped the teen and a. companion from blocking traffic may not have known brown was a suspect. >> this robbery doesn't relate to the initial contact between the officer and michael brown are. >> reporter: the focus on the alleged robbery and release of the video have become the focus of new outrage. >> the family feels that was strategic. they think it was aimed at denigrating their son. >> no justice, no peace. >> reporter: reigniting anger reason the community. >> they want to justify them killing that boy. homicide is homicide. >> reporter: as the rallies continued, continued calls for calm and civility. >> we sat on the sidewalk. we can talk about issues, what we want and need and the conversation that needs to happen. we can make it happen. >> in a community struggling for answers. in ferguson for nbc news. >> we'll continue to follow the situation in ferguson throughout the weekend starting with news 4 today at 6:00 a.m. you can find the latest any time on nbc washington.com. >> neighbors come to the

and at that second press conference today, ferguson police chief tom jackson, he went on to give a seriesf frankly confusing and contradictory statements about why he released that surveillance video today. why he released that video today at the same time that he released the name of the officer who shot and killed michael brown. at first he explained that he had to release the surveillance footage, because journalists had forced him too. >> we got a lot of freedom of information requests for this tape and at some point, it was just determined that we had to release it. we didn't have good cause, absent any other reason to not release it. what i did was release the videotape to you, because i had to. i've been sitting on it. but too many people put in a flag for request for that thing and i had to release it. >> why would you release the video of the robbery? what's the explanation for the timing -- >> because you asked for it? you asked for it. i held for it as long as i could. >> so many journalists were clamoring for that surveillance video from a nearby convenience store that they ha

. >> you're listening to tom jackson from the ferguson police department, updating from their area. fbi and justice department acknowledge began on saturday the death of 18-year-old michael brown extended to four nights of violence in ferguson. the chief there telling reporters just a moment ago that one of his officers was hit with a brick and suffered a broken ankle. that is the first we have heard of that. he also said that his tactical units were also being attacked with bricks and bottles and also perhaps one molotov cocktail although there has been no evidence to support that as well. as for the journalists that were arrested one of them being a washington post reporter the other being a reporter for the huffington post, also the tear gassing of our reporter ash-har quraishi, about a mile away from where the protests were being held, saying he knew nothing about it. a special edition of al jazeera america from the scene, 9:00 p.m. eastern time. >> when you look at a concept like gaza, people say war is hell. what can you do? >> indisriminate and wrecklets attacks violate the l

ferguson police chief tom jackson is speaking right now.lease the name of the officer who shot michael brown. police say a struggle ensued after one man pushed the officer into his squad car. we are going to continue to bring you any headline that comes from the press conference that has become a national story. you can watch this live on bloomberg.com/tv. we will be back. ♪ >> ferguson police chief tom jackson is speaking at a press conference. inamed the officer who shot michael brown. is the name of the officer. he has six years in service and no previous disciplinary action taken. we will keep you updated with more on this story. time for a global outlook. eparing topar monopoly onend the oil in mexico. >> we have many people who want to invest. i would not -- >> name a few. >> there are dozens and hundreds of companies we have met over the last year and we look businesso landing some opportunities that are profitable for mexico, for our partners. >> it is already public that you have been in talks with chevron. how are those talks goin

also from the police chief, the ferguson police chief, tom jackson, a potential game changer. of the shooting there was a robbery that happened not far from where that shooting happened. it was an individual that walked into a convenience store that actually hit the clerk and made off with some cigars. the police chief, tom jackson said there's video that shows an individual that potentially looks like brown here in this case, so this obviously drawing a potential connection here between the shooting and the convenience store robbery. i do want to go straight to a portion of that prets conference that happen -- press conference that happened within the last hour and really a breakdown of the time line leading up to the shooting. have a listen. >> further description, more detail was given over the radio and stated the suspect was walking toward quicktrip. aur officer left the call. he encountered at 12:01 p.m., michael brown on canfield drive. at 12:04. a second officer arrived on the scene, immediately following the shooting. >> reporter: now, during that conference, police c

. >> the chief, tom jackson acknowledges changes needed to be made. >> so is that an acknowledgement officers in the past did not act appropriately? >> not at all. my focus is to make it the best police department i could. >> but according to the ferguson police department's records, last year, police stopped twice as many african americans than whites, among those, police found more illegal substances such as drugs or guns on white residents versus the black ones. >> if that is the perception out there, that is something else we have to work on. >> it is more than just perception? . >> i don't think so. >> the davis case is well known here locally the michael brown case only served to further strain relations. >> when a community loses faith in people there to protect them, the department has no credibility. >> texas governor rick perry has been booked and fingerprinted, posing for this mug shot. he was greeted by a crowd of supporters the case centers around the county's district attorney, rosemary lendberg, convicted of drunk driving. prosecutors say perry carried out a threat to

. >> the chief, tom jackson acknowledges changes needed to be made. >> so is that an acknowledgementofficers in the past did not act appropriately? >> not at all. my focus is to make it the best police department i could. >> but according to the ferguson police department's records, last year, police stopped twice as many african americans than whites, among those, police found more illegal substances such as drugs or guns on white residents versus the black ones. >> if that is the perception out there, that is something else we have to work on. >> it is more than just perception? . >> i don't think so. >> the davis case is well known here locally the michael brown case only served to further strain relations. >> when a community loses faith in people there to protect them, the department has no credibility. >> texas governor rick perry has been booked and fingerprinted, posing for this mug shot. he was greeted by a crowd of supporters the case centers around the county's district attorney, rosemary lendberg, convicted of drunk driving. prosecutors say perry carried out a threat to v

tom jackson calls the presence appropriate. >> none of that was military equipment. that was all the swat teams had their equipment vans. those are big vans, big trucks. >> reporter: following three nights of protests, police chief asked to avoid further confrontation he with police. armored vehicles left the command center, our crew tried to make it past the various checkpoints around ferguson. as we moved closer to the strip we were met by police, and later blocked. irate residents turned away began shouting at police. >> hands up don't shoot, hands up don't shoot. >> reporter: but were forced to back away. as night fell clashes erupted once again. police fired rubber bullets stun grenades and tear gas to disperse crowds. ddevolved into chaos. >> we've got flood lights hey we got press over here. sam, sam. a local news crew captured the incident from across the street. our cameras continued to record as we retreated into the neighborhood. police later approached our equipment and allowed us to evacuate the area. ash-har quraishi, al jazeera, ferguson, missouri. >>>

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had just seen them earlier in the day conducting interviews so i called the ferguson police chief tom jacksonnd i told him what i had heard. he just told me, oh, god. and so he said he was going to make some phone calls. so i talked to him again about ten minutes later and he said that he called over to the st. louis county police who were running last night's crowd control and he said, i've told them to release them and said that they had probably been arrested by somebody who didn't know better. >> and you've been traveling to there, speaking with senator claire mccaskill, you are starting to see the elected officials weigh in. the senator says that she's working on demilitarizing the police response and her saying that a standing ovation at church. to your knowledge, were there a lot of elected officials present? did you feel the presence of elected -- or can you report on the presence of elected officials who were in charge of the response to the protests? >> no. i mean, one of the unique things about all of the demonstrations at nighttime, the police response, it's really hard to tell wh

we had a pretty good idea, we being law enforcement in the area, tom jackson, chief jackson, myself,e were to expect some sort of a vigil, a protest, whatever it would be. so we went ahead, we being the county police department, staged special operations up in the area, but we did not deploy them at the time. we really felt like with the emotions running as high as they were with the shooting the previous day of mr. brown, that we didn't want to add to any of that. so later in the afternoon, it became very clear that special operations from the county was going to have to deploy and they, in fact, did. they were eventually joined by what we call a code 1,000 which is a call for 25 additional police officers that end a code 2,000 which was 25 more. it actually probably was closer to 100 municipal officers. the entire third and fourth st. louis county precincts were there. the entire bureau of special operations from the county, the highway patrol, the troop c element out of the highway patrol, st. charles county was there also, along with st. louis and support elements from all of tho

. >> reporter: police chief tom jackson just released the name of the police officer who fatally shot teenaged michael brown. he is darren wilson a six-year veteran of the force. you can see behind me the reaction here is still -- people are very very angry. there's a woman screaming saying that the police are killing their black sons and daughters in america. people here not happy. they want more information. the chief was supposed to take some questions. he said there will be a press conference later on. now, the mood last night was very different here in ferguson. you can see behind me people are starting to chanting no peace, no justice. this is a very different reaction from what we saw in ferguson yesterday. the mood was almost joyful as the new police captain that's been put in charge of ferguson took to the streets shaking hands with people. hundreds of protesters took to the streets of ferguson last night, but now accompanied by law enforcement, including missouri highway patrol captain ron johnson. >> people have a chance to say what they want to say and it's peaceful so i t

>> i have not spoken to chief tom jackson. of anything he has in place. >>> [inaudible] [applause] >> i have not seen that. i guarantee, i will look at that packet. i will look at that. that is why i am down there to get this information. >> [inaudible] like we have talked before, i will talk about yesterday. yesterday we handled it just right. we shook hands and hugged and we will talk about last night and move forward today. what happened last night is what is going to happen here forward. >> [inaudible] >> no there is not. i talked to the chief last night. you can see there are officers here hand-in-hand. no there is not. >> [inaudible] >> i cannot tell you the timing. i saw it on the news this morning along with everyone else. >> [inaudible] >> i cannot answer that. that may be a question for chief jackson. >> [inaudible] >> as far as related information on the investigation, we are not -- let me answer the question. the governor test us to provide security. he wants to make sure people in ferguson are safe in that they ha

. >> john, police chief tom jackson said that he would not release the name of the officer cials as you mentioned due in part to -- officer, as you mentioned, due in part to the death threats. he wouldn't release it unless compelled to do so by a judge or charges that may come into whether or not lethal force was justified. >> earlier the st louis got involved and arrived the f.a.a. to issue flight restrictions offer the area. tell us about that. >> the st louis county police det made a request. police tell us that shots were - multiple shots were fired at police headquarters flying over the scenes, and for that reason they've asked for a restriction of aircraft not involved in relief efforts to not fly above 3,000 feet. it stays in place as police monitor the situation. and riot police queer. quas ja in missouri. michael brown's death is just the latest in a series of tragic incidents involving police. some communities know what ferguson is going through. how much do police use deadly forces. it reflects attention felt in many places between officers and those they are supposed to prot

. >> police chief tom jackson said he hopes all members of the police department will be wearing the welcom cameras soon. >>> lieutenant coral morris fontenot died in an f-15 crash. he reported before losing air contact. the air national guard said he was not able to eject. >>> in arizona no criminal charge will be filed after a nine-year-old shot and killed her gun instructor. the girl fatally shot him after she lost control of the machine gun at the gun range. he had been standing next to her when the recoil forced her arm over her head. law enforcement officials say that the incident is being viewed as an industrial accident. >>> another flight diverted after a dispute over a reclining seat. it all began when a passenger in front of edmond alexander pushed back her seat. he became enraged when she refused to push it back up. two undercover air marshals accost him. in boston he was arrested. in a similar situation this week a plane was diverted to chicago. >> oh, it's getting ugly. >> it sure is. people are getting heated about it. >> but you pay for the whole seat, you get to incl

that is the police chief you see there, tom jackson, he addressed the media yesterday. this night of calm, by the way, following the four nights of violent protests. here again is the police chief of the ferguson, missouri. first of all, thank you to everybody for coming out and welcome. sorry about being late. i know the timeline has not played out like i expected it would. but as some of you are aware. i had a lot of sunshine requests for information and documents about a variety of things. some of which is not available to me. but anyway, i'm here to talk about two things. fix, the name of the officer involved in the shooting and i have a lot of sunshine requests. i'll release information about a robbery that occurred op august 9th, proceeding the ultimate gags and shooting death of michael brown. it's important to note i have made contact with someone who is in contact with officer brown's family to make them aware of this information being released. what we are making available today are the dispatch records and the video footage of a robbery, a strong-armed robber

ferguson police chief tom jackson released that information at the same time that he announced that 28-year-old darren wilson was the officer who killed the teenager, leaving the impression that the robbery and shooting were related. the announcement angered the residents. >> why we never hear about this robbery until just now? >> they have to get their lies together. >> i can't believe this is the tactic this police chief and his administration are using to try to make this young man be deserving to be gunned down in the street like a dog. this is crazy. >> a few hours later, chief jackson said the confrontation between michael brown and officer wilson had nothing to do with the robbery. >> they were walking down the street blocking traffic. that was it. >> danger wilson has been a police officer for six years, four years with the ferguson police department. he is described as a gentle, quiet and distinguished police officer. this man described the officer as a quiet guy. >> i can say without speaking to darren, without even having heard his statements that at that moment in time he w

. >> ferguson police chief tom jackson had planned to release the name of the officer involved today, but changed his mind after death threats were called in to the police department, city hall and posted on social media. the officer was placed on administrative leave saturday after shooting and killing 18-year-old michael brown. witnessed say brown was unarmed and had his hands in the air when the officer shot him. police have not said why the officer started shooting, only that it was preceded by some sort of scuffle. brown's death has sparked racial tensions, protests and looting in the small suburb outside st. louis. today reverend al sharpton joined brown's family in a call for calm. >> no one has the right to take their child's name and drag it through the mud because you angry. to become violent in michael brown's name is to betray the gentle giant that he was. >> county law enforcement is investigating the shooting. the fbi launched a civil rights investigation. police in ferguson are investigating another threat, this time the threat on social media. in a video posted online,

. >> do you believe that chief tom jackson is the chief of the police department there in ferguson, that he ought to be fired or resign? >> well many i wouldn't say -- i think he's doing a job of demonstrating what not to do in the future and how to respond to incidents like this. i'll leave that to the citizens to demand who -- what police chief serves them. and they should do a better job in their community, being 65 to 70% black. allowing themselves to be represented on city councils, that only has a few members who reflect that city. or one member who would even reflect even a racial diversity. so the police chief of ferguson needs an evaluation, a reevaluation, of how he's responding. this is systemic. we look at this and it is understandable, that police departments that lack the true proactive partnerships between the police and the community often respond with force instead of communication. when citizens in a community know you as a police chief, they know your leadership, they know your officers, they seek to redress those answers first. they seek to have a solution from you fi

tom jackson called the presence appropriate. >> none of that was military equipment. that was all the swat teams have their equipment vans and those are big vans, big trucks. >> following three nights of unrest, chief jackson called on protestors to remain peaceful and restrict demonstrations to daylight hours to restrict confrontations with police. armored vehicles loaded with tactical officers left the command center to faceoff with demonstrators. our crews tried to make it past the check points. moving closer, we were met by one of many layers of police. approach be the next set of officers, we were blocked. >> they told us foot traffic was allowed to go through. irate residents turned away began shouting at police. >> hands up! don't shoot! hands up, don't shoot! >> but were forced to back away. >> please fired tear gas to disperse crowds. a mile from the epicenter, police fired rubber bullets and tear gas next to where our crew set up our camera. >> we've got floodlights on us now. hey! we got press over here! >> sam, sam! >> a local news crew captured the incide

want to soothe the community and create healing couldn't that serve by ferguson police captain tom jackson with his resignation, because he acknowledged that had nothing to do with the michael brown stop? >> i think something is going to happen, the mayor of -- ferguson, if that's the motivation, ron johnson, i think his name is he has been assigned, appointed by the governor, i think maybe it's possible at this point that he oversees what goes out to the public. because it's just making matters worse. i mean, this is not been a good day for them. >> and we heard from state police captain ron johnson in that piece that he was disappointed he wasn't included in that decision to release that video. i want to bring in ariva martin, an attorney from los angeles. this seems to be the case where the jury pool might now be poisoned by the release of this video. >> absolutely. this case david is going to turn on whether that officer reasonably believed his life was in danger when he shot michael brown. so far that tape does nothing to suggest there is reasonable belief his life was in danger. as t

s that is, you see here that is tom jackson. he is the chief of ferguson police.nterview with us to talk about the releasing of the name and how hair lathey're handling situation here at ferguson. at the top of the hour. back to you, kate. >> first they needed to find calm in the city and then the focus could turn where it needs to be, on the investigation, and really getting down to the answers of what happened that day. that seems a step forward is going to happen today. don, thanks so much. back to you shortly. >>> coming up next on "new day," talking about robin williams. his widow revealing details about the actor's final days. his depression and a private battle that no one had known about previously. his battle with parkinson's disease. we're going to talk about that with cnn chief medical correspondent dr. sanjay gupta. he'll be here. ah... (boy) i'm here! i'm here! (cop) too late. i was gone for five minutes! ugh! move it. you're killing me. you know what, dad? i'm good. (dad) it may be quite a while before he's ready, but our subaru legacy will be waitin

police chief tom jackson says he has spoken to him about what happened that day and the fall-out following it. >> he's very shaken about what happened that day and the aftermath. >> has he said anything about his emotional state of mind? >> we talked, but he, you know, he's hurt. >> jason carol, cnn, ferguson, missouri. >> we are getting new information from eyewitnesses as well. the woman who says she witnessed brown's shooting is now speaking out. we want to show you what she has basically shown us. cell phone video, shot by tiffany mitchell shortly after the incident. now, she believes the man walking toward the blurry spot is brown's uncle. the blurry spot is where michael brown's body was laying in the street, after he was shot multiple times. in a detail description of what she saw. her account backs up other eyewitnesses who claim the victim had retreated from the confrontation with the police officer. listen to this. >> i shot was fired through the window. so i tried to get out the way. as i pull on to the side, the kid he finally gets away. he starts running. as he runs the police

. >> reporter: police chief tom jackson held a very short news conference, he handed out some paperwork that detailed an armed robbery that happened in the minutes before the shooting of michael brown and then quickly announced the name of the officer that shot him. >> 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. >> he also noted that officer wilson had no disciplinary action in the time that he'd been with the police department. jackson added that wilson was injured as well in the encounter with michael brown. the statement followed another night of protests that remained largely calm after missouri state police took charge of security. our affiliate in st. louis did report this morning that three officers were hit with rocks last night and several police vehicles were damaged as well. no arrests were made. this all, of course, comes after officer wilson shot and killed 18-year-old michael brown on saturday, which led to a national outcry for transparency and justice for micha

. >> ferguson police chief tom jackson released that the same time he announced darren wilson was the who killed him leaving the impression that the robbery and shooting were related. the chief's announcement instant liangered ferguson residents. >> head hands up. >> why didn't we hear about it until now? >> they had to get their story together. >> i cannot believe this is the tactic that this police chief and his administration are using to try to make this young manage be gee serving, to be gunned down in the street like a dog. this is crazy. >> reporter: a few hours later the chief said the confrontation between michael brown and officer wilson had nothing to do with the robbery. >> because they were walking down the middle of the street blocking traffic. that was it. >> darren wilson has worked as a police officer for six years, four years with the ferguson police department. he's described as a gentle quiet and distinguished officer. but the department refuses to release his picture. darren wilson lives here on this street in another st. louis suburb about 25 miles away from the

involved in this shooting, but and in a phone call with one of our affiliates here, police chief, tom jacksond this reporter apparently that the officer involved in this shooting does have signs of a physical altercation. that he reportedly had been hit in the face and that there was some evidence of swollenness on his face. we don't know any more detail than that. this is a phone call that we're told was not recorded but again was between the police chief on record with this other reporter. the police chief, i had a chance to speak to him last night, has said that the officer involved has been interviewed now by investigators and that he is horrified by what happened and what has happened since the incident in terms of the community outrage that we're seeing. the police chief telling me nobody goes to work and wants to kill somebody and knows wants -- nobody wants to come home at the end of day knowing they have kill someone. there is still a strong call here for action, for police to be more transparent in their investigation, and for them to release the name. now, one reason they haven't r

ferguson police chief tom jackson seems to, in effect, say that last week when he released another incident report involving the theft of cigarillos from the convenience store. listen to what chief jackson said that day when he released those reports. >> pretty much given me every bit of information we have now. i don't think there's anything else that we have to give out. >> just before chief jackson's press conference, i tweeted this on friday. educated guess, possible reason they didn't release shooter's incident report, he didn't write one on advice of his lawyer. and then when i heard him say, we pretty much gave every bit of information we have, i tweeted this. the chief seems to make it very clear that the shooter did not write an incident report. fifth amendment. yesterday in response to a lawsuit from the aclu, the st. louis county police released an incident report that says, in effect, nothing other than the time and proximate location of a homicide and the victim's name, michael brown. that incident report indicates that it was not filed until possibly ten days after the killing

chief tom jackson.george. >> reporter: absolutely and chief jackson thank you so much for taking time with us. look, we see people marching here in your city. some people are accusing your police department of lying about what happened, because there are two different stories. what your department is saying and what witnesses say they saw. how do you account for the discrepancies between these two stories? >> well, what the police department is going to release is only what we know, and it's actually not my police department that's going to release that. we immediately turned this investigation over to st. louis county police department, and they are going to be slow with their information. there's an autopsy. there's blood reports, you know, the farm acology that has to come through and there's going to be lots of witnesses to interview, the officer who did the shooting, had to be interviewed a couple of times, and so it's just a long drawn-out process. the county has assured me that they are expeditin

the ferguson chief of police tom jackson said the unidentified officer was injured during his confrontation with michael brown. jackson also called on protesters to end nighttime demonstrations. >> he was injured. the side of his face is swollen. he was taken to the hospital and treated for that. we would like to protesting to and at dark come just because, as you probably know, it has been unsafe after dark. shottnesses say brown was with his arms up as he tried to flee the officers fire. on wednesday, officials confirmed the justice department has opened a federal civil rights investigation into the shooting. usa today reports the justice department will also conduct a national review of police tactics in response to the ferguson shooting and similar incidents nationwide. as protests continue missouri, police in los angeles are facing public anger over shooting of another young african-american. details remain unclear, but family members say 25-year-old unarmedrd, junior was and laying on the ground lease shot him dead monday night. ford suffered from mental disabilities. announced aas fe

. >> chief tom jackson said -- claimed that he had to release this video because there have been foi requests from several media organizations. michael brown's family called it character assassination. talk a little bit about how the images of this story, because the pictures have been so powerful, have changed over the last week in the aftermath of the killing? >> in the very beginning, you see the victim lying on the ground. he was there for several hours. you hear that the police shot him seven times, that he had his hand up in the air. you have social media going crazy saying i just watched the police shoot this guy as he was running away, basically. >> some people might. enormous sympathy. >> of course. and then the robbery video surfaced. and then just friday and early this morning, 4:00 in the morning, there were people who were anti-cure few protesters coming out, and it starts to change the way the coverage is shaped. because now you're thinking gosh, these police have to deal with these very violent crowds. >> think about how cable news is always known as this voracious bea

in fact, the police chief here of the police department of ferguson tom jackson telling us that he is going to be meeting with at least the mother of michael brown, along with representatives of the naacp as well as a representative of the u.s. department of justice who's part of the community relations team, who's also here on the ground in ferguson. he didn't tell us a time, but he says he welcomes that discussion and he also welcomes ideas from those who have dealt with these situations like the u.s. department of justice to try to bridge the gap and erode some of the distrust that has now developed in this community. >> at night there because we see some demonstrations an protests during the day and things look peaceful. we keep hearing the vast majority of the people pros testing are doing so peacefully. how do things spiral out of control after dark? >> it's hard to know what comes first, the chicken or the egg. one of the situations where police tell us that they are there in their riot gear with their weapons and in order to keep the peace and prevent it from getting out of co

why didn't the ferguson police department, the police chief tom jackson release some the facts that we'rerning now. cnn today had an eyewitness on. she was asked about the video she took. she witnessed the whole thing. never once was asked about the hands up. she was asked one question what happened. she went through it and then afterwards, the host, i can't remember her name, said oh, i see the emotion on your face in your voice. and she went to an emotional interview instead of asking for the facts. the facts, bill, may clear up a lot of the reason, a lot of anxiety going on in ferguson. >> yeah. we're not going to get the facts for a while. number one, the police department in ferguson is in over their head. they should have hired a pr spokesman because they couldn't do it. the woman you are talking about on cnn. i did not see it she is terrified. absolutely they are all terrified, eric, of saying anything that a race hustler might turn around and say oh, look, you are a racest. look, that kind of thing. so, no justice, no peace. these people don't want justice. what if the facts come