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==Shooting==
==Shooting==
The incident began around 2:00 p.m. on August 9, 2014, in [[Ferguson, Missouri|Ferguson]], as Michael Brown and his friend, Dorian Johnson, were walking on a street on their way to visit Brown's grandmother.<ref name="LindVox" /> A Ferguson police officer drove up to the two young men shortly after 2:00 p.m. and ordered the teens to get off of the street and onto the sidewalk. According to Johnson, the officer said, "get the fuck onto the sidewalk."<ref>{{Cite news|url = http://www.cnn.com/video/data/2.0/video/us/2014/08/12/sot-dorian-johnson-michael-brown-shooting.kmov.html|title = Michael Brown's Friend [Dorian Johnson] Describes Shooting|last = Johnson|first = Dorian|date = 8/9/2014|work = |accessdate = 8/13/2014|newspaper = CNN|type = Video interview}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url = http://www.cnn.com/video/data/2.0/video/us/2014/08/12/ac-michael-brown-killed-thomas-jackson-intv.cnn.html|title = Violence Flares Again in Ferguson|date = August 11, 2014|accessdate = August 12, 2014|website = Violence Flares Again in Ferguson|publisher = CNN|last = Blitzer|first = Wolf}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=Trymaine Lee |url=http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/eyewitness-michael-brown-fatal-shooting-missouri |title=Eyewitness to Michael Brown shooting recounts his friend's death |publisher=MSNBC |date= |accessdate=2014-08-12}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=Posted: 08/12/2014 9:02 am EDT |url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/08/12/michael-brown-shooting-witness_n_5671156.html |title=Lawyer: Police Haven't Talked To Michael Brown Shooting Witness |publisher=Huffingtonpost.com |date= |accessdate=2014-08-13}}</ref> The young men replied that they were "not but a minute away from our destination, and we would shortly be out of the street," Johnson said.
The incident began around 2:00 p.m. on August 9, 2014, in [[Ferguson, Missouri|Ferguson]], as Michael Brown and his friend, Dorian Johnson, were walking on a street on their way to visit Brown's grandmother.<ref name="LindVox" /> A Ferguson police officer drove up to the two young men shortly after 2:00 p.m. and ordered the teens to get off of the street and onto the sidewalk.
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According to Johnson's account, the officer drove a short distance forward, stopped and then backed up, almost hitting the pair. Johnson recalled, "We were so close, almost inches away, that when he tried to open his door aggressively, the door ricocheted both off me and Big Mike's body and closed back on the officer." The officer, still in his car, grabbed Brown through the door by his neck. Brown tried to pull away, but the officer kept pulling Brown toward him. The officer drew his weapon, and "he said, 'I'll shoot you' or 'I'm going to shoot' " and almost instantaneously fired his weapon, hitting Brown. The men ran, and then the officer shot Brown in the back. Brown turned, holding his hands in the air and said “I don’t have a gun. Stop shooting!”. The officer then shot him several more times.<ref>[http://www.cnn.com/2014/08/11/us/missouri-ferguson-michael-brown-what-we-know/index.html Eliott C. McLaughlin, "What we know about the shooting of Michael Brown", CNN Online (August 13 2014)]</ref><ref name=VonDrehle>{{cite web | url=http://time.com/3104128/michael-brown-ferguson-cop-shooting-protests/ | title=The Long, Tangled Roots of the Michael Brown Shooting | publisher=''[[Time (magazine)]]'' | date=August 12, 2014 | accessdate=August 13, 2014 | author=Von Drehle, David}}</ref>
According to Johnson, the officer said, "get the fuck onto the sidewalk."<ref>{{Cite news|url = http://www.cnn.com/video/data/2.0/video/us/2014/08/12/sot-dorian-johnson-michael-brown-shooting.kmov.html|title = Michael Brown's Friend [Dorian Johnson] Describes Shooting|last = Johnson|first = Dorian|date = 8/9/2014|work = |accessdate = 8/13/2014|newspaper = CNN|type = Video interview}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url = http://www.cnn.com/video/data/2.0/video/us/2014/08/12/ac-michael-brown-killed-thomas-jackson-intv.cnn.html|title = Violence Flares Again in Ferguson|date = August 11, 2014|accessdate = August 12, 2014|website = Violence Flares Again in Ferguson|publisher = CNN|last = Blitzer|first = Wolf}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=Trymaine Lee |url=http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/eyewitness-michael-brown-fatal-shooting-missouri |title=Eyewitness to Michael Brown shooting recounts his friend's death |publisher=MSNBC |date= |accessdate=2014-08-12}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=Posted: 08/12/2014 9:02 am EDT |url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/08/12/michael-brown-shooting-witness_n_5671156.html |title=Lawyer: Police Haven't Talked To Michael Brown Shooting Witness |publisher=Huffingtonpost.com |date= |accessdate=2014-08-13}}</ref> The young men replied that they were "not but a minute away from our destination, and we would shortly be out of the street," Johnson said. According to Johnson's account, the officer drove a short distance forward, stopped and then backed up, almost hitting the pair. Johnson recalled, "We were so close, almost inches away, that when he tried to open his door aggressively, the door ricocheted both off me and Big Mike's body and closed back on the officer." The officer, still in his car, grabbed Brown through the door by his neck. Brown tried to pull away, but the officer kept pulling Brown toward him. The officer drew his weapon, and "he said, 'I'll shoot you' or 'I'm going to shoot' " and almost instantaneously fired his weapon, hitting Brown. The men ran, and then the officer shot Brown in the back. Brown turned, holding his hands in the air and said “I don’t have a gun. Stop shooting!”. The officer then shot him several more times.<ref>[http://www.cnn.com/2014/08/11/us/missouri-ferguson-michael-brown-what-we-know/index.html Eliott C. McLaughlin, "What we know about the shooting of Michael Brown", CNN Online (August 13 2014)]</ref><ref name=VonDrehle>{{cite web | url=http://time.com/3104128/michael-brown-ferguson-cop-shooting-protests/ | title=The Long, Tangled Roots of the Michael Brown Shooting | publisher=''[[Time (magazine)]]'' | date=August 12, 2014 | accessdate=August 13, 2014 | author=Von Drehle, David}}</ref>


Multiple witnesses, including Dorian Johnson, dispute Belmar's account. They say Brown had not reached for the officer's gun, and had his hands in the air when he was shot by the officer. Johnson told MSNBC's Chris Hayes that the statement given by St. Louis County police is wrong and that Brown "did not reach for the officer's weapon at all."<ref>[http://blogs.riverfronttimes.com/dailyrft/2014/08/michael_brown_witness_dorian_johnson_why_police_have_not_interviewed_him.php Jessica Lussenhop, "Why Police Haven't Interviewed Michael Brown Shooting Witness Dorian Johnson", Riverfront Times, St Louis (October 12 2014).]</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url = http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/eyewitness-michael-brown-fatal-shooting-missouri|title = Eyewitness to Michael Brown shooting recounts his friend’s death|last = |first = |date = 8/12/2014|work = |accessdate = 8/12/2014}}</ref><ref name="FantzCNN">{{cite news|url=http://www.cnn.com/2014/08/11/us/missouri-teen-shooting/|title=Protesters fill streets after Michael Brown shooting|last=Fantz|first=Ashley|first2=George |last2=Howell|date=August 11, 2014|publisher=CNN|accessdate=August 11, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |first=Alan Scher |last=Zagier |url=http://news.yahoo.com/missouri-crowd-shooting-kill-police-230624269.html |title=Missouri crowd after shooting: 'Kill the police' |agency=Associated Press |date=August 10, 2014 |accessdate=August 11, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/article_04e3885b-4131-5e49-b784-33cd3acbe7f1.html |title=Fatal shooting by Ferguson police draws angry crowd |newspaper=[[St. Louis Post-Dispatch]] |date=August 9, 2014 |accessdate=August 11, 2014}}</ref> Brown's mother, Lesley McSpadden, reported that her son was shot eight times.<ref name="BissellUSA">{{cite web|url=http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/08/10/st-louis-teen-police-shooting/13856377/?utm_source=feedblitz&utm_medium=FeedBlitzRss&utm_campaign=usatoday-newstopstories|title=Police use tear gas to disperse St. Louis looters|last=Bissell|first=Grant|coauthors=Brandie Piper, Elizabeth Matthews|date=August 11, 2014|newspaper=[[USA Today]]|accessdate=August 11, 2014}}</ref> One witness, Piaget Crenshaw, stated that the police officer chased Brown, before shooting him again. When Brown then raised his arms in compliance, the officer shot him two more times.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.latimes.com/nation/nationnow/la-na-nn-michael-brown-ferguson-missouri-shooting-20140811-story.html |title=Unrest in Ferguson, Mo., after police kill man: What you need to know |publisher=LA Times |date= |accessdate=2014-08-13}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=Jon Swaine in Ferguson |url=http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/12/michael-brown-shooting-ferguson-missouri-police-crack-down-protesters |title=Michael Brown shooting: police use teargas to crack down on protesters &#124; World news |publisher=The Guardian |date=2010-09-17 |accessdate=2014-08-13}}</ref>At the time of his death, Brown was 35 feet (10 meters) away from the police cruiser.<ref name="LindVox" />
Multiple witnesses, including Dorian Johnson, dispute Belmar's account. They say Brown had not reached for the officer's gun, and had his hands in the air when he was shot by the officer. Johnson told MSNBC's Chris Hayes that the statement given by St. Louis County police is wrong and that Brown "did not reach for the officer's weapon at all."<ref>[http://blogs.riverfronttimes.com/dailyrft/2014/08/michael_brown_witness_dorian_johnson_why_police_have_not_interviewed_him.php Jessica Lussenhop, "Why Police Haven't Interviewed Michael Brown Shooting Witness Dorian Johnson", Riverfront Times, St Louis (October 12 2014).]</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url = http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/eyewitness-michael-brown-fatal-shooting-missouri|title = Eyewitness to Michael Brown shooting recounts his friend’s death|last = |first = |date = 8/12/2014|work = |accessdate = 8/12/2014}}</ref><ref name="FantzCNN">{{cite news|url=http://www.cnn.com/2014/08/11/us/missouri-teen-shooting/|title=Protesters fill streets after Michael Brown shooting|last=Fantz|first=Ashley|first2=George |last2=Howell|date=August 11, 2014|publisher=CNN|accessdate=August 11, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |first=Alan Scher |last=Zagier |url=http://news.yahoo.com/missouri-crowd-shooting-kill-police-230624269.html |title=Missouri crowd after shooting: 'Kill the police' |agency=Associated Press |date=August 10, 2014 |accessdate=August 11, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/article_04e3885b-4131-5e49-b784-33cd3acbe7f1.html |title=Fatal shooting by Ferguson police draws angry crowd |newspaper=[[St. Louis Post-Dispatch]] |date=August 9, 2014 |accessdate=August 11, 2014}}</ref> Brown's mother, Lesley McSpadden, reported that her son was shot eight times.<ref name="BissellUSA">{{cite web|url=http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/08/10/st-louis-teen-police-shooting/13856377/?utm_source=feedblitz&utm_medium=FeedBlitzRss&utm_campaign=usatoday-newstopstories|title=Police use tear gas to disperse St. Louis looters|last=Bissell|first=Grant|coauthors=Brandie Piper, Elizabeth Matthews|date=August 11, 2014|newspaper=[[USA Today]]|accessdate=August 11, 2014}}</ref> One witness, Piaget Crenshaw, stated that the police officer chased Brown, before shooting him again. When Brown then raised his arms in compliance, the officer shot him two more times.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.latimes.com/nation/nationnow/la-na-nn-michael-brown-ferguson-missouri-shooting-20140811-story.html |title=Unrest in Ferguson, Mo., after police kill man: What you need to know |publisher=LA Times |date= |accessdate=2014-08-13}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=Jon Swaine in Ferguson |url=http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/12/michael-brown-shooting-ferguson-missouri-police-crack-down-protesters |title=Michael Brown shooting: police use teargas to crack down on protesters &#124; World news |publisher=The Guardian |date=2010-09-17 |accessdate=2014-08-13}}</ref>At the time of his death, Brown was 35 feet (10 meters) away from the police cruiser.<ref name="LindVox" />

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Shooting of Michael Brown
Map of Ferguson, Missouri
DateAugust 9, 2014 (2014-08-09)
Timec. 2:15 p.m.
LocationFerguson, Missouri, United States
Participants
  • Unidentified Ferguson PD police officer (shooter)
  • Michael Brown (victim)
  • Dorian Johnson, a friend of Brown who was with him when the two were initially confronted by the police officer
    • DeathsMichael Brown

    The shooting of Michael Brown occurred on August 9, 2014, in Ferguson, Missouri, United States. Brown was an unarmed 18-year-old African American man who was shot by an unnamed Ferguson police officer.[1] The incident sparked protests and acts of vandalism in the St. Louis suburb as well as national calls for an investigation into the incident.[2]

    Protests and riots began the day after the shooting, following a morning vigil, prompting a response from about 150 local police officers in riot gear. Incidents of vandalism, arson, looting and assault were reported over a period of several days. On August 12, US President Barack Obama issued a statement expressing condolences to Michael Brown's family, and committing federal resources to conduct an investigation. The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) opened a civil rights investigation of the shooting on August 11.

    Shooting

    The incident began around 2:00 p.m. on August 9, 2014, in Ferguson, as Michael Brown and his friend, Dorian Johnson, were walking on a street on their way to visit Brown's grandmother.[2] A Ferguson police officer drove up to the two young men shortly after 2:00 p.m. and ordered the teens to get off of the street and onto the sidewalk.

    Police account of events

    St. Louis County police Chief Jon Belmar reported that a scuffle began when a Ferguson police officer encountered two men, Michael Brown and a friend, walking in the street.[1] Some reports describe the event as starting after 2:00 p.m. with an initial scuffle within the police car where a shot was fired, and then the police officer shot Brown multiple times as he was fleeing.[3][4] According to Belmar, the officer tried to exit his vehicle when one of the two pushed him back into the car and allegedly assaulted the officer inside the car. Belmar also stated that the two struggled over the officer's gun, with at least one shot being fired inside the vehicle. The officer allegedly fired multiple shots outside the vehicle, killing Brown, about 35 feet from the officer's vehicle.[1]According to the Ferguson Police Department, dashboard cameras are not used in Ferguson police cars.[3]

    The officer involved in the shooting has not yet been identified. Ferguson Mayor James Knowles said the police have received death threats against the officer. Ferguson's police chief said the officer who shot Brown was injured in the incident.[5]

    Witness accounts of events

    According to Johnson, the officer said, "get the fuck onto the sidewalk."[6][7][8][9] The young men replied that they were "not but a minute away from our destination, and we would shortly be out of the street," Johnson said. According to Johnson's account, the officer drove a short distance forward, stopped and then backed up, almost hitting the pair. Johnson recalled, "We were so close, almost inches away, that when he tried to open his door aggressively, the door ricocheted both off me and Big Mike's body and closed back on the officer." The officer, still in his car, grabbed Brown through the door by his neck. Brown tried to pull away, but the officer kept pulling Brown toward him. The officer drew his weapon, and "he said, 'I'll shoot you' or 'I'm going to shoot' " and almost instantaneously fired his weapon, hitting Brown. The men ran, and then the officer shot Brown in the back. Brown turned, holding his hands in the air and said “I don’t have a gun. Stop shooting!”. The officer then shot him several more times.[10][11]

    Multiple witnesses, including Dorian Johnson, dispute Belmar's account. They say Brown had not reached for the officer's gun, and had his hands in the air when he was shot by the officer. Johnson told MSNBC's Chris Hayes that the statement given by St. Louis County police is wrong and that Brown "did not reach for the officer's weapon at all."[12][13][14][15][16] Brown's mother, Lesley McSpadden, reported that her son was shot eight times.[17] One witness, Piaget Crenshaw, stated that the police officer chased Brown, before shooting him again. When Brown then raised his arms in compliance, the officer shot him two more times.[18][19]At the time of his death, Brown was 35 feet (10 meters) away from the police cruiser.[2]

    Investigations

    On August 10, Jon Belmar, chief of the St. Louis County Police Department, announced that their department would be in charge of the investigation, after receiving a request from Ferguson Police Chief Tom Jackson to investigate the shooting.[20][3] The Ferguson Police department declined to name the officer involved in the shooting, citing concerns for his safety and refused to commit to a deadline for releasing a full autopsy report.[21] On August 11, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) opened a parallel civil rights investigation into the incident,[22] and Attorney General Eric Holder instructed the Justice Department staff to monitor the developments.[23]

    Aftermath

    2014 Ferguson protests
    DateAugust 10, 2014 - present
    Location
    Ferguson, Missouri
    Caused byShooting of Michael Brown
    Parties
    Casualties and losses
    1 dead
    At least 35 looters arrested
    2 minor injuries

    On August 10, Reverend Al Sharpton and the National Action Network announced their plans to travel to St. Louis.[17][25]

    The family announced that Benjamin Crump, one of the lawyers in the Trayvon Martin case, would represent the family.[26]

    Vigils

    Local pastors held a vigil on the morning of Sunday, August 10.[25] Another vigil was planned on the same day, at 8:00 p.m. in the area where Brown was killed.[25]

    Protests

    On August 12, several hundred protestors gathered in Clayton, the county seat seeking criminal prosecution of the officer involved in the shooting.[27] Protestors in Ferguson carried signs and many held their hands in the air while shouting "don't shoot" in a symbolic gesture of submission to authority. According to police, some protestors threw bottles at the officers, prompting the use of tear gas to disperse the crowd.[28]

    A group claiming an association with Anonymous organized cyberprotests by setting up a web site and a Twitter account.[24] The group promised that if any protesters were harassed or harmed, they would attack the city's servers and computers, taking them off line.[24] City officials said that e-mail systems were targeted and phones died, while the Internet crashed at the City Hall.[24][29]

    Riots, vandalism, and looting

    On August 10, a day of vigils began peacefully, but some crowd members started to behave in an unruly manner after the candlelight vigil. Local police stations assembled approximately 150 officers in riot gear.[30] The crowd then began looting businesses, vandalizing vehicles and confronting police who sought to block off access to several areas of the city.[31] At least 12 businesses were looted or vandalized, a gas station was set on fire, and police arrested over 30 people afterwards. Many windows were broken, and several of the businesses remained closed for the rest of the week. [32] The people arrested face charges of assault, burglary and theft. Police used a variety of equipment, including riot gear and helicopters, to disperse the crowd by 2AM [33] Two police officers suffered minor injuries during the events.[34]

    On August 11, police fired tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse a crowd at the shell of the QuikTrip [33] convenience store burnt out the night before. According to reports, gunshots were fired in Ferguson and five were arrested .[14][35]

    In response to safety concerns, the school district in nearby Jennings cancelled the first day of classes [36][37]

    Presidential statement

    On August 12, President Barack Obama issued the following statement: "The death of Michael Brown is heartbreaking, and Michelle and I send our deepest condolences to his family and his community at this very difficult time. As Attorney General Holder has indicated, the Department of Justice is investigating the situation along with local officials, and they will continue to direct resources to the case as needed. I know the events of the past few days have prompted strong passions, but as details unfold, I urge everyone in Ferguson, Missouri, and across the country, to remember this young man through reflection and understanding. We should comfort each other and talk with one another in a way that heals, not in a way that wounds. Along with our prayers, that’s what Michael and his family, and our broader American community, deserve." [38]

    See also

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