michael brown sr. had asked yesterday that today be a die of silence and to honor their son michael by not holding any protests in ferguson or anywhere in the st. louis area and from what we have learned from most of the people we've spoken to in the area everyone is going to heed that request. an not have any protest today. there you see the parents of michael brown, jr, as the words of condolences and praise continue there in st. louis. more than 2500 people are in attendance today, in st. louis. we'll have more coverage from this as we continue here today. on al jazeera america. >>> two people are dead this morning after an explosion at a recycling plant in illinois. one person was also injured in the accident. the explosion occurred in dpran it city, just east -- in granite city, just east of st. louis. the area is closed off for fear of explosion, because the company works in the ammunition industry. >>> an earthquake in california is largest in 25 years. 175 people have reported injuries and many

we're here from michael brown's mother and michael brown's father, michael brown, sr. >> this family has belonged to this community for a long time. we're very proud of this community. it's important that the public know that we want nothing less than law and order tonight. we want tonight to be just like last night as we remember mike brown. and let me say as we move forward i'm sure that the chief has other things he may put out there. we believe that the most important thing tha is what happened that particular day in the middle of that street as thatster killed mike. let's not lose focus that have. people will create side shows like this to protect their own. it's my distinct pleasure to introduce our coura councilor, anthony gray. >> thank you. i won't be long. i just want to reiterate some of the things that mr. parks just said and recount some of my conversation with the family. let me be clear with everyone here that this family never said that mike brown, jr. was not a perfect kid. his father has described incidents where he has had to keep his foot on his son's back. and hi

and what did you see michael brown do? you saw him run away from the car, and that's the last thing you saw michael brown doing before you changed your position was him running away from the car? >> no, actually he was -- the officer was already shooting. he was already shooting. that's why when he immediately gets out the car, he just started shooting in his shooting position. like i said, he past his police cruiser and past the vehicle that his friend also ran to. so i thought he's not shooting at his friend, he's shooting at the person at the window. that's when i took off to the front door. >> okay. when you got out the front door, what did you see michael brown doing then? >> when i gets outside, he was actually turned back around facing the officer. like i said, i thought he was hit obviously because he turned around and he was going down, he was bent over with his hands over his stomach and he was going down on his knees. like i said, it didn't look like he was giving up. it just looked like he was going to go down

michael brown is not here to defend himself. according to the attorney he says that's what his client says and that's what the videotape shows. and that's probably one reason that dorian johnson has nop been charged is because of that videotape. and he's saying that his client dorian johnson told the fbi investigators this from the very beginning and that he has been telling people that, the media as well, about this convenience store alleged stealing that he calls it. he doesn't call it a robbery. he calls it a threat. he doesn't like the term strong arm robbery. that is no revelation to him and it should be no revelation to anybody else. >> we're going to watch your special at 9:00 p.m. later tonight. cornell, i's not flattering of michael brown, the video images that were released today, showing him allegedly stealing the cigars and pushing the clerk back >> i hate this because of smacks of politics. this is right from a political play book of what you do to make somebody look sympathetic. they have nothing to do with each ot

but michael brown knew about the robbery. and michael brown -- this is how a defense attorney for the police officer will approach it. the defense attorney will say, michael brown thought that he was being apprehended for robbery, and therefore, when the officer tried to put him in the car, for not being cooperative or whatever his reasoning was, brown immediately started to struggle, because he thought he was going down on a robbery in the second degree, a forcible robbery, very serious charge, under missouri law. that leads to a struggle in the police car. the gun is discharged. and then the suspect begins to flee. now we have no idea what the officer's version is as to what happened next. the we've heard one witness say that michael brown had his hands up in the air. >> that's right. >> but i'm betting by the time this case is over the officer is going to say he thought there was a gun in the hand of michael brown or maybe he thought michael brown -- he felt something in his pocket during the struggle in the car. i'm specu

the companion to michael brown says the cop opened the door into michael brown. michael brown got hit by the cop and then the cop grabbed him by the neck and a confrontation ensued, brown ran away and got shot. >> well, yeah. everything that leads up to what you just said, if the door hit michael brown whether intentional or by accident, that doesn't mean you get to attack a uniformed police officer, try to disarm him and kill him. i mean, that's the way it goes. this officer has some rights too. part of his job description isn't die on duty. he has absolutely no knowledge of this robbery suspect or this young man that is assaulting him f he has a gun, if he has a knife, if he has any other type of weapon. now he's on his back in the front seat of a police car battling this individual. and now he believes his life's in danger. these are the facts. the witness laid this out. i didn't hear this -- >> well, that's one witness's account. >> i didn't hear this before. but i could conclude exactly what happened just from the little tidbits of information. when there's

louis monday to remember michael brown. the reverend al sharpton was among the speakers. >> this is about justice. this is about fairness. america is going to have to come to terms with their a something wrong that we have money to give military equipment to police forces, but we don't have money for training and money for public education and money to save our children. >> more on the funeral after the headlines. the ukrainian and russian presidents are meeting for talks in belarus today amidst tensions inr pro-russian insurgency addition ukraine. fighting between ukrainian forces in the rebels has killed more than 2000 people. just before the talks, ukrainian security forces claimed to have captured 10 russian paratroopers and ukrainian turn -- territory southeast of the rebel held city of donetsk. russia announced plans to send a second batch of humanitarian aid into the region after its previous convoy made its delivery and returned to russia. ukraine is facing a political crisis in key of. has called for early election

michael brown. he told our produc producer this morning that his intention is to do just that, leaving himself little wiggle room as to whether he will do that. it will be interesting to see if he gives out some of the facts surrounding the shooting. we heard little from the police side of the narrative. what he heard there was a struggle in the police cruiser. we heard there was an attempt to grab a weapon. the officer was treated to injuries to his face suggesting there was a violent conne confrontation before the shooting. the overwhelming narrative has been this young man was shot in cold blood. as the police chief comes here to disclose the identity of this individual, if he starts to back up some of the police motivation for what happened -- that is the focus of the story here today as everybody watching these microphones to see when the police chief will step up and what exactly he will say, martha. martha: word is this name has been out there in the local community, mike. i don't know what y

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brown -- or the killing of michael brown. >> yes, exactly, luke. that's why this huge crowd of reporters is here behind me and crews waiting. we thought this might happen as soon as an hour ago. the police chief, tom jackson, told me that personally that he was going to release this name. he's now saying that he's behind schedule. i would imagine that this has gotten pretty complicated for the authorities. they have said in the past they did not want to release the name because there were death threats against officers, death threats against officers who were not involved in this. there have been a number of names that have been suggested to be the name of the officer that have turned out to be not correct. the bottom line is it was a huge security problem the chief has been saying to release the name. now apparently he or someone above him from the state police, the governor's office has had a change of heart apparently. so we'll see what happens. i would imagine at this point there are security considerations being made, if they're not in place a

that's allegedly michael brown. between the time michael brown was reportedly stopped by the officer saturday and the time he was killed. and that officer is officer darren wilson. now some ferguson residents tell cnn they feel the surveillance photos don't necessarily prove anything. >>> many are now asking, does the punishment that brown ultimately faced that night fit the alleged crime either way? and is this news, of course, many wonder, taking away from the larger issue at hand, the deadly shooting of an unarmed black man. these are sentiments being expressed very strongly here in ferguson. here with me right now is john gasp with the st. louis chapter of the naacp, also on the board of the national naacp. first of all, what's your reaction to the release of this surrender vials video from the convenience store at the same time the officer's name was released? >> to us, that's a problem, because typically here lolley, the first thing you see on the evening news is a surveillance camera of the alleged action tha

michael brown's parents, i can't imagine losing a son. and my heart goes out to them, and i guarantee that everyone will that v a chance to speak their mind, stay as long as they want. i ask we keep our streets clear, if you want to stand on the sidewalk n this lot, you can stay as long as you want. >> we are covering all angles of this story this morning, with cnn's vast resources. we start with ana cabrera at the scene of the burned out quick trip in ferguson, where this news conference is about to take place. ana, why did the police decide to release this officer's name now? >> they feel now is the time. they want to show good faith that they are trying to be transparent and they feel that his safety is no longer in jeopar jeopardy, at least not as much as it had been in the past few days. this all coming on the heels of a night of calm. you can see the press conference about to start behind me. we will bring that to you as soon as we start to hear from the police chief of the ferguson police department. but let's take a look back over

michael brown stumbling two steps forward. as he's going down from the bullets already in his body, and as he continues to go down, the officer keeps firing. as we know from preliminary autopsy results, one of the bullets that killed michael brown went through the top of his skull. an objective, scientific finding that is completely consistent with what michael brady just described. "the new york times" normally uses the best reporting standards of any organization in the country. i've never seen "the new york times" used by police this way. "the new york times" is definitely going to have better days covering this story. i'm sure they will do more great work on this story, but they didn't do that today. like i said, there are good police reporters and bad police reporters. and we could really use more good police reporters right now. vo: this is the summer. the summer of this. the summer that summers from here on will be compared to. where memories will be forged into the sand. and then hung on a wall for years to come. get o

michael brown. >> the officer that was involved in the shooting of michael brown was darren wilson. he's been a police officer for six years. >> the chief says wilson was treated for injuries that occurred during what police describe is a struggle with brown who was unarmed. releasing the officer's name was one of the biggest demands throughout the protests, which for the first time since saturday night, took a calmer tone overnight. the dramatic shift is largely being credited to the new leadership and police strategy after governor jay nixon ordered the state highway patrol to take over security. governor nixon said the release of the officer's name is an important first step and discuss the the change in law enforcement while appearing on morning joe today. >> this is a really clear example, i think, of a discussion we need to have. not only about some of the underlying racial issues and challenges we face there, but from a law enforcement perspective. what is the adequate force to protect folks

michael brown was running toward the officer. did you see him running toward the officer in any way? >> no, not at all. like i said, by the time i come outside, i'm thinking he's now hit after i saw the officer shooting at him while he's running away. now he's turned around like this. he was going down. it didn't look like he was getting up. it looks like, you know, i'm hit. i'm going to go down now. >> reporter: that was your impression? >> yeah, yeah. >> he says he saw officer wilson get out of the car and fire mile michael brown was trying to get away. a lot of conflicting eyewitness accounts. >> we'll see how it corresponds. >> a 25-year-old came to police with a knife on tuesday and shouted shoot me, kill me now. watch and listen for yourself as the two officers fire six shots each after the suspect refuses to drop his weapon. [ bleep ] [ bleep ] [ bleep ] [ bleep ] oh [ bleep ] oh [ bleep ] [ gunfire ] >> oh, my god. >> the video, obviously still there as the man was killed. the names of the officers who fired those fatal s

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and the killing of michael brown. it is a different mood because last night, wolf, it was warm. it wasn't raining. tonight sit raining. so it put a damper on the protests a little bit. people have come under the over hang where people get gas and assembled here. some people are still assembled on the street and waiting for the rain to pass. again, they are thinking that the officers are trying to discredit michael brown's story, and that's what they are concerned about. they want the real issue, the real focus to remain on the shooting on the killing, on that street, not far from here, wolf. >> you and i have been speaking all day, don. describe the reaction of the folks there in ferguson to the release of that convenience store footage. >> it was almost like, i hate to give a sports analogy. it was almost like you were upset because something awful happens in an event that you're watching and as they were watching television this morning and they heard the news, everyone sort of let out this sigh like oh, man, why at

no marks on michael brown's body that would indicate a struggle. whether he was rushing the officer as the officer maintains or defending himself. we'll talk to ben crump, the family of an attorney. >> also as seen through officer wilson's eyes, late today, president obama announced that attorney general eric holder will come here on wednesday, he called for justice and for peace. >> well, i understand the passions and the anger that arise over the death of michael brown. giving into that anger by looting or carrying guns and even attacking the police only serves to raise tensions and stir chaos. it undermines rather than advancing justice. let me also be clear that our constitutional rights to speak 23r50e8, to assemble and report in the press must be vigilantly safeguarded. especially in moments like these. there's no excuse for excessive force by police or any action that denies people the right to protest peacefully. >> mr. obama was equally balanced on the specific question of racing too many young african-american are wrong ly accused. this c

the peace rally was lead by michael brown's parents. also, the parents of trayvon martin as well who are in town for the peace rally also thought to be in attendance here at the funeral. i had the opportunity to speak with them yesterday. it was interesting to talk to both accepts sets of parents. they're part of an unfortunate group, if you will, in this country. and to see how quickly they bonded. and we saw trayvon martin's parents giving michael brown's parents some advice on how to handle the funeral and how to handle the days and the weeks after. because, you know, as you know, at some point, the cameras leave, the friends start to leave, and you'll have a mother and a father who are grappling with how to go on without their 18-year-old son. >> absolutely. and in your interview with michael brown's mother, you asked, you know, about the difficulty ahead. she said when she has to say the last goodbye. that's when, at the moment, you sea the tear flow from her. in the thought in a few hours she'll say the last goodbye to her son. >>

encountered michael brown. we have heard there was an altercation of some sort, the officer was pushed into his car, the gun went off and other shots were fired later. we have heard from people, witnesses that the officer was very aggressive. we really don't know what happened at that site yet. that is under investigation. the state's attorney or i guess i should say the county prosecutor here in st. louis is investigating. and we should know details of that later. what we did hear though is that officer wilson was responding to another call and was told about a suspect who fit michael brown's description. >> all right diane eastabrook, who is covering all the elements in ferguson, missouri, our thank to jonathan clark. police put out new information disparaging information about michael brown, the unarmed black teenager who was shot a week ago. causing incredible tensions. the good news from last night is that last night was peaceful. the efforts appeared to work, the unanswers questions and discrepancies invo

michael brown's parents were there. you see them walking to the podium, they did not speak but their lawyer spoke on their behalf. teachers of michael brown were there, friends, community members, all inside of this church in ferguson, which was standing room only, long lines outside of people waiting to get in, the uplifting song stood in sharp contrast to last night's protests where gunfire erupted and there were seven arrests on the streets much police say a protester is in critical condition after being shot in the chest. it is not known though who shot him. the curfew in ferguson does return tonight at midnight central time. and justice department official says a second autopsy will be performed on michael brown's body. i want to bring in our ed lavandera outside church where the rally took place in ferguson. what did you hear from the people on the ground as this was going on, ed? >> reporter: it was an intentionally -- intensely passionate experience for many of the people who have sheep up here this afternoon. y

but he is friends with michael brown, he had just partaken in a robbery with michael brown of cigars. and he has an outstanding warrant for an arrest on a misdemeanor charge. will the jury look at him as a truth teller? >> they don't have to rely upon him. they have three other witnesses who also says something similar to what he says about what happened that day. and i think it's important because there are very important points within what they all say that a very clear and very apparent. >> three witnesses who do not know each other and have no connection to one another. >> none whatsoever. they tell their own version in their own way. and i think that once a jury -- hopefully we'll have a jury trial in the situation. and i think jury trials are important because they get to weigh all the testimony unlike a grand jury. that's why it's important we have a direct file or indictment by the grand jury so we can have a public trial so that we all can see the evidence. >> but this audience should know the grand jury is stacked against the defendant. even a ham sandwich can be indicted. i

louis because of michael brown, jr. i'm going to try to inspire the audience as well as the young people who are here to never give up and never stop fighting because your dream can come true. and that what has happened for so many people who have faced adversit adversity. in this situation, we lost a young life, but it doesn't mean his spirit cannot move forward. >> you've seen your community. change over the past couple of weeks, haven't you? a lot. >> yes, the community has changed. many times people have said they've been passive and they have not engaged in civic responsibility as they should. i think now everything has changed because we have been challenged with our first amendment rights, we have limited free speech at times in the entire experience. i think the consciousness of the people of st. louis. they're awake, they're awake, finally. it's time to now engage so we don't have to reexperience this kind of situation again. we want all young people to thrive and succeed and when we're faced with adversity, it

who was michael brown? >> michael was a big kid. mike was just jovial, a fun-loving kid, would come to school daily and be in the computer lab. he enjoy rapping, he enjoyed life. just a great kid. you described him as just a class clown. being very eager, but he was aendle giant. n now. >> very disheartening. >> it's not the first cut. there's no way to explain it. you know. i would have gone to war for a kid like mike brown. he came, worked hard on what he needed to do. he was best hind on his credits, and we got him across the finish line on the 1st. >> you said he was a year behind, but he had just graduated, on his way to college he wasn't necessarily a leader, but afterward to be a great friend. when i say not necessarily a leader, but someone who would go along with the flow, and what everyone was doing, mike was good with it. he had a lot of smaller kids as buddies. he looked as if he was their body guard. he was big enough to take on just about anybody, but a kid who was never, and he got because he was -- >> so is it correc

dorian johnson was with michael brown. and he was the first person that i saw explain what happened. and he said we were just walking along minding our own business and then they shot him in the back. and not only that, we didn't do anything. and he had his hands up and they executed him. i heard that and i heard two other witnesses. how many of you agree with me, when you heard that first description, how many of you thought, oh, my goodness. they shot this kid in cold blood. that's what i thought. raise your hand. how many of you thought that? you didn't think that right away when you heard that? >> i didn't. because one thing i've learned in being in the media, sean, is you have to get all of the facts. you had too many people weighing in on predetermined decisions and judgments when we didn't know anything about what happened other than the fact that this individual was shot and killed. >> i learned that in the richard jewel case. remember in atlanta the olympic bombing. and they said he was a hero. and then the atlant

the brown family attorney came on and suggested that the autopsy results show that michael brown was surrendering with his hands up when he was shot. is that what you concluded? >> no. what i concluded, the autopsy findings are consistent with the way the attorney stated. it's consistent with having his hands at his side or consistent with his running toward the officer. the autopsy tells me he was shot six times, where his hands were and what his movements were have to be correlated with all the other forensics. and with all the different witness statements. the forensics of the automobile, of the officer's car, the forensics of the clothes, the hospital report of the injuries to the officer. >> and i want to ask you about that. a lot of people are quoting you saying there were no signs of a struggle here. but what you said was, there were no signs of a struggle on michael brown, correct? >> that's right. you don't rule out there was a struggle? >> no, no. all i can say is what was on the decedent. there was no evidence of injuries to his face, to his neck that were caused by a stru

and michael brown's family asking for calm. just a short time ago, another call for peace from a place that has been the center of so much violence. >> agents and people that are here to mess up the goodwill of these demonstrators are not allowed to take over this. >> you were not -- after dark, you're calling -- >> we're saying after dark, we need to come in. after we march, after we give our first amendment demonstration, after we support the brown and the brown family and call for the arrest of officer darp darren wilson and other demands, we're going to bring everybody in that's legitimate, demonstrators and bring them on in so no one gets hurt or shot or gassed. >> joining me now, george howell, who is right outside the ferguson police department. and so george, we heard this brown family attorney say he was hoping the national guard's presence would bring calm to the people of ferguson. but then there have been suggestions that, you know, the optics of more shields and vests and what not from authorities will make it wors

michael brown going to change this town. i've asked bishop jones to work with us to do a voter registration/voter turnout. some of y'all that's mad now wasn't mad three weeks ago for election day. y'all got to start voting and showing up. 12% turnout is an insult to your children! lastly, on may 2nd, national civil rights leaders will be calling. we need to go to congress after they come back from break. we are going to call a day. we'll announce it may 2nd. we're going to have an "arms " up"alup" al rally in d.c. to demand federal regulation around policing, how we get policing community to work together. we going to the united states capit capitol. we ain't got no great speech. . we just going to throw up our articles. we going to throw up our arms! we going to throw up our articles. we have started here, reverend lee -- where's reverend lee? we started other night with the mother and father. i asked for 100 young men and women in this community, let them come up. i want these young people have committed, starting going th

on sunday, ron johnson apologized to michael brown's family. by talking to michael brown's family. my heart goes out to you. i am sorry. uniform and i should be appear saying i am sorry. missouri to the latest and speak to the head of amnesty international about why they sent human rights monitors to ferguson. we will look at the case of dred scott. scott is buried a few miles florissant. goodman. a private autopsy has found michael brown, the teenager killed by a police all caps are in ferguson -- by a police officer in ferguson, missouri was shot with all bullets appearing to enter from the front. eric holder said the justice department would conduct its own autopsy. has ordered the national guard into ferguson today after another night of protests over his death. for the past two nights, police have tried to enforce a curfew starting at midnight. night, police fired tear gas and rubber bullets in an attempt to clear the streets before the curfew began. they fired into a crowd that included parents with their children. police accuse some protesters of throwing molotov cocktails a

rally in honor of michael brown. this is what has followed that. what authorities were hoping for was peace and calm. it has not been what's unfolded ahead of the curfew. i want to welcome the viewers. re set for you. top of the hour. 11:00 p.m. eastern time on cnn. you are watching breaking news as we cover what's unfolding live in ferguson, ohio. very tense clashes. the most tense we have seen in the week since michael brown was shot and killed there between protesters and authorities. you are seeing two images of protesters. we are told some of them children with families marching down the street there in ferguson, missouri. they are using both smoke canisters. teargas being used. you're also seeing armored personnel carriers used. authorities say, because protesters encroached on them. this is what's unfolded when authorities hoped ffr peace and calm in ferguson. ed lavendera is live reporting on the ground. what escalated this so quickly? n there's been a great deal of concern as we have been reporting. many people wanting to come out and demo

obama, you know this is deeper than michael brown. this is about the constant harassment to which black people and brown people and others are subject. this is about an unjust criminal justice system that continues to demonize black boys and girls. this is about you understanding in your own body and skin where you live existent shally, the plight and predidment of black people occupied by a police force that refuses to acknowledge their fundamental humanity. you are a constitutional scholar. you know that this nation has not done just by its people and as the vox voice of the people, the person that we depend upon to tell the truth in the two years you have left, you must relinquish your fear and stand up and tell the truth as only you can do. you wrote one of the most brilliant biographies of self auto buy graph cal memoirs that told the truth about what it means to confront a complicated black identity. we cannot let president obama off the hook because we know he's capable of pushing a larger and necessary dialogue of race injusti

that goes to what michael brown's mindset was at that moment? >> suppose on the way to meeting that police officer he had in his mind that, you know what, i'm going to play it cool right now. we don't know what happened right in that exact moment. what he did prior to that, i understand that there may be some credibility issues in a court of law. but the reality is that officer playing judge and jury right at that moment? >> here's the difference. if in fact michael brown charged, that is justifiable use of force. if he did not charge he is guilty of executing a young unarmed man. very different. you're a lawyer. teisha. >> one of the things i wanted to point out, i watched a press conference with the governor. and a lot of people are quick to say, i want this cop to be convicted. there's a process. there has to be an investigation. and the jurors will ultimately decide. a lot of people are not thinking about that. they're just like without knowing the facts, he's wrong. we don't know. none of us know. and the jury's going to decide based on cir

brown and what we know about michael brown. but it used the phrase at a certain point in the article that michael brown was "no angel." those two words, no angel, created a real internet girt backlash against the "new york times," it provoked once again the public editor of "the new york times," margaret sullivan, to do a special posting today about the "new york times" coverage of ferguson and she said that choice of words was a regrettable mistake. later in her report on it, she said "no angel" was a blunder. what would you say to explain the feelings that are out there, both in ferguson and nationally, about the sensitivity to these kinds of references to michael brown? >> yeah, i was disappointed. i thought the timing of that was, at the very least, insensitive. the day of his funeral. and i think a lot -- we've seen different times wear coming from the "new york times" today, even from the local ferguson police department, things that would act to disparage the name of michael brown as the victim. but i think we just need

i'm michael yves. you're looking live as family and friends say good buy to michael brown. funeral services are going on for the teen who was killed bay police shooting. other top stories we're following at this hour. freedom for journalists who had been held in syria for two weeks. and cleaning up after the quake. napa valley residents assess the damage. more than two weeks after being killed michael brown is laid to rest today. thousands are gathered at the friendly temple missionary baptist church this afternoon paying their respect to the teenager. he was killed by a police officer sparking violent protests. robert ray is in ferguson, robert, we just heard emotional words from the family. i wonder what is it like where you are? >> yes, michael a celebration of life at the church in st. louis, and that celebration of life michael brown 18 years old who lost his life right there just over my shoulder over two weeks ago. it is quiet here throughout the morning. there have been people who have been streaming in and standing around where michael lost his life and saying pray

, michael brown's parents. and reverend al sharpton expect to speak to the crowd. this is a unity rally for justice. joins us once again is cory, a former n.y.p.d. inspector. what questions should we ask at this point? >> i was a deputy inspector much what questions should we be asking ourselves is where do we go from here? how do we stop the bleeding? the bleeding i talk about is the incidents popping up in and around the country, not just st. louis. at the hands of the n.y.p.d. we had out in the bronx to gram. there has been a lot of interest. what you don't see is the incidents happen in other communities, communities other than minority communies much the lingering question for the country is why is it happening in minority communities, and how do we fix it. >> do we need more transparency in the police department? >> when you look at the st louis case, the michael brown's case we need transparency. they wouldn't release the officer's name. it's a current problem. they have yet it release a picture of the o

brown have led to more questions about michael brown? >> the officer that was involved in the shooting of michael brown was darren wilson. >> people are now starting to seethe again. >> he's been a police officer for six years. no disciplinary action taken against him. >> what can we surmise from these photos? >> a man who the police allege is michael brown seems to be in a confrontation with someone who may or may not be a store employee. >>> 1:00 p.m. on the east coast. 10:00 on the west. here's what you need to know right now. breaking news of the killing of missouri teen michael brown. police have just released new details on his death, including the name of the officer who allegedly pulled the trigger. >> 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 taken against him. >> and they released a police report detailing brown's death. the moments before and the moments after, including surveillance video they say shows brown steal

similarly with michael brown. there were photos being used some people, especially again in that area, idea of black twitter, thought were inappropriate, thought were portraying him in a foul and unfairway. as opposed to, say, a photo from graduation that we're showing right now. the concept of if they gunned me down, how i would be portrayed? a very provocative concept. >> what about the risks? there was a group, a group that is very anonymous on social media putting out the name of the police officer they said was responsible for this. >> right. >> before the police did. >> wrongly, twice. >> wrong name. >> that's not the only example of false information spreading online. there was a particularly heinous example where the ferguson police chief's wife was claimed to have posted this nasty facebook message calling the protesters feral, all these bad names. it was a hoax, it was fake. thankfully was not picked up on by traditional media. but it spread online to the point some people still believe it's true. that's

>> at this point, why did he stop michael brown? >> because they were walking down the middle of the street, blocking traffic. >> it was an amazing moment. the police chief saying the robbery does not relate to why michael brown was stopped. late today at a press conference call by the brown family, michael brown's cousin reacted to the video released. >> whatever took place there had nothing to do with an individual are getting down on his hands and knees, raising his hands in the air and saying, don't shoot. this is a universal call for "i surrender." i can hear my cousin's voice now as i speak saying "don't shoot." yet still the officer stepped to him and shot him is what we are hearing from the officer. that's wrong. >> so all of this takes away from the only question that matters. and that's why we must return to this image because we still don't know what happened. are where are the police reports? how many shots were fired? how long did he go without medical attention? joining me now is attorney freeman bosley, jr., who repre

oh, well, michael brown is a felon. michael brown robbed a store. oh, michael brown -- we're already hearing it. twitter is going crazy. my phone has been blowing up. of course it's going to change the conversation. it ls hard. just like ls said it's not change the fact that he was gunned down while his hands were up, what it could have been if he was a suspect, if it is true that the police officer had reasonable suspicion, then he could have simply arrested them. he could have put them in the back of the police car. he could have taken them to the ferguson police department. they would be living. he would be living right now. >> i want to get more question into l.z. i want us to look forward. this is the issue. we're worried we're going to forget to look at the end game. the end game is figuring out how we can make things better on the ground in ferguson and around the country and police and african-americans and other minority groups. l.z., where do we start? >> i think we start with the transparency that we've been pushing for for a better part

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protesters furious over the police shooting of michael brown. the national guard, the national guard being deployed to the area. the latest over night and the details we have learned about how he died. we are live where the city is under a curfew. good morning. i'm christine romans. it is 4:00 a.m. in the east. we welcome viewers here in the u.s. and around the world. let's begin with the breaking news. another night of chaos in ferguson, missouri. hours before a curfew that is now in effect. tear gas, smoke canisters, rubber bullets used to disperse a crowd that encroached on a command post. molotov cocktails, bottles were thrown at them. gunshots were fired. now, we are learning the results of a private autopsy that was requested by the brown family. it found michael brown was shot six times, twice in the head, four times in the right arm. let's go live to ferguson. ed, this was another very tense night and police say that this was not civil disobedience, this was aggression toward police. >> reporter: yeah, they are saying it was a pre-planne

and is michael brown's dna on that gun as well? that would certainly say a lot. >> experts tell us that the difference and variation and significant ones could be about distance between the shooter and victim where we could see some variation here. >> fascinating stuff. thank you so much. >>> so in ferguson today, another curfew is now in place for tonight. it will start at midnight and go through 5:00 a.m. tomorrow morning. jason carroll is live in ferguson. protesters broke the curfew last night and police ended up using smoke and tear gas. what happened and what might be done differently this evening? >> reporter: well, fredricka, there's no way to predict something like that. the only thing it seems in ferguson that one can predict is what seems to be peaceful demonstrations during the day and unrest at night. here what's expected is a peaceful rally at 3:00 p.m. michael brown's family expected to show up. we've seen this. i've been here for the past several days and every day it's peaceful demonstrations during the day and thi

we need justice for michael brown thchl guy, michael brown did not pose a deadly threat. i get that that is what sharpton believes but he doesn't know that. so there is some danger in pronouncing it a fact, when you have as big of a microphone as he does. would he be in a better position to rally the community and see a change on race relations if he put those conclusions to the side? >> i think just the opposite. what if there was not an al sharpton? what if there was not a voice for the people who felt neglected, abuse asked downtrodden? >> why can't he draw legal conclusions about the case? >> the legal system still governs in america. he's a voice to impact and influence and advocate but he's not the legal system. and if people would take attention off of al sharpton and put it on the criminal justice s sim -- system. the people we're concerned about do hold public office ask yourself this question, how come the police chief in ferguson didn't know his officer was beaten up and wounded in a way you described? a friend called to the hospital to treat him. but the chief

brown was not related to the robbery. >> at this point, why did he stop michael brown? >> because they were walking down the middle of the street blocking traffic. that was it. >> so the police are admitting the shooting literally had nothing to do with the robbery. let's take a step back. here's how the stories line up or more accurately do not line up. the locations of the store robbery and the shooting, they're about a quarter of a mile apart right here in ferguson. police say the robbery call came in around 11:51 on saturday. >> police say the suspect committed a strong armed robbery, that's taking by force or with intimidation no, weapon involved. the description is then given, white t-shirt, long khaki shorts, red cardinals baseball cop. just a few minutes later about a quarter mile away from the robbery, right on canfield street, the next block over, officer darren wilson who was not searching for brown as a suspect in the robbery confronts brown and his friend dorian johnson for walking in the middle of canfield road. police said this is the day after. >> one of

autopsy requested by the family of michael brown. it was performed by michael baden, a well-known forensic pathologist. he determined and told the "new york times" that it shows michael brown was shot six times and a * important point that all of the shots came in from the front. this does away with the reports by so-called witnesses saying michael brown was shot while he was running away. it does not do away with with it inness accounts that say he was shot while his hand were in the air. he didn't find any indication of powder indicating that they were not at close range. however, he says he has not had an stunt to examine michael brown's clothing. he's going to speak at this church in a short time. we intend to get more detail when we hear from michael baden. bill: tell us about the national guard coming out. the missouri governor says it's time for the guard to be on the street. why? >> it was thee hours before the curfew was supposed to be in place. the vandalism was taking place, the shots were fired. the decision was made to m

anger still palpable over the shooting death of the shooting of unarmed michael brown. for one night, calm. >> it looks worse than it is. it really looks terrible. my two sons live down here. and i said, i need to make sure my sons are all right. but it's nothing like what's going on tv. yesterday i seen just the tear gas and heard about the shooing. >> attorney general eric holder arrives in ferguson to oversee the federal response to the michael brown shooting as prosecutors prepare to present evidence to a grand jury later this morning. stay with cnn all morning for complete breaking coverage of all the new developments in ferguson. >>> violence erupting again in gaza, hopes for lasting cease-fire all but shattered. israeli air strikes killing ten people and wounding at least 100 more. after hamas launched dozens of rockets at jerusalem and tel aviv, claiming that the israelis have opened, quoted, a gateway to hell. let's get the latest from fred pleitgen. 24 hours ago, fred, were you telling us how fragile the peace was and you're absolutely right. here we are again

brown was not related to the robbery. >> why did he stop michael brown? >> because they were walking down the middle of the street blocking traffic. that was it. >> having said that, chief jackson then gave the local paper and me yet another version. the officer he said actually did know about the robbery but was not aware that michael brown was a suspect, that is, not until he might have seen the cigarettes in brown's hands. as you might imagine, neither the changing story nor decision to release the video is winning many friends here. you'll hear from the brown family tonight, from dorian johns johnson's attorney and more surveillance video from randi kaye. >> reporter: ferguson market and liquor saturday morning, what you're about to see is what police call a strong-armed robbery. they say that's michael brown entering the store. white t-shirt, long tan shorts and a red cardinals baseball hat. his friend dorian johnson right behind him. it's 11:52 a.m. and 58 corrects according to the police incident report. the surveillance camera shows four seconds l