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The robbery report was released by Ferguson city police, the force that employs Wilson, which has come under sharp criticism for not reflecting the racial makeup of the city, which is majority African American. The disagreement over Friday's decision highlighted the overlapping jurisdictions of the law enforcement agencies involved. No details were released about the shooting of Brown, despite that being the subject of similar freedom of information requests. "I would have communicated it differently," he told the Guardian afterwards. "The information could have been put out in a different way," Johnson told reporters and residents at a press conference that unfolded more like a town hall meeting on Friday. Johnson, who won plaudits for his handling of the demonstrations after being handed control on Thursday, said he "would have liked to have been consulted" about the simultaneous release of the report of the name and alleged robbery. "I will say we talked all day about the release of the video tape at the food mart." "We had concerns that this would happen," he said. However, commenting on the resurgence of police clashes with protesters, Captain Ron Johnson, of the Missouri highway patrol, which was handed responsibility for policing the protests on Thursday, admitted he was worried that the release of the information would cause renewed tensions.

Such requests can often take weeks or months to be fulfilled. Jackson said the police report was released in response to freedom of information requests by media outlets, apparently following tip-offs. The FBI, which is investigating whether the shooting breached amounted to a civil rights violation, announced late on Friday that agents would be "canvassing the neighbourhood" over the next few days to find new witnesses. "There is nothing based on the facts that have been placed before us that can justify the execution-style murder of their child by this police officer as he held his hands up, which is the universal sign of surrender," the lawyers said in a joint statement. Later still, Jackson was quoted by the St Louis Post-Dispatch as saying that Wilson saw cigars in Brown's hand and realised that he might be a suspect in the robbery.Īttorneys for the Browns said that the family were "beyond outraged" at the simultaneous release, describing it as a strategic move to smear their son. Brown was stopped because he was walking down the middle of the street, obstructing traffic, the police chief said. Yet at a second press conference in the afternoon, Jackson said that the "initial contact was not related to the robbery". Stoking the tensions, police gave conflicting accounts of whether the events were linked.Įarly on Friday, Ferguson police chief Thomas Jackson indicated that the officer stopped Brown in response to a callout over police radio describing the suspect for the robbery. Thanks to all who tried to stop unnecessary violence"Īntonio French, a local alderman, posted to Twitter pictures of protesters protecting stores from looters.īy Saturday morning the area was calm and largely deserted save for some store owners who braved grey, driving rain – a contrast after a hot, dry week – to guard their stores.įerguson police simultaneously released the surveillance footage, a report into the robbery, and named of the police officer who shot Brown as a six-year veteran of the city police department, Darren Wilson. Nixon said earlier on Twitter: "Long night. Governor Jay Nixon was scheduled to meet local leaders on Saturday afternoon, to discuss what his office called "actions to ensure public safety and civil rights".

Rather hold small group accountable," she said on Twitter. "America, please don't hold small group of looters against hundreds & hundreds of peaceful protesters. Claire McCaskill, Missouri's senior US senator, asked outside observers to recognise that the looters represented only a fraction of the protests. Other demonstrators and community leaders pleaded with the looters to stop.

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A meat market was also looted and other businesses had windows smashed. According to some accounts, Brown had his hands up when he was shot.Ī small crowd later looted the convenience store. Some protesters threw bottles at officers in riot gear and shouted "hands up, don't shoot", the chant that has come to characterise the protests. Police fired a teargas canister at a crowd of around 200 people who had gathered there.

One of the flashpoints in the early hours of Saturday came at the store where the robbery was alleged to have taken place.