No, i would say not, andrea, not a surprise at all chief peter nushom had probably been the front runner. There had been hundreds and hundreds of applicants for this job. Clearly d. C. Police chief, nationwide profile, a very coveted job in the police ranks. But mayor bowser said she d. Settled peter newsome, this thing about Community Policing and Building Trust in the neighborhoods. Who is going to be best to drive down crimes in d. C. s neighborhoods. And she felt peter nu nushom showed consistency. And when he was here, he talked a lot about Building Trust when you call us, were not going to ask your race, religion, age, sexual orientation. When you call us, we will always come, and when we come, were coming to help. So perhaps the biggest hurdle for the chief here. Hes still going to have to be confirmed by the d. C. Council. And he may have cost himself a vote or two here, when he talked about the fact that he still roots for his hometown, new england football team. He said its b
Midnight anyway. Here is what we know happened on the ground in the overnight hours. Just before the curfew took effect, there were hundreds of protesters who were gathered in what was a stead day rain to peacefully protest the Police Shooting of unarmed teenager Michael Brown one week ago saturday. When the midnight deadline arrived, protesters heeded the instructions and headed home. There were other protesters who remained. They marched with their hands up and drove down the street with some people standing on cars chanting things like hands up, dont shoot, no justice, no curfew. Less than an hour into the curfew, Police Including five Armored Vehicles assembled to move in on that crowd. This is the Police Department. You are violating a stateimposed curfew. You must continue to disperse peacefully or you will be subject to arrest and or other actions. The police began firing canisters into the crowd that they initially said were smoke and not teargas. An nbc producer on the scene s
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