this is the ward where the tragedy occurred. the tragedy. less than a mile away. ferguson police officer shot michael brown. if you re not in office you re limited in what you can do and i just felt helpless. so did adrian hawkins. i watched the buildings burn from my house. hawkins has no political past but her resume is thick with a life lived in ferguson and as a single working mother to 20-year-old twins. the thought of my child not returning home because he s black and walking down the street was something they could aren t even fathom. as i listen to the sounds of war, and i was, like somebody has to do something. months after violent protests the stars still litter west floresant avenue. this simple city counsel election the next step in the long road to ferguson s recovery. this time from the inside out,
it s a chance to turn anger into votes. for the first time since the death of michael brown and the protests that followed res debts of ferguson missouri will head to the polls to elect new members of the city council this week. kyung lau reports. my name is wesley bell and i m running for city council. wesley bell is part of a sea change in ferguson the first large group of african-americans running for city government. i m running for city council. a council that s traditionally been white, just like the police department while the city is mostly black. this election three of the council s six seats are vacant and for the first time in its history, ferguson could see half its city government represented by african-americans. you have to fold up or show up. if you re going to be a part of the solution you have to put your foot out there and do it. right now we are in war three. in ferguson.
in ferguson, missouri says the officers beat him up while in custody. jeffrey williams is charged with assault after last week s shooting. his attorney says williams is bruised and scarred, but police deny roughing him up. details from ed lavandera. [ bleep ]. reporter: the gunfire set off a frenzy of fear outside the ferguson police department. now prosecutors say jeffrey williams admitted he fired the shots that wounded two police officers during protests last week. but the 20 year old insists he wasn t aiming at officers. prosecutors say he may have been aiming at someone else in the crowd. any statements that he made, i m not confident that those were voluntary statements. one thing i can be clear from my conversation with him was that this was no police ambush as it was stated earlier. there was no intent of any to target out any police. and that he s not part of the
around his neck back and entire body and also was denied medical attention. and also he was placed in isolation when he asked for medical attention. reporter: monday the st. louis county police department called those allegations completely false and added in a statement that every person who enters justice services is seen by a nurse who evaluates each inmate to see if they are fit for confinement. the nurse released williams as fit for confinement. one of the officers was hit in the cheek, the other in the shoulder. both have been released from the hospital. and we re told by law enforcement officials here in st. louis that both of them are making a good recovery. ed lavandera, ferguson missouri. it s written in the bible it s better to give than receive. many are upset at what one u.s. pastor is asking his congregation to give him.
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