Substantiated by that physical evidence tell the accurate and tragic story of what happened. It was following this announcement while protests were largely peaceful, ferguson saw some sporadic violence with dozens of buildings that have been set on fire. Along with reports of gunfire and looting. In addition, two police cars were vandalized. And moments ago police held a press conference overnight, briefing the media on the events that theyve been witnessing. Now, one of the most interesting things coming out of that press conference as we were listening there, whats taking place in st. Louis, and how some of the reports coming out of the city of st. Louis is that this is worse than some of the original instances of reaction we saw in august at the original death of Michael Brown. Here in studio i have james peterson, an msnbc contributor and director of africana studien and associate professor of english at lehigh university. Also ari melber, who is a cohost of the cycle and who has b
Missouri governor has ordered hundreds of Additional National guard troops to ferguson. And today the attorney for Michael Browns family, benjamin crump, called the Legal Process broken. Late today Michael Browns father told reverend al sharpton he felt authorities have crucified his sons character. I was upset. I didnt understand. It just let me know that where we live is not where we thought or what i thought. Its what people been saying all the time for a nice little minute, that this was a racist state. Also today, Darren Wilson broke his silence in the media. In an interview he says he has a clean conscience over his actions that day in august. As you know, some of the eyewitnesses have said, at that moment he turned around, he turned around and put his hands up. That would be incorrect. Incorrect. No way . No way. No you say he starts to run, stutter steps, starts to come toward you. At that time, i gave myself another mental check. Can i shoot this guy . Legally, can i . And the
Gunfire earlier this evening which chased some people away. There are police now telling people to disperse over the bullhorn. Theres a few stragglers yelling back at police, but right now, a quiet scene here hours after the announcement by st. Louis county prosecutor Bob Mcculloch that the grand jury had found no criminal indictment for Darren Wilson in the shooting death of Michael Brown. Were starting to get looks at some of the testimony. One of the things that called out to me, one of the things in a broader sense well see in the next day that will be very difficult for his family and for people that feel that justice was not served is that inevitably what will happen as that testimony is sifted through is a relitigation of the culpability of Michael Brown in his own shooting death though unarmed. We saw this from the very beginning when the security footage was released from the local Convenience Store on the same day that the name of the officer was released. There was widesprea
Other stores were looted. Some protesters threw rocks and bottles at police. Police responded by firing tear gas. They say at least 150 gun shots were fired. Two police cars were set on fire. Missouri governor has ordered hundreds of Additional National guard troops to ferguson. And today the attorney for Michael Browns family, benjamin crump, called the Legal Process broken. Late today Michael Browns father told reverend al sharpton he felt authorities have crucified his sons character. I was upset. I didnt understand. It just let me know that where we live is not where we thought or what i thought. Its what people been saying all the time for a nice little minute, that this was a racist state. Also today, Darren Wilson broke his silence in the media. In an interview he says he has a clean conscience over his actions that day in august. As you know, some of the eyewitnesses have said, at that moment he turned around, he turned around and put his hands up. That would be incorrect. Inco
You can see the officer with his arm wrapped around his neck. Garner died a short time later. The medical examiner ruled it a homicide. Caused in part by compression of the neck. This case has been a flash point. In a string of high profile incidents involving police and unarmed black men. Unlike the shooting of Michael Brown, the garner encounter was caught on tape. They will conduct an investigation of the death. Late today president obama reacted to the grand jury decision. Im not interested in talk. Im interested in action. And i am absolutely committed as president of the United States to making sure that we have a country in which everybody believes in the core principle that we are equal under the law. So this is an american problem and not just a black problem or a brown problem or a nativeamerican problem. This is an american problem. When anybody in this country is not being treated equally under the law, thats a problem. And it is my job as president to help solve it. Heres