To a president ial candidate killed in a plane crash. Hello. Police are trying to clear protesters from the streets of ferguson, a town that has become a flashpoint of racial tension in america. A curfew has cop into effect come into effect following violence scenes and a crackdown in the last few hours. Protests were sparked after a white Police Officer shot and killed a black teenager. Michael brown was shot six times. Rob reynolds is in ferguson. Theres a whiff of tear gas. Police helicopters are overhead. Behind me is the lights of a detachment of police. A short while ago protesters marched on the street towards a group of police in this direction behind me. What happened then is not clear. The St Louis City Police put out the word that a molotov cocktail was thrown to the police lines. Thats not been confirmed aan eyewitness. The police cold the crowd to disperse and move down the avenue, the main street, using smoke bombs, tear gas grenades, and rioting in armoured vehicles. A l
And how can the Community Heal . A night of special coverage flashpoint ferguson the way forward. Welcome back to Al Jazeera Americas special coverage, flashpoint ferguson, and the way forward. Im joeie chen with my colleague and friend tony harris. You know what, it is important for us to look at is ahead. So much of this Community Wants to do that. Down. Thats right, it is so true. We spent time great point. It helps me get to a ride along with a city manager of a Community North of ferguson. Max, the city manager. That is a community. Not many people know the story, that is a community where there was a lot of vandalism and looting and the city manager talked about how to move forward. Dell wood and ferguson working together, finishing a joint presented, and in the week that was, right, here in ferguson they had been talking about other projects they could do toot. Moving forward, i think what you see between the two small communities, neighbourhood communities side by side is a ren
Still, so many unanswered questions. Why did a Police Officer kill an unarmed black teenager. Is a militarized police force heightening the tension. Attacking freedom of the press. And how can the Community Heal . A night of special coverage flashpoint ferguson the way forward. Welcome back. Im joeie chen from america tonight, our al jazeera programme. Also our colleague, my colleague, tony harris. This has been an interesting night. Not only has there been a lot of news event. Thats right. Relating to ferguson and the way forward, and we are looking for the way forward, but a lot of news event coming from outside the community. And we are, of course, keeping an eye on the streets of ferguson, missouri, florissant street , the shooting death of Michael Brown. Looking at west florissant, there are demonstrations and protesters. What is happening in ferguson is reverberating around the county, in new york theres a demonstration going on in support of Michael Brown and his family. We dont
When gunned down by a white Police Officer in ferguson missouri. An autopsy showed he was hit at least 6 times, twice in the head. His body lay on the street for over 4 hours. His death unleashed an anger that had been building for decades at a system the community here says is stacked against them from birth. And raised questions about policing and race in america. Everything thats happening in ferguson is everything thats wrong with policecommunity relationships, particularly when it comes to black men. One of the reasons that black young men are angry about this because they all see themselves as a Michael Brown. It could have been them. That anger would continue for months to come, but while the Legal Process ran its course a Community Held back. Watching and waitingfor justice to be done. Fault lines was there during that time in this special extended episode we look deeper into why so many here feel such injustice from those sworn to protect them. Sit down for Micheal Brown sit d
He was 18, and unarmed, when gunned down by a white Police Officer in ferguson missouri. An autopsy showed he was hit at least 6 times, twice in the head. His body lay on the street for over 4 hours. His death unleashed an anger that had been building for decades at a system the community here says is stacked against them from birth. And raised questions about policing and race in america. Everything thats happening in ferguson is everything thats wrong with policecommunity relationships, particularly when it comes to black men. One of the reasons that black young men are angry about this because they all see themselves as a Michael Brown. It could have been them. That anger would continue for months to come, but while the Legal Process ran its course a Community Held back. Watching and waitingfor justice to be done. Fault lines was there during that time in this special extended episode we look deeper into why so many here feel such injustice from those sworn to protect them. Sit down