Today, state senator jamil jamiljamila Jamila Nasheed delivered a petition for the prosecutor to recuse himself. I am here today to deliver 70,000 signatures. [ applause ] those signatures basically are coming from everywhere throughout this country. Worldwide. People have made a statement. But when she went to deliver those petitions to the office, something unbelievable happened. We want to take them to the office subpoena. I i know. We have a few people here. I know. This is a public entity. This is our First Amendment right. Im an elected official. I know. For the senator for the state of missouri. Yes, maam. How dare you tell me i cant go up . This is a public building. Maam. Step over the line and you will get arrested. How can ferguson residents have confidence in police and other officials when they block a state senator from a public building . A few minutes later, she was brought inside and mr. Mcculloch vowed to stay on the case saying, i have no intention of walking away fr
Happened. Attorney general eric holder went to ferguson today while controversy intensifies around the District Attorney who refused to step aside and let the shooting of Michael Brown be handled by a special prosecutor. Eric holder goes to ferguson. Meeting with Community Leaders. The family of Michael Brown. Particularly wants to reassure africanamericans. That the Justice Department is on the case. We ran into captain ron johnson. Their voices are heard. Calls for the county prosecutor to be replaced. I have no intention of walking away. People are losing faith in this process. The grand jury began hearing testimony today. Protests outside the courthouse has expressed distrust for the county prosecutor. A night of relative calm. No molotov cocktails. No bullets. Like a lion charging a gazelle. The big question, will it get violent today . No justice, no peace thunderstorms are rolling into ferguson, missouri tonight. Obviously well have some impact we expect on what will be happenin
That was a very important moment here as people observed her reaction coming out and what her message would be to them. They are still waiting for it, but the big headline is although it was another long night, again punctuated by this Lightning Storm that was just huge and seemed to sit over the area and may very well be a reason why the protests were less dramatic. Only six arrests overnight. The streets were lined. Voices were angry, but just hours ago ron johnson, the man in charge of policing the protests, did come out and say tonight is a very good night. Overnight this ferguson the first real hint of calm. Since Michael Brown was shot and killed 12 days ago. You can often tell how the night is going by the radio traffic, and tonight the radios were mostly quiet. One brief confrontation when supporters of officer Darryl Wilson and Michael Brown collide. A very different scene from the night before, this video showing a very angry Police Officer pointing his gun at the crowd. My h
What now . This cannot continue. Our families are suffering. And we need for the president to take action immediately. Allin starts right now. Good evening from new york. Im chris hayes. Tonight, the center of a fire storm showing ray rice punching his thenfiance. A video released by tmz sports has reig nieted out rage over the nfls handling of Domestic Violence. Within hours of its release, rice was terminated from the team and suspended indefinitely from the nfl. We will show you this portion of the video tape once with a warning that it contains physical violence. This is not the first weve heard of this incident. You will recall another video from tmz showing the aftermath of that same altercation of rice and palmer, his thenfiance. The newlyreleased video also shows that same scene from a new angle, rice dragging palmer out of the elevator and basically dropping her to the floor. Rice was charged with felony assault, a charge that was later reduced to courtsupervised counseling. R
The Police Officer who shot and killed Michael Brown did not write an incident report turns out to be true. Hands up, dont shoot calls are growing louder for the lead prosecutor to step down. Deep ties to the police force. Mcculloch remains firm hell stay on the case. The people dont believe he will do the right thing. Unless the governor orders him off of it. The governor has to decide. Act or shut up. No justice, no peace people are now awake. Still demanding answers about the killing of Michael Brown. People decided they can make a change. A grand jury has begun hearing evidence. Were going to be protesting every day. It will take weeks to determine if theres criminal charges. People are tired of the tear gas. The governor ordered the national guard. The Justice Department stands with the people of ferguson. Tonight in the killing of Michael Brown. St. Louis county prosecutors told nbc news today that the Ferguson Police department has no incident report of the shooting of Michael B