If people know a federal, thorough investigation is being done. Meanwhile, prosecutors have begun presenting evidence to a grand jury to determine whether the officer who shot and killed Michael Brown should be criminally charged. Stephanie elam is live in ferguson for us. What are the people there saying about the attorney generals visit . Reporter from the people i spoke to yesterday, they were happy that he was here. They were happy. They felt their voices were being heard by the higher levels of government. Theres several people here who said they distrust the system here in st. Louis. The attorney general is here. Some people are crediting the fact we did have a much calmer evening here tonight. He made his way here, including captain ron johnson. Just to put in perspective how much better last night was, there were only six arrests, compared to 47 the night before. Take a listen to how captain johnson explains how the night went, then also listen to one protester who says he got
Napa. Were monitoring the injuries and the continuing struggles. On the buzz meter this sunday, as journalists flood the streets of ferguson, getting tear gas, getting arrested, turning their powerful spotlight on the police and the protesters are all those cameras exacerbating the violence . And are some correspondents taking sides against the police or being harassed for doing their jobs . Dont resist. Ill bust your head right here. I dont give a [ bleep ]. The polarizing coverage of Michael Browns killing. Many on the right defending officer Darren Wilson. Many on the left siding with the unarmed 18yearold. Are too many pundits involved in speculation . The horrifying death of journalist james foley, killed by the butchers of trifts. Should news outlets carried those images . And should twitter have banned them . Plus, rick perry laughed out of the court of Public Opinion. Im howard kurtz and this is media buzz. As the envision of anchors, concerneds, commentators in one embattled M
He is 80 years old. He worked on many famous cases all over the country. He is a consultant and the nicest guy you could ever meet. Very nice guy. He is factbased and doesnt make conclusions that are not there. The way medical examiners do. They tell you fact. They are like chemists in the laboratory. They give that to the commanders and the prosecutors and they have to take the facts and put it into an argument. Hang on a second, jim. On the other side of this screen, we have some members of the Law Enforcement approaching. Lets listen. They are going to talk about what happened tonight and they will be able to talk to you about where we go from here. We will be here in about ten or 15 minutes. Just updating the press and they will give us an update on the events of tonight. Sorry for the interruption. We didnt want to miss anything there. I think that thegoldie said e community, chris, discussing the demographics there. Its so important. I would just add that i think one of the thing
Memories, being a young man and how he felt suspicion simply by the fact he was africanamerican. And so hes going to get some very con temtemporaneous information from some of these Young Leaders about what it is to be young and black in america today. Hes going to be talking to Community Leaders, religious leaders. What can be done in these individual communities to stop things from happening to reduce the number of violent confrontations between Police Officers and those in minority and lowincome communities. And i think its going to be something we will hear from him today. He will not come into the Briefing Room but we should hear something today. Said the federal investigation into ferguson is continuing. What are his plans today . Yeah hes going to be in atlanta. Hes going to kick off what is going to be an actual tour. Hes going to be making stops, similar to the conversations the president will have today with those Community Leaders. A lot of it focused on community policing.