Outside the Police Station at the time. Then to madison, wisconsin. It is the issue of Racial Disparity and racial injustices we will soon have a ferguson on our handss. S. We said it. We have numbers three times as bad as ferguson. We have a 19yearold like black boy dead, shot five times. Amy then the university of oklahoma expels two Fraternity Members and shuts down the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity after a video showed students singing a racist song. But first to iran. Republican senators are accused of trying to undermine the Ongoing Nuclear talks by penning an open letter to the iranian government. My reaction to the letter was utter disbelief. During my 29 years here in the senate, i never heard of nor even heard of it being proposed anything comparable to this. Amy all that and more coming up. Welcome to democracy now democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. In ferguson, missouri two police , officers have been shot during a protest outside Ferguson Police
So as of this hour the county police in missouri Highway Patrol are taking over security in ferguson missouri two officers, one from the county, the other from a neighboring force were shot during a mostly peaceful protest last night now a manhunt is underway for whoever opened fire. Eric holder has harsh words for the shooter. What happened last night was a pure ambush. This was not someone trying to bring healing to ferguson this was a damn punk. Punk. Trying to sew discord in an area that is trying to get its act together and bring together a community that has been fractured for too long. This disgusting and cowardly attack might have been intended to unravel any sense of progress, but i hope that does not happen. Diane eastabrook is live for us in ferguson, any update on the search for those responsible for this . Reporter tony what i can tell you is today several people were taken in for questioning, but those people have all been released. No one is in custody. There have been n
So were thinking that it is thinning out. At 12 00 am we hear three or four shots ring out. Some of you have seen that on the media. These are shots that are not in the air, not in the ground one you can tell is when you listen to the audio, you hear those shots singing. Those shots immediately strike two officers standing together. But these officers are standing in a line of at least 20 to 25 officers. So its very evident we have a group of officers standing there. And the officer is shot right here at the high point of your cheek, and the bullet lodges right behind his ear, and that bullet is still with him. Hes going to have to have further evaluation to figure out what they are going to do with thatting round. The st. Louis county officer was struck right here on the shoulder, and the bullet came out the middle of his right back between his scapula and his spine. Fortunately with both officers we dont have any remarkable longterm injuries. In other words there wasnt a it wasnt in
Happening during protests hours after Ferguson Police chief Thomas Jackson announced that he would resign, that resignation set to take effect in one week. All of this coming on the heels of that skatings Justice Department report on Ferguson Police department and court system alleging widespread bias. John henry smith has been tracking the story throughout the evening. Whats the latest . Police officers from neighboring departments had gathered outside the Ferguson Police departments in case protests got out of control. Just after midnight, things did get out of control in a most frightening way. Journalists and a protesting crowd were beginning to disperse when suddenly at midnight, shots rang out. Witnesses counted three to four shots fired. As we were about to pack our cameras up, we hear what we thought were fireworks you were the street. Turns out happened three more times, it was gunfire. We saw the muzzle fire from a gun on top of the street, so we just all ducked down and once
Of ferguson, missouri two Police Officers shot overnight outside police headquarters. It happened at a demonstration with dozens of protesters celebrating the Police Chiefs resignation and calling for more dismissals. Those two officers both wounded seriously were not from ferguson. Abcs bazi kanani has the latest. Reporter protesters and journalists in ferguson say they were packing up and clearing out when suddenly at midnight gunfire. [ gunfire ] we saw the muzzle fire from the gun atop the street so we all just ducked down and once we ducked down we saw the cop was shot right next to us. Reporter the bullets hitting two officers from Neighboring Police departments, a st. Louis county officer struck in the shoulder, a Webster Groves officer shot in the face. They were there to help keep watch over the protesters gathered outside the Ferguson Police station after the resignation wednesday of police chief tom jackson. He is the sixth City Employee to resign or be fired since the relea