Disbanding the Police Department, even city government. Im here to talk about wiping off Ferguson City government might be better for the People Living there. Sansome arent buying the top kremlin critic, you dont want to point the finger at Vladimir Putin. The cold war with russia ill show you the spy ship moscow might be using to spy around havana harbor. Im ali velshi and this is real money. Why you guys stopping him what did he do . These two officers took a very hard hit. That officer has just as much of a right to go home to his family as anyone else. Ferguson is coming undone, the st. Louis suburb with just 21,000 residents has seen its city manager local judge and police chief resign in just the last week. The court clerk has been fired. So far the mayor says he intends to stay in office, while elections for a new city council will take place on april 7th. But the question is being asked should the city of ferguson simply dissolve . Thats because racial bias outlined in the depa
Show you the spy ship moscow might be using to spy around havana harbor. Im ali velshi and this is real money. Why you guys stopping him what did he do . These two officers took a very hard hit. That officer has just as much of a right to go home to his family as anyone else. Ferguson is coming undone the st. Louis suburb with just 21,000 residents has seen its city manager local judge and police chief resign in just the last week. The court clerk has been fired. So far the mayor says he intends to stay in office, while elections for a new city council will take place on april 7th. But the question is being asked should the city of ferguson simply dissolve . Thats because racial bias outlined in the department of justice report focused in part on the financial motives on fergusons black population, hit them with petty fines and fees threaten them with incarceration if they dont comply, and a budget that pays for a local administration that preys on its own population, plaguing cities a
Government to find hes not a citizen. And 20 years after crossing the twin tyres on a tight wire, i talk to fill each. From the moment i dreamed of doing it, and setting foot between them. 6. 5 years of dreaming and crazy work we cover many stories about the criminal Justice System and focus on fairness and whether justice is served. You may ask that question after hearing about a case from indiana. The tales are disturbing. David was convicted of drugging his wife. Her name is mannedy. The state ask for 40 years in prison. The judge sentenced stunned everyone. He gave the defendant no gaol time. Instead 8 years of house arrest. Mandy is with us tonight, with deputy prosecutor courtney curtis. Welcome to both of you. Let me start with you mandy. What was your reaction to the judges decision . I was appalled. At the beginning, before he gave the sentence to mr wis, he told me to forgive my attacker. And when i heart that i just i couldnt believe what i was hearing. And then he proceeded
Good evening, i am joie chen reporting at the hour from missouri for this america tonight special report, flash point ferguson. We have come to missouri specifically for that reason, because this community, this whole area, the eastern part of missouri has, indeed, become a flash point for conversations this week about race, about the use of police force, and about the ability of a community to rise up and speak for itself. It began with the death last weekend of an unarmed young 18yearold man Michael Brown, and anger that emerged in the community because a Police Officer used his gun. We have continuing coverage here, we have gone to the command center of the current event of the local law enforce the, the county police and the state Highway Patrol. As you can see they have gathered here and been at work in this location for hours organizing themselves, being prepared for at any time, any possibility of renewed confrontation to his breakout. But so far that has not been the case. Ther
In ferguson, missouri, consider a history of tensions that simmered over decades. Its not just mike brown. Its life and times of bad dealings with the police. The militarized forces that lit a spark. This is becoming a part of the culture of american policing. And we look ahead. Will police be able to keep the peace . America tonights special report, flashpoint ferguson. Good evening. Thank you for joining us. Our america tonight team just returned from ferguson, missouri outside of st. Louis on several days of reporting a story that gripped the nation and surprised us as well. We consider what led the community to explode with long, pentup anger this hour, and how it was sparked by the death of the unarmed 18yearold Michael Brown, shot and killed by a Police Officer in the street outside his grandmothers apartment last weekend. Today civil rights leaders as well as the missouri Highway Patrol captain, ron johnson, spoke to us a standingroom only crowd at greater grace church. Johnson