Begins now. Good morning, from ferguson, missouri. Im martha raddatz. Where weve seen another night of chaos and violence in the streets, despite authorities declaring a state of emergency and imposing a fivehourlong curfew. Police firing teargas. Making at least seven arrests. At least one person shot by an armed protester and is in the hospital. Were tracking every angle this morning. Missouri governor jay nixon will be here shortly. But first, all the breaking developments from abcs steve osunsami. Reporter as soon as the governors curfew began, so did the nights chaos. No justice no curfew reporter overnight, the s. W. A. T. Teams moved in, firing smoke canisters and teargas at people in the streets. You must disperse the area immediately. Reporter someone was shot by an armed protester and had to be hospitalized. Now in critical condition. Police promised to be kinder and gentler, theyre now defending the use of tear gas. We got a report of a shooting victim. They did deploy tear
Violence in ferguson is caught in an apparent contradiction. Heres what captain ron johnson said yesterday about the impending curfew. Listen. Tonight, we wont enforce it with trucks and tear gas. Well communicate. Well talk about, you know what . But hours later, they did, in fact, use tear gas. Captain johnson saying it was because officers saw man who had been shot and they needed to disperse the crowd to get to the wounded man. There are no signs that the disorder will end anytime soon. We have Team Coverage from all the angles this morning, including former new York City Police commissioner ray kelly offering thoughts on how authorities are handling the situation. We start with alex perez in the middle of it all in ferguson. Good morning, alex. Reporter good morning, paula. It has been a long night here in ferguson. The chaos beginning just after midnight. Authorities are trying to enforce the midnight curfew when they found out some of the protesters are armed. Its mass job. Were
Where weve seen another night of chai yos and violence in the streets, despite authorities imposing a fivehourlong curfew. Police firing tear gas. Making at least seven arrests. At least one person shot by an armed protester and is in the hospital. Were tracking every angle this morning. Missouri governor jay nixon will be here shortly. But first, all the breaking news from abcs steve osunsami. Reporter as soon as the governors curfew began, so did the nights chaos. No justice no curfew reporter overnight, the s. W. A. T. Teams moved in, firing smoke canisters and tear gas at people in the streets. You must disperse the area immediately. Reporter someone was shot by an armed protester and had to be hospitalized. Now in critical condition. Police promised to be kinder and gentler, theyre now defending the use of tear gas. We got a report of a shooting victim. They did deploy tear gas in an effort to move back and get to the shooting victim. Reporter all of this after state of emergency
Do what is necessary to help determine exactly what happened and to see that justice is done. And should president obama leave his vacation, step in, and try to control the chaos . Hey, good morning, everybody. Extraordinary pictures coming in overnight from missouri, as the man in charge of controlling the violence in ferguson is caught in an apparent contradiction. Heres what captain ron johnson said yesterday about the impending curfew. Listen. Tonight, we wont enforce it with trucks and tear gas. Well communicate. Well talk about, you know what . But hours later, they did, in fact, use tear gas. Captain johnson saying it was because officers saw man who had been shot and they needed to disperse the crowd to get to the wounded man. There are no signs that the disorder will end anytime soon. We have Team Coverage from all the angles this morning, including former new York City Police commissioner ray kelly offering thoughts on how authorities are handling the situation. We start with
Where weve seen another night streets, despite authorities he imposing a fivehourlong curfew. Police firing tear gas. Making at least seven arrests. At least one person shot by an armed protesr and is in the hospital. Were tracking every angle this morning. Missouri governor jay nixon will be here shortly. But first, all the breaking news from abcs steve osunsami. Reporter as soon as the governors curfew began, so did the nights chaos. No justice no curfew reporter overnight, the s. W. A. T. Teams moved in, firing smoke canisters and tear gas at people in the streets. You must disperse the area immediately. Reporter someone was shot by an armed protester and had to be hospitalized. Now in critical condition. Police promised to be kinder and gentler, theyre now defending the use of tear gas. We got a report of a shooting victim. They did deploy tear gas in an effort to move back and get to the shooting victim. Reporter a of this after state of emergency was declared on saturday. No just