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From: a-pox@abe-lincoln.com

The suburban St. Louis cop who killed an unarmed black teen and
sparked four days of clashes may have been outed.

The hacker collective Anonymous, which has been pushing police
to investigate the death of 18-year-old Michael Brown, called
for a “National Day of Rage” and posted his name online Thursday.

The Daily News is not publishing it because there was no
immediate confirmation from the Ferguson, Mo., police or other
authorities that it is accurate.

And the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported that there is no
officer on the Ferguson police force with the name Anonymous
posted.

Police Chief Tom Jackson has steadfastly refused to release the
name of the cop — a six-year veteran witnesses have described as
white — citing death threats as the reason.

Jackson's decision, however, has incensed residents of the
mostly black town who charge that the officer is being held to a
different standard.

With the town in turmoil and law enforcement taking flak for
their heavy-handed response to the protesters, Missouri Gov. Jay
Nixon was getting ready to yank the St. Louis County Police out
of Ferguson.

“The governor just called me and he’s on his way to St. Louis
now to announce he’s taking away St. Louis County police out of
the situation,” said Rep. William Lacy Clay, who is a Democrat
like the governor.

Clay said he has been calling on U.S. Attorney General Eric
Holder to “take over the entire situation because we will not
get justice for Michael Brown and his family and friends if the
St. Louis county police and prosecutor have a say.”

It was not clear whether the county cops would be replaced by
the feds, state police or National Guard. But Nixon is clearly
dismayed.

“The worsening situation in Ferguson is deeply troubling, and
does not represent who we are as Missourians or as Americans,"
Nixon said in a statement. "While we all respect the solemn
responsibility of our law enforcement officers to protect the
public, we must also safeguard the rights of Missourians to
peaceably assemble and the rights of the press to report on
matters of public concern.”

President Obama was expected to weigh-in on the crisis in
Ferguson from Martha’s Vineyard, where he has been getting
regular briefings from Holder.

Earlier, he called the killing of Brown on Saturday
“heartbreaking.”

Ferguson Mayor James Knowles said police are having a hard time
“discerning between those who wish to peacefully demonstrate”
and the trouble makers.

“When the evening hours come, those who want to cause problems
hide under the cover of darkness,” Knowles said on MSNBC. “They
come out.”

The chaos in Ferguson may not be over any time soon. St. Louis
County Prosecutor Bob McCulloch has warned it could be several
weeks before the investigation wraps up and authorities decide
whether to charge the officer.

Ferguson continued to be a war zone Thursday after a night of
chaos during which hundreds of angry demonstrators clashed with
cops in riot gear.

Protesters hurled bottles and Molotov cocktails, and police
fired back with tear gas.

"We have to stand and fight here right now!" one woman screamed
as helmeted cops moved in to disperse a demonstration.

Hundreds more demonstrators packed the main drags holding up
their hands in surrender pose and chanting "Hands Up! Don't
Shoot!"

Just after 9 p.m. Wednesday, cops issued several warnings over a
loudspeaker, saying, "You are being ordered to leave now! If you
don't leave peacefully, there will be arrests."

Someone in the defiant crowd threw a bottle at the police line.

"We're not dogs, so what the hell you've got those whipping
sticks for?" one man shouted at police. "Because you want to
whip us like dogs."

Another protester pointed his finger at a cop and hollered, "If
I'm going to go, I'm taking one of you with me!"

Gunshots were also heard, apparently fired by protesters at the
police. One bullet whizzed by the head of a Daily News reporter.

Jackson had suggested a voluntary sundown curfew on protesting
after looting and violence followed Saturday's shooting of Brown.

During the chaos to break up the demonstrations, a reporter for
The Washington Post and another for the Huffington Post were
briefly placed under arrest when a half-dozen cops stormed a
McDonald's.

Earlier Wednesday, protesters gathered in front of the QuickTrip
on W. Florissant, a store that was looted and set ablaze on
Sunday.

"The whole damn system is guilty as hell!" the crowd chanted as
SWAT officers stood atop two armored vehicles and pointed .40-
caliber automatic weapons mounted on tripods at the
demonstrators.

The mayhem in the streets came after Anonymous posted recordings
of police radio chatter in the moments after Brown's death on
the Web.

The tapes were unveiled on the same day that Brown's pal Dorian
Johnson — who claims the teen was "shot like an animal" after
the cop told him to get on the sidewalk — met with police and
FBI investigators.

Johnson said the cop grabbed Brown around the neck and tried to
pull him through the window of his cruiser.

"He says, 'I'll shoot,'" said Johnson. "A second later, the gun
went off and he let go. That's how we were able to run at the
same time."

Johnson said he ducked behind a car, but one of the officer's
shots hit Brown in the back.

"My friend started to tell the officer that he was unarmed and
that he could stop shooting. Before he could get his second
sentence out, the officer fired several more shots into his head
and chest area.

"It was just horrible to watch," Johnson said.

With Bill Hutchinson, Brad Gerick and News Wire Services

Comments:

Thomas Luther Bryan2 hours ago
Hiding numerous bullet holes on a body will be difficult to
cover up - release the medical information and get this out in
the light of day. If this is true the officer needs to be
charged!!!!
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Joey Yokaibelf2 hours ago
So what you're saying is, if the officer shot him, REGARDLESS of
any other circumstances, he "needs to be charged?"  Okay then.
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Thomas Luther Bryan2 hours ago
If he shot him in the back numerous times - then yes. Once maybe
not.
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nykalz2 hours ago
Maybe not once.....there is no excuse for shooting a person in
the back UNLESS they are running with a gun in their hands.
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Joey Yokaibelf56 minutes ago
NYKALZ, let's assume I'm running toward your wife to attack them
and you are behind me with a gun.  What are you going to do?
Wave your arms around and tell me to stop?

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/st-louis-area-id-
michael-brown-killer-article-1.1903336

 

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