- on saturday, august 9, michael brown was shot and killed by a police officer for jaywalking in ferguson, mo.
- the police have refused to take the statement of the number one eyewitness to the crime, though he has continuously made himself available to do the same through his attorney.
- police attacked peaceful citizens who had gathered at a candlelight vigil to grieve and seek solidarity, firing teargas and rubber bullets and arresting folks who didn't disperse "fast enough."
- the police began arresting journalists covering the story, flashing lights toward their cameras so they couldn't capture the image and firing teargas at them.
- police began confiscating camera equipment from the journalists.
- on friday, almost a week after the murder had been committed, the police department released the name of the officer.
- at the same time, they released what appear to be stills taken from security footage of a man who resembles brown grabbing at a shorter, smaller white man, allegedly as brown was fleeing a convenience store after shoplifting a box of cigars.
- the police department admitted that at the time the shooting officer did not believe brown was connected to the shoplifting; this means they released the security camera stills to prejudice public opinion against brown and to get us to forget that the officer shot the boy because he jaywalked.
more on the ferguson, mo, PD: http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/08/15/the-day-ferguson-cops-were-caught-in-a-bloody-lie.html
