Concise Version of Wiki re Mike Brown Shooting in Ferguson

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My Condensation of Shooting of Michael Brown - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:

...August 9...12:00 p.m....Wilson ...ordered them to move off the street... altercation ensued... gun within Wilson's police vehicle...fired...Brown and Johnson began to flee. Wilson left his vehicle and pursued...fired...shots, fatally wounding Brown. Brown died ...35 feet...from the police cruiser...

...the...officer encountered Brown...responding to..."strong arm robbery"...convenience store...Brown fit the description of a suspect...

...the officer attempted to exit his vehicle but was pushed back into the car by Brown, who then assaulted the officer inside the car. Brown...attempted to seize the officer's gun..."more than a couple" of shots were fired in the... encounter.

...the officer who shot Brown was injured in the incident...

...officer pulled up...said, "Get the fuck on the sidewalk."... the young men replied that they were "...a minute away from [their] destination, and [they] would shortly be out of the street."

...the officer drove forward, only to abruptly back up, positioning his vehicle crossways in their path, almost hitting the two..."We were...almost inches away...when he tried to open his door...the door ricocheted...off...Big Mike...closed back on the officer."

...the officer, still in his car, grabbed Brown through the open window around the neck. Brown tried to pull away...officer continued to pull Brown toward him.

...Brown "did not reach for the officer's weapon..." ... Brown was attempting to get free of the officer....the officer...fired...hitting Brown.

Following the initial gunshot...Brown was able to free himself, at which point the two fled...The officer exited the vehicle...fired...striking Brown in the back. 

...Brown turned around with his hands in the air and said, "I don't have a gun. Stop shooting!"...officer then shot Brown several...times, killing him.

...Crenshaw's account

...officer and Brown were arm wrestling before the officer...shot Brown from within his vehicle...officer then chased Brown for...20 feet before shooting him again....Brown then raised his arms in compliance...officer shot him two more times killing him...

...Mitchell's account

...first...shot was fired while the police officer, but not Brown, was still in the vehicle..."After the shot, the kid just breaks away. The cop follows him, kept shooting, the kid's body jerked as if he was hit...he turns around, puts his hands up...cop continues to walk up on him and continues to shoot until he goes all the way down."

According to The Washington Post...police force...93% white while ...population...one-third white...annual report last year...office of Missouri's attorney general:...Ferguson police..."twice as likely to arrest African Americans during traffic stops as they were whites."... two-thirds of the city’s 21,100 residents are black.

...Michael Brown, 18, and Dorian Johnson, 22...Ferguson Market...West Florissant Avenue....suspect grabbed...cigars...Brown...grabbed...Swisher Sweets, valued at $48.99...Brown grabbed...employee by the shirt and "forcefully" pushed him back to a display rack...

...“...murder of their child by this police officer as he held his hands up, which is the universal sign of surrender.”...

crowd... unruly...after...candlelight vigil...150 officers in riot gear...looting businesses, vandalizing vehicles...confronting police....12 businesses were looted or vandalized...gas station was set on fire...30 arrests...windows...broken... arrested face charges of assault, burglary and theft. Police...riot gear...helicopters...Two police...suffered minor injuries 

...August 11, police fired tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse a crowd... protesters...threw rocks at police. The police responded by firing tear gas and bean bag rounds upon those protesting, which included State Senator Maria Chappelle-Nadal.

...August 12, several hundred...seeking...prosecution of the officer...some ...threw bottles at the officers...tear gas...following day......police used smoke bombs, flash grenades, rubber bullets, and tear gas...ordering the journalist to cease recording....Between August 12 and 13, police officers fired tear gas and rubber bullets at lines of protesters and reporters...seven protesters were arrested...August 13...police were clearing...prior to ...curfew...Washington Post reporter...Lowery and The Huffington Post reporter...Reilley were arrested while...charging...phones...using...WiFi hotspot to access Twitter. 

Officers...asked them to leave...gave...45 second countdown...ultimately resorted to...forceful measures ..."Officers slammed me into a...soda machine because I was confused about which door they were asking me to walk out of," Lowery said....

Al Jazeera...journalists...tear gassed... shot at with rubber bullets by...SWAT team...officer ...turning the reporters' video camera toward the ground and dismantling their equipment.  Al Jazeera...statement..."egregious assault on the freedom of the press ..."...August 14...St. Charles...SWAT Team...press release stating..."...SWAT...has not been any part of attempting to prevent media coverage."...video captured...vehicle marked...as "St. Charles County SWAT" roll up to the Al Jazeera lights and camera and taking them down.

St. Louis alderman Antonio French...police...dragged him out of the car...arrested for unlawful assembly.

...Nixon said that Ferguson security will be overseen by Captain...Johnson of the Highway Patrol. Johnson, an African-American...grew up in the community...Governor said, "...people...want their streets to be free of intimidation and fear"... St. Louis county prosecutor...McCulloch ..."...he had no legal authority to do that. To denigrate...the county police department is shameful."

...August 12...Ferguson Police helicopter...fired on from the ground...FAA implemented...no-fly zone over Ferguson....school district in nearby Jennings cancelled the first day of classes...Ferguson-Florissant School District...Ferguson-Flourissant schools...closed...reopen Monday...

...New Black Panther Party's leaders... operating from Ferguson...have inflamed...situation...racist rhetoric...calls for violence against police.

...New Empire Knights of the Ku Klux Klan...setting up a fund to support...officer who killed Brown.

Hacktivists ...promised...if any protesters were harassed...they would attack the city's servers and computers... e-mail systems were targeted and phones died, while the Internet crashed at the City Hall...