An unidentified 23 year old man was killed by two cops last night. He had stolen two sodas from a convenience store and may have had a knife. The police officers each shot him several times. The police chief further angered people by saying that officer safety is the number one issue, while questions remain as to whether a fatal shooting was the best approach with a person with a knife at a distance.
The Missouri National Guard is now in place, and the police ordered the media to leave. President Obama had announced in his press conference yesterday: “Let me also be clear that our constitutional rights to speak freely, to assemble, and to report in the press must be vigilantly safeguarded: especially in moments like these. There’s no excuse for excessive force by police or any action that denies people the right to protest peacefully.”
Of the 78 people arrested last night in the Ferguson protests, all but three were arrested for failure to disperse.
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