Ferguson Officer Critically Injured at Protest on the 10th Anniversary of Michael Brown’s Death

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Ferguson Officer Critically Injured at Protest on the 10th Anniversary of Michael Brown’s Death​

By HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH
Updated 7:12 PM CDT, August 10, 2024


"A Ferguson, Missouri, police officer was critically injured outside the city’s police station during protests on the 10th anniversary of the fatal shooting of Michael Brown, a pivotal moment in the national Black Lives Matter movement, police said Saturday.
Ferguson police chief Troy Doyle said Officer Travis Brown suffered a severe brain injury Friday after being knocked to the ground.
“He is in an area hospital right now fighting for his life,” Doyle said.
Two other officers also were hurt, one sustaining an ankle injury and another an abrasion. Both were treated at the scene.
The team of officers went out to make arrests Friday for destruction of property at the police station, where protesters gathered to remember Michael Brown, the unarmed Black 18-year-old who was killed by Darren Wilson, a white police officer in 2014.
One of the suspects was charged Saturday with assault of a special victim, resisting arrest and property damage. He was ordered held on $500,000 cash only bond. No information was immediately listed in online court records, so it wasn’t known if he had an attorney yet.
Doyle said that for the majority of the night, the protesters were peaceful. He said police allowed them to block the street outside the station, posting a squad car on each end, so they wouldn’t be hit by vehicles.
Police also didn’t intervene when the protesters began shaking the fence outside the station. But he said that when they broke a section of fencing, he sent out the arrest team. The suspect who charged at Travis Brown knocked him backward with his shoulder, and the officer hit his head as he tumbled to the ground, Doyle said.
Court records said the suspect then kept running and kicked two officers who tried to arrest him, leaving them with scratches and bruises.
Doyle said Travis Brown, who is Black, started with the department in January and previously worked for the St. Louis County Police Department."

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Please pray for Officer Brown, his family, and the medical people taking care of him. He is hurt very, very badly. Please also pray for peace in Ferguson and in other communities, where 10th Anniversary protests and vigils are being held.

 

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The first sentence excerpted below is one of the reforms in Missouri that happened after Ferguson. Wonder how this didn't happen in Ferguson, of all places [sigh]

Officer Critically Injured, 5 Charged after Protest Outside Ferguson Police Department​

By First Alert 4 Staff
Published: Aug. 10, 2024 at 12:21 PM CDT|Updated: 7 hours ago

"Angelique Kidd, a Ferguson community member who said she was at the protest, said police never called for an unlawful assembly.
“They are supposed to notify us that it is an unlawful assembly to give the rest of the people a chance to leave, which they did not do,” Kidd said.
Kidd described the incident as police rushing the protest.
“Police came out, rushed into a crowd. Panic, it was melee,” she said.
St. Louis County Prosecutor Wesley Bell said his office is looking at charges of resisting arrest, first-degree assault, third-degree, fourth-degree assault and first-degree property damage.
Saturday afternoon, Bell’s office announced that one of the suspects had been charged. Elijah Gantt, 28, of East St. Louis, is charged with first-degree assault - serious physical injury or a special victim, resisting arrest, first-degree property damage and two counts of fourth-degree assault. Police say Gantt was one of many who pulled on the gate. Police say body camera footage showed officers ordering Gantt to stop and telling him he was being arrested.
Authorities say Gantt walked away from the officers and then ran. Officers then engaged in a foot chase. Authorities allege that when Officer Brown tried to stand in Gantt’s path, Gantt ran into him and knocked him over, causing him to hit his head on the ground. Two other officers then tried to arrest him but he kicked both of them, causing them to suffer bruises and scratches, authorities allege.

A short time later, the prosecutor’s office announced charges against four more people:

• Emily Davis is charged with third-degree assault of a special victim and resisting arrest. She is accused of assaulting an officer. She is being held on a $5,000 bond. She must also not use drugs, alcohol, post on social media and cannot possess weapons.
• Keith Rose is charged with first-degree property damage and is at-large. He cannot own a weapon, use drugs, alcohol or post on social media. He must stay 1,500 feet away from Ferguson PD and not have contact with victims. After he is arrested, he will be held on a $500 bond, prosecutors say.
• Derrick Robinson is charged with first-degree property damage. He cannot own a weapon, use drugs, alcohol or post on social media and is being held on a $500 bond.
• Phillip March is also charged with first-degree property damage. He cannot own a weapon, use drugs, alcohol or post on social media. He is being held on a $500 bond.

Davis, Rose, Robinson and March must stay away from Ferguson PD and the victims after they post bond, prosecutors say."

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Please pray for Officer Brown, his family, and the medical people taking care of him. He is hurt very, very badly. Please also pray for peace in Ferguson and in other communities, where 10th Anniversary protests and vigils are being held.