This morning the talk was that the protests in this little town that has become such a hotbed were turning 'almost restive.'
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/protests-turn-almost-festive-in-ferguson-missouri/
It seemed that maybe the worse was over in the differences between the Ferguson community and the embattled police department, with the FPD releasing the name of the police officer who shot and killed Michael Brown.
Yet in true Zizekean form after the political subjects of Ferguson get what they said was the one Thing they must have no matter what, their one nonnegotiable demand, they still aren't happy-far from it. Judging by the comments of some Ferguson residents in the immediate aftermath, they are now less happy than they were previous to the officer's name being released.
A big problem is the-rather sketchy-claim by the FPD that Brown was involved with a robbery previous to the shooting.
"Nearly a week after a police officer shot and killed Michael Brown in Ferguson, Mo., police on Friday identified the officer as Darren Wilson."
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/protests-turn-almost-festive-in-ferguson-missouri/
It seemed that maybe the worse was over in the differences between the Ferguson community and the embattled police department, with the FPD releasing the name of the police officer who shot and killed Michael Brown.
Yet in true Zizekean form after the political subjects of Ferguson get what they said was the one Thing they must have no matter what, their one nonnegotiable demand, they still aren't happy-far from it. Judging by the comments of some Ferguson residents in the immediate aftermath, they are now less happy than they were previous to the officer's name being released.
A big problem is the-rather sketchy-claim by the FPD that Brown was involved with a robbery previous to the shooting.
"Nearly a week after a police officer shot and killed Michael Brown in Ferguson, Mo., police on Friday identified the officer as Darren Wilson."
"Wilson is a six-year veteran of the Ferguson police with no disciplinary record, Ferguson police chief Thomas Jackson said at a news conference on Friday morning."
"Jackson provided few other details about Wilson at the news conference and did not take any questions. He said that Wilson had been responding to a call shortly before noon on Saturday when there was a 911 call regarding a “strong-arm robbery” at a convenience store."
"A description of a possible suspect was given over the radio, saying this person was walking toward the QuickTrip convenience store in Ferguson. An incident report handed out by police on Friday labeled Brown as a suspect in the convenience store robbery, which involved the theft of some Swisher Sweets cigars."
http://www.wfmz.com/news/state-troopers-take-over-security-in-ferguson/27502708
One woman interviewed by CNN complained that if this was true this info would have been released long ago-that this is an attempt to justify and explain Brown's killing.
As Josh Marshall says, even if it's true that he was stealing cigars this in no way justifies what happened to him.
"Just to bring you up to date on the latest development in the Ferguson story, city police havereleased a police report that purports that show that Michael Brown was the suspect in a convenience store shoplifting/robbery incident in which the suspect stole a box of Swisher Sweets cigars. (It's a little hard to capture the apparent progression of alleged events in a few words - see the print out of the police report here.)"
"A few things: Assuming the report and Brown's identity are accurate, it's a terrible thing that a kid losses his life over a convenience store argument over cheapo cigars."
"But there's salient issues raised by this. How are we only hearing about this almost a week later? This by no means justifies what happened to Brown. Really, we don't know what happened to Brown, it's important to remember that: for that we're going to need a real investigation into just what led up to the fatal shooting. But it seems to bring home in an entirely new way just how unprepared and frankly clueless the Ferguson police department is that they're only managing to mention this part of the story after days of war-zoning the city streets."
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/what--7
Of course, this claim opens up many cans of worms. If true, it doesn't mean Brown deserved it though it would suggest that he bore at least some responsibility. As some analysts put on CNN just now prior to the release of the officer's name the Ferguson community was frustrated by a sense of not being heard. Do they feel heard now? The early response is not encouraging.
"But there's salient issues raised by this. How are we only hearing about this almost a week later? This by no means justifies what happened to Brown. Really, we don't know what happened to Brown, it's important to remember that: for that we're going to need a real investigation into just what led up to the fatal shooting. But it seems to bring home in an entirely new way just how unprepared and frankly clueless the Ferguson police department is that they're only managing to mention this part of the story after days of war-zoning the city streets."
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/what--7
Of course, this claim opens up many cans of worms. If true, it doesn't mean Brown deserved it though it would suggest that he bore at least some responsibility. As some analysts put on CNN just now prior to the release of the officer's name the Ferguson community was frustrated by a sense of not being heard. Do they feel heard now? The early response is not encouraging.
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