Ferguson Police Chief Lets Loose After Officer Assaulted By Protestors, Fighting For His Life

Posted • August 11, 2024: Some wounds take a long time to heal. And some never really do. A decade after Michael Brown's death and the ensuing unrest, Ferguson, Missouri, sadly falls into the latter category. On Friday, the 10-year anniversary of that fateful incident, I shared an article reflecting on the incident and the radio documentary my cohorts at FTRRadio/"Q With a View" and I put together in the months following it. Friday evening, protesters were back on the streets of Ferguson. The police department gave them room to protest, as you'll see and hear Police Chief Troy Doyle explain in the video. But that wasn't enough. The crowd became violent and started destroying property. And when the chief sent officers out to start making arrests, one of the protesters charged Officer Travis Brown (no relation to Michael Brown), knocking him backward and causing him to strike his head and sustain a serious head injury. Officer Brown is in an area hospital, fighting for his life.

Saturday afternoon, Chief Doyle gave a press conference in which he was joined by St. Louis County Prosecutor Wesley Bell —who just won the Democrat primary to replace Rep. Cori Bush (D) and represent Missouri's 1st Congressional District on Tuesday. Bell expressed his condolences and his own concerns about what had transpired before announcing the charges being pursued against the perpetrators. But it was Chief Doyle's impassioned plea to the community — his palpable frustration and anguish — that really struck a chord and deserve to be heard far and wide. (…)

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