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18-year-old michael brown is walking home from a convenience store with his friend dorian johnson. johnson says they are told by a police officer to get out of the street. >> we wasnt causing any harm to nobody. we had no weapons on us at all. >> reporter: johnson says they keep walking. then the officer confronts the boys. moments later, shots ring out. the ferguson police officer fires his gun, killing brown. >> what prompted the ferguson police officer to open fire? right now the answer isnt ...

Justice. >> calls for justice coming after what some say was an unprovoked attack on an unarmed teenager, recent high school graduate, michael brown. >> you took my son away from me. do you know how hard it was for me to get him to stay in school and graduate? do you know how many black men graduate? not many. >> this is your warning. leave the area. disperse. >> reporter: saturdays shooting led to a weekend of racial tension and violence between protesters and police. many were simply angry, ot...

Hours for the community to see. the parents see this. they just dont deserve it. an unarmed young man really looks like a child, shot multiple times, was killed by a police officer. its just a little bit much. >> and i just want to correct one thing. the fbi is not taking over the investigation. there is an fbi investigate parallel to the authorities, but theyre not taking over the investigation. is that something youd want to see? from the naacps point of view, does your organization, or do mem...

Story that sparked outrage that have sparked unanswered questions that inspired thousands of people to come out to this street and initially for a peaceful rally, but, again, we were here to watch it all happen as things degenerated into anger, into violence, and some people who came to just take advantage of the moment. across the city, a night of pure chaos. >> this is your warning, leave the area. disperse. >> reporter: people pushing the limit with police. racial tensions, nerves on edge, ev...

Brown sparked an altercation, started an altercation with that officer, while he was in his car. according to police. and then shots were fired. but were hearing a different story from a young man who was walking with brown, he says the two were walking together, they were stopped by police, questioned, and he says that brown had his hands in the air when the officer fired the fatal shots. how many shots still unclear. we know there are several investigations into this and we know that we expect...

The chief of st. louis county police spoke this hour. >> i want to assure you that this is a very complicated investigation as it should be. a man lost his life. theres a police officer involved in this. and we need to make sure that this investigation is done right. we get one chance to do it. the police officer who shot brown is now on leave. in iraq today, the obama administration is now directly arming kurdish fighters. providing small arms and shoulder fired weapons. through the cia. the ...

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Overreaction by the officer. now a family is demanding answers. >> you took my son away from me. you know how hard it was for me to get him to stay in school and graduate. you know how many black men graduate? not many. because you are bringing them down to this type of level where they feel like i got nothing to live for. they are going to try to take me out anyway. >> the crowd became more angered, someone firing shots. no one was hurt, meanwhile browns body laid in the street for hours. >> th...

Perhaps conducting air strikes in syria but really organizing a more regional and international effort to not just hold this group where it is but to really deal it a blow. that is what it will take to really change the equation there. im not sure why we are not doing that. we keep saying no boots on the ground but thats really a strong arm argument because thats not the only option here. >> michael, thank you for weighing in. >> thank you, alex. well, new today, nascar championship driver ton...

Highly charged speech tonight, nouri al maliki signaled he will not drop his bid for a third term, despite announcing pressure for iraq to form a more inclusive government. outside st. louis, a day after an unarmed 18-year-old man was shot multiple times by a police officer. the justice department says eric holder is instructing federal attorneys to monitor that situation. now back to "caught on camera." welcome back to "caught on camera." im contessa brewer. going with the flow is usually a g...