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Department said it didnt have enough evidence to charge officer darren wilson in the shooting of michael brown. it released a scathing report saying ferguson police discriminated against black residents. thats the background to what happened overnight. what happened overnight at the forefront of our mind. two officers in ferguson shot, in the hospital right now. joining us, chris king, the editorial director of "the st. louis american." weve spoken to you so many times. i wonder what your perspe...

That community meet, talk and become partners and take this unfortunate incident of last night as an opportunity for them to join so moving forward healing can begin in that community. it is going to take time but it is possible. >> as you wellpoint out, and you know the history so well in that city as we all know, there is so much mistrust between especially the protesters and any law enforcement despite some of the resignations weve seen in the past day of the ferguson police chief, and we jus...

Witness. we know theyll investigate this crime seriously. depending on what the witness told them, they may have overreached on their claims. remember they said they had a bad time telling the bad guys in a protest crowd. thats when theyre across the street from each other. this shooter was 125 yards away. they need a witness to connect it to the scene. otherwise they dont know this person was a protester other than someone who wanted to kill a cop. >> thats an interesting point. belmar did say ...

In many parts of america. that didnt change because of last night. we feel unsafe because police brutality remains real in america. the movement is -- >> the shooting that happened last night, do you feel -- are you now afraid that even those -- even if theyre not a protester, not just the police, but someone else. >> im not afraid of the protesters. the protest community has been strong, remains strong. i hope this is not used as an excuse by police to be more aggressive with protesters on the ...

I, like you, am hopeful to see what the investigation will show. it is not my belief it will show this is a protester. i think those comments by belmar were premature at best. i would highlight an attempt to defame the protest community, or discredit the protesters. the hill is nowhere near where protesters congregate, where they park. just like the shooting that happened in new york, it was this immediate attempt to link that shooter to the protests. that just wasnt the case there. again, im ho...