Right. New calls for the justice in the investigation of Michael Browns death. Authorities in ferguson, missouri decided earlier today not to reveal the name of the officer who shot and killed the unarmed teenager on saturday. Due to threats received on social media, nbcs john yang interviewed the ferguson chief of police earlier today. It went out over social media that the officer involved was michael white. It was not. Michael white was not involved in this incident at all. However Death Threats started to come in right away across the country and based on that and that is one reason why officer safety is a reason that we can delay and we think its prudent that we do that. Officers say theres no timetable for the release of the name. And the decision is up to chief jackson and city authorities. The officer is on paid leave. Witnesses say Michael Browns body was on the street for some time after he was shot. An autopsy has been completed but the medical Examiners Office is not releasing details. Either the Prosecutors Office or st. Louis county police will determine whether or not they will release any information on the autopsy. Police are brace s for more protests expected today. Lets than 24 hours after s. W. A. T. Teams fired tear gas and rubber bullets on protesters during a second night of violate demonstration last night. The fbi has officially opened an investigation into the shooting, looking for potential civil rights violation. Eric holder says attorneys from the Justice Department will work with fbi agents and hell receive regular updates. He released this statement monday night. The federal investigation will supplement rather than supplant the inquiry by local authorities. At every step we will work with the local investigators who should be prepared to complete a thorough, fair investigation in their own right. A short time ago president obama released this statement. The death of Michael Brown is heartbreaking and michelle and i send our deepest condolences to his family and community at this very difficult time. As attorney general holder has indicated, the department of justice is investigating the situation along with local officials and they will continue to direct resources to the case as needed. I know the events of the past few days have prompted strong passions but as details unfold, i urge everyone in ferguson, missouri and across the country to remember this young man through reflection and understanding. We should comfort each other and talk with one another in a way that heals not in a way that wounds. Thats what michael and his family and our Broader Community deserve. The sensitivity can be observed over social media. The New York Times highlighted the eruption it has caused. Michael browns family is calling for justice and peace. The refer enal sharpton spoke to Michael Browns family and heart broken mother was searching for answers on plik nation monday night. Nothing, nothing, nobody can say can ever explain to me that he provoked this, that he wanted this or asked for this. No, not my son. No crime in walking down a street. No crime. Leslie mcspadden went on to describe her son as a gentle giant, who did not deserve the treatment. Reverend al sharpton, traveled to ferguson missouri and met with them earlier this morning. Earlier today a News Conference was held with the family on the stairs of the old courthouse in st. Louis, missouri. He relaid a message of peace that leslie mcspaddens, Michael Browns mother referred to him as a gentle giant. No one has the right to take their childs name and drag it through the mud because youre angry. To become violent in Michael Browns name is to betray the gentle giant that he was. Dont be so angry [ applause ] dont be so angry that you distort the image of who his mother and father told us he was. At 8 00 p. M. Eastern, a forum will be held at christ King United Church of christ where ferguson mayor James Knowles the third and chief jackson are expected to be on hand to answer questions. Joining me now is jermaine lee. Whats the feeling and vibe and senation on the ground right now . I was in another town, sanford florida in the wake of a killing of an unarmed black man. Tension had been boiling over for years. It is not dissimilar from some situation. This is a collection of small communities under the thumb of what they allege is Police Abuses and long history of disrust within the community. Michael browns killing tipped it over and lifted the lid off the pot. Young people disaffected are upset. It spilled over into violence. The thing now where do they go from here . We talk about resources and talk about issues in the schools, its no different than detroit or chicago or camden, new jersey. Here in this town of st. Louis that does not have a history of allowing violence to unif you recall in response to these issues, we see it here. People are still angry and now its where do they go from here. Is it fair for people and we heard the reverend al sharpton talk about violence would be smir krch this young m. It has to be checked and challenged, is it fair to blame people who once you cut off their leg, so to speak, they cant walk or the voicelessness that they felt, is there a sense that people have to speak in this way or is it the violence will be curtailed because they respect what reverend sharpton said . I think some would say to move the ball in any direction, wonder whether violence is the answer at all. When people dont have the tools and agency or wherewithal or any other path to express themselves in any other way, it leads to violence. When you talk to young people i talked to several over the past few days, no one is coming down to talk to them and address their needs, when its time to set it off in the way they did, theres no other reaction from the people. We have seen a gathering with reverend al sharpton and other Community Leaders and folks down here say they havent talked to them. Im not sure we can request whether or not it was right or wrong or justified. But people feel theres no other tool or agency. Wheres the leadership there . It seems to be a gulf opening up between younger generations fz africanamericans and others who feel the older generation has not addressed them and older generation wants to abide by the law in order to investigate this with in proper fashion. Wheres the gap down there in terms of leadership . Reporter the gap is huge. Im not sure how much is in leadership. When we look at the generational gap, those who came a generation or two before this, they had a framework, you know how to protest. You can assemble a certain kind of way. These young people never had that. While a whole generation and whole class of middle class black folks moved in and filled churches. Generations of young people still suffering and struggling without framework and how to address these disparities and issues. You spoke with dorian johnson, a friend of Michael Brown who said he stood feet away as a Police Officer shot and killed the unarmed teen. What stands out to you most after speaking to him . I think after speaking to him, i think part of it is a lot of questions were kind of answered. Theres so much mystery around this case. The fact that police say that theres a physical altercation and at least one gunshot was fired from within the car, johnson says once the police encountered them, that he grabbed Michael Brown by his throat and fired the first gunshot seated in his patrol car. As the two ran, the officer followed and fired several more shots, at least once striking him in the back. I think the fact this all began with an order as dorian said to get the f on the sidewalk from the Police Officer, it seemed this whole encounter could have been avoided. We dont know all of the facts, the local authorities are conducting their investigation. It is pretty as tounded it started with an order do you and more violence and anger to be expressed tonight . Caller i dont know how i would characterize yet but i dont think its over yet. Day by day things seem to be cooling off but the anger just under the surface and whole generation of young people making noise and taking action in the best way they know how, im not sure were going to see this end any time soon. Thank you so much. Let me bring in dr. James peterson. Lets pick right up, James Peterson when he left off. Theres a tremendous disparity going on, black people who felt they were voiceless and left alone so many decades then when they erupt because of mistreatment they are then blamed for their own behavior and implicitly suggesting that that behavior is why the young man got shot in the first place. How do those who want to maintain the peace avoid that kind of trap falling into that which implicitly blames the people they claim to want to help . I think first and foremost, its for us to be outraged at the response to the murder of Michael Brown doesnt make a lot of sense to me. The outrage needs to be directed at the source. They can handle the riot and stop the riot and control the riot, but the real question, can we get our criminal Justice System and get these Police Departments to acknowledge the humanity of black and brown folks . I think our energy needs to be focused on that. Its not rioting is a good thing. Mlk said rioting is the language of the o pressed and those who are silenced and those young people in that community have been o press oppressed and silenced and think about the terror in that community. The body was laying there for hours. That terrorizes a community when the police misabuse their power and when it reaches the peak the way it has in ferguson, those communities have been terrorized for a long time. Think about the violence enacted upon the communities, the conditions in which they are living and ways in which has emblem tiesed by the murder of Michael Brown. To be talking about the riot for me personally, its a red herring. You know, yesterday you mentioned this and i want to underscore this, you talked about the dehumanizing impact of the per ceptual lens. Theres been study after study done talking about the dehumanizing impact seeing black kids not quite as innocent as white kids and depriving them of their human status. There are scores of studies. The one that stands out most to me is a one that Rosa Clemente and those at the Grass Roots Organization did that looks at the cycle of violence every 28 hours or so were seeing unarmed black and brown young People Killed either by vigilantes or law enforcement. That means this is systemic and getting out of control and has been out of control for some time. Whats required, the predicate to that kind of sustained systemic violence in our community, the predicate to that is the sort of sense of dehumanization, there have been lots of social psychological studies that sort of underscore this, not just in the communities and among mainstream folk but also amongst Police Forces that young black boys are seen as men. They are robbed of their innocence by people looking at them and thinking of them as being menacing. The implicit bias test reveals all of the biases, you put that in the hands of someone who has a gun weve got to wrestle with the deeper and more sustained challenges here. Thinking and talking about the response and rioting and unrest, to me seems to be a distraction from what the real situation, what the real problem is. Do you think releasing the name of the officer who fired shots will change the people of ferguson . Thats very tricky. Its interesting for them to talk about Death Threats of Police Officers when were talking about the death and murder of a young man right now. And so again we have to stay focused, but i dont know if releasing this Police Officers name is anything that we should necessarily be concerned about. The individual here is not the problem. Im not exxon rating him, but as system and structures within the system that we have to challenge and wrestle with and overturn. Finally, do you think cases like this involving the death of young unarmed black men are a, on the rise, if they are on the rise, what does that say about the necessity to be vigilant in looking at all of the sources of our hurt and oppression unleashed on these young men, black boys and black girls as well . Its not quite clear its on the rise. Certainly if were were to compartmentalize things like stand your ground defenses and justify fibl homicides, that is on the rise because the policy essentially allows people to commit murder and be free from blame. What we do know is its sustained, that the violence in this way, state violence and also socalled vigilante violence in our communities has been sustained over time. And we have to think structural about how to address it. I hope people can stay focused on the systemic challenges here and all of the riots and rallying and all of those things to me are somewhat a distraction. We have to stay focused on changing how Police Police our communities and work with the ways in which people are uninformed about certain kinds of implicit biases and thats the long hard work. We need neighborhood policing and Community Police partnerships and long hard work. There are no easy answers and no simple way of resolving these challenges. Dr. James peterson, thank you for your time. 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