Ferguson Coverage News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana

Others holding signs, demanding justice for walter scott. one of the things i noticed after ferguson, in the midst of the ferguson coverage, people came to believe what happened in ferguson was because of the media's presence there. i think you'll see tonight a very different reaction because it's a very different place with a different set of dynamics. tremendously, tremendously fraught tense dynamics of ferguson which existed in ferguson long before any camera showed up, and existed after cameras pack up and go home. that said there are some commonalities. north charleston is a place that ba...

One of the things i noticed after ferguson, in the midst of the ferguson coverage, people came to believe what happened in ferguson was because of the media's presence there. this is a very different place with a different set of dynamics. tremendously, tremendously fraught tense dynamics of ferguson, long before any camera showed up, and existed after cameras pack up and go home. there are commonalities. charleston is a place barack obama won 70% of the vote. and the mayoral election turnout hovers around 10%. city council's ten seats, three held by african-americans. there is a disconnect be...

Penalty phase of this trial. >> the -- essentially the defense proceeding in the way they proceeded by not contesting the basic facts in the trial phase, is to hope to essentially build up credibility, and i think achieve some kind of catharsis so they have a better chance in the penalty phase. and obviously, you can't speak for the jury, but it did feel today there was a sense in boston from the coverage i read and the people i saw online talking about this, some sense of anguish, but some emotional catharsis associated with this verdict. >> catharsis is an interesting and very good way of de...

Just kind of making sure that he was okay. >> yeah. >> but here's a guy that cuts hair at a barbershop, ten minutes away. this is the path that he takes to work. >> a dominican immigrant, works in north charleston, and just happened upon this. was just motivated by essentially pure conscience to do this. >> and again, you hit on this in the beginning, you have to wonder, had the coverage -- initial coverage not been what it was, or had the police report not been what it was, would we have ever seen that video. >> he seems quite certain that had the video not surfaced, none of the charges that ...

Minutes away. this is the path that he takes to work. >> a dominican immigrant, works in north charleston, and just happened upon this. was just motivated by essentially pure conscience to do this. >> and again, you hit on this in the beginning, you have to wonder, had the coverage -- initial coverage not been what it was, or had the police report not been what it was, would we have ever seen that video. >> he seems quite certain that had the video not surfaced, none of the charges that we've seen filed would have happened. >> yeah. >> craig melvin, fantastic work. thank you. >> good to see yo...