It Appears “Occupy Saint Louis” Begins Tonight – Discuss

As with prior “Occupy” activities the DOJ/CRS has “agents” embedded within the agitators to record, document, photograph and identify the provocateurs to federal authorities  –   […] Grande H. Lum, the director of the Justice Department’s Community Relations Service, which has had from 2-8 conflict resolution mediators working behind the scenes in Ferguson since Aug. 10, would not speculate if the new shooting meant his people would remain in the St. Louis area longer than anticipated.
“We are well aware of that (shooting),” he said in an interview. “We have staff on the ground that are assessing the situation.”
Citing secrecy laws embedded in the 1964 Civil Rights act that created his office, Lum would not say if his office sent more mediators to the city after the new shooting. He said CRS mediators would remain in the St. Louis area “as long as it is needed.” (link)


UPDATE: The attorney for a police officer involved in a fatal shooting Wednesday night told the Post-Dispatch that his client is lucky to be alive because he hesitated too long before firing at an 18-year-old who pointed a gun at him.
“He’s fortunate the guy missed him,” said Brian Millikan, adding that his client, though highly trained, may have been influenced by the current atmosphere surrounding the use of force by police.
Millikan said that the officer served with the U.S. Marines in Iraq and is “shaken up.” Millikan said he and his client welcome any outside investigators.
“We welcome any fact finder…Who is looking at it through a factual lens, not a political lens,” he said.
He called claims that Myers was carrying a sandwich, not a gun, “ridiculous.”
“This policeman did everything by the book with the possible exception of waiting too long,” he said. “We’re just fortunate it didn’t cost him his life.” (read more)