OK. I agree LEO body cameras are a GREAT IDEA.
How about we start with Chief Law Enforcement Officer Attorney General Eric Holder.

— TheLastRefuge (@TheLastRefuge2) December 1, 2014

Black Lies Shatter

WHITE HOUSE – “The underlying issue here are broader then just race that this goes to sort of a foundational relationship again between law enforcement agencies and the communities they are sworn to serve and to protect. Surely discussions of race are an important part of that relationship. There is no doubt about that, but its more than just that.”
So what does antagonist Al Sharpton say about his White House advice and intentions? (more…)

CRS Coffers must be diminishing

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama asked Congress on Monday for $263 million for the federal response to the civil rights upheaval in Ferguson, Missouri, and is setting up a task force to study how to improve modern-day policing.

The funds would pay for body cameras for police officers to use and expand training for law enforcement in an attempt to build trust in communities such as Ferguson, where a grand jury decided not to indict a white police officer in the August shooting death of an unarmed black teenager, the White House said.

Philadelphia police commissioner Charles Ramsey and Laurie Robinson, a George Mason University professor who is a former assistant attorney general, will lead the task force on 21st century policing, officials said. (more…)

UPDATE:  First teen, Robert Mitchell (17), to be charged as an adult in the attack:

Buried deep, intentionally deep, inside a Saint Louis Post dispatch article outlining the arrest of a 3rd suspect in the brutal murder of Zemir Begic you find the following passage:

[…] Seldin Dzananovic, 24, said the teens with the hammers approached him farther north on Gravois about an hour before the attack on Begic. He said he was able to fight them off, suffering only cuts to his hands and neck.
“I’m just lucky,” he said. “God is on my side.”

What’s that?
You mean the other white guy whose head was smashed by a group of “unarmed teens” wielding hammers was not the first subject of their collective interest that day?  Nothing to see here, move along, move along…
And what, per se’, could possibly be going on in/around the Saint Louis area in the lead up to Mr. Begic’s encounter with the “teens” – that would have motivated a roaming group of “unarmed black teens” seeking victims?

[…]  St. Louis police Chief Sam Dotson spoke with residents at the street protest Sunday night. He said he was sorry about what happened and sought to reassure people the killing did not appear motivated by race or ethnicity.

Nothing to see here folks, so sayeth Police Captain Dotson; who just happened to show up on the scene because it’s now his job to, well, you know, deflect attention from the consequences of allowing the ridiculous and unlawful.  I digress. (more…)

French listed Ferguson’s police chief, saying it would be “impossible for this community to move forward with him still in that role.” French then called out St. Louis County’s police department, asking for answers to how they responded to the “peaceful protests” in August.

“Frankly,” French said, “the thing we haven’t seen is a lot of government accountability.” He added, “Not many people have taken responsibility for what’s happened and people are still waiting for answers and change.”

French holds a grudge against police from 2009 (more…)

Use this thread to catch all various issues regarding the Mike Brown shooting.  If you are reviewing evidence use #6 Evidence Thread

Don’t Rob A Convenience Store, Don’t Fight With A Policeman When He Stops You And Try To Take His Gun, And When He Yells At You To Stop, Just Stop

…Those comments elicited gasp from a panel that included the Washington Post’s Eugene Robinson and MSNBC’s Andrea Mitchell. Mitchell exclaimed “Whoa, whoa” during Lowry’s comments, while Robinson said his recitation of the known facts in the case was an attempt to “relitigate” Brown’s death.

The Injustice League Unites – If Stompy Feet calls in the same group he met with prior to the new round of riots and agitation, he’ll be meeting with committee head Valerie Jarrett, DOJ’s Eric Holder, CRS head Grande Lum, MSNBC’s Al Sharpton, NAACP president Cornell Brooks, and National Urban League president Marc Morial.

WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama will discuss the situation in Ferguson, Missouri, Monday with his Cabinet, civil rights leaders, law enforcement officials and others.
The White House says Obama’s Cabinet meeting will focus on his administration’s review of federal programs that provide military-style equipment to law enforcement agencies. (more…)

Police say “motive not released”.  Gee, I wonder why.  However, if the method sounds familiar, it should (see here).  And (See Here) and Justice for Trayvon (see here)

ST LOUIS…
Bosnian Man Beaten To Death With Hammer By Two Black Teens & A Mexican Youth! http://t.co/W2XUsK4T6C

— Steve Shannon (@SteveShannon1) November 30, 2014

ST. LOUIS (AP) – Two juveniles are in custody in St. Louis after a Florida man was beaten to death with hammers.
Police say 32-year-old Zemir Begic of Miami suffered injuries to his head, abdomen, face and mouth in the attack. He was pronounced dead at a hospital.
Authorities say Begic was in his car about 1:15 a.m. Sunday when several young people approached and began damaging it. When Begic got out, he was attacked with at least two hammers.  The two juveniles in custody are ages 15 and 16. A motive for the attack has not been released.  (link)  (additional report here)
UPDATE:  This is about to get VERY UGLY – The Bosnian Community is active and engaged in Saint Louis.
https://twitter.com/joelcurrier/status/539236541894512641
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♦ #1) Mike Brown’s cigarillo robbery cohort, Dorian Johnson, claims in his grand jury testimony he and Mike Brown initially met up that Saturday morning around 7am.
However, the robbery at the Ferguson Liquor Store and Market didn’t take place until 11:40am.  The store is only a 10-15 minute walk.  (GJ Vol #4, Page 25)

So what did they do for four hours?
Dorian’s Grand Jury testimony offers no answers.  (more…)

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Saint Louis Public Radio is uploading the evidence released from Saint Louis Prosecutors. You can find the uploads HERE

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Let’s Crowdsource and see if we can find the details. Use the comment links to summarize and drop direct links to information you find valuable. Soon we’ll assemble a summary and annotation based on feedback in the five research threads.

HERE’S ANOTHER LINK FOR PHOTOGRAPHIC EVIDENCE – HERE

Please keep this thread isolated to only discussion of Grand Jury Evidence.

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• Please note page number in your comment when reviewing large documents.

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HatTip Froggie:  Released inside the Grand Jury evidence is documentation of CCTV footage from the Ferguson Liquor Mart, the cigarillo trip was not the first visit that day:

(page 172) (more…)