The police chief of Ferguson, Missouri, said one of his officers who was attacked during recent protests marking the 10th anniversary of the death of Michael Brown suffered a “severe brain injury” and is “in fear for his life.” USA Today reported.
In 2014, a white Ferguson police officer shot and killed Brown, a black man. Afterward, angry leftists across the U.S. rioted, believing Brown had surrendered to the police and was shot to death. This sparked the Black Lives Matter and “hands up, don’t shoot” movements. However, months later, the Department of Justice concluded that Brown had surrendered to the police. I didn’t raise my handIn fact, the officer who shot him did so in self-defense. Even far-left Washington Post editorial writer Jonathan Capehart said “hands up, don’t shoot” is “Built on liesNevertheless, the left-wing protests, memes and slogans continue.
“Since 2014, the Ferguson Police Department has been the punching bag for this community.”
Which brings us to what happened Friday night in Ferguson, right outside police headquarters.
Police Chief Troy Doyle said Officer Travis Brown and a colleague were attempting to make an arrest after protesters breached a fence outside the police station when a protester lunged at Brown, causing him to fall backwards and hit his head on the ground, resulting in a “severe brain injury,” Doyle said.
Ferguson police held a press conference on Tuesday. Police body camera footage The suspect is seen striking Officer Brown and knocking him to the ground as Officer Brown attempts to apprehend the suspect.
Image courtesy of Ferguson, Missouri Police Department
Doyle Tuesday press conference Some have claimed Officer Brown slipped and fell, but the body camera shows otherwise. KTVI-TV reported..
“If you watch the video, [Officer Brown] “The suspect stands up and is waiting to get this guy,” Doyle said, according to the station, adding, “The suspect tackled my guy like he was a football player.”
Don Vann, president of Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 15, which serves the Ferguson area, said Officer Brown remains hospitalized and unconscious, USA Today reported.
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Police say the man who tackled Brown to the ground was protester Elijah M. Gant. KTVI reports that Gant, 28, was charged with first-degree assault, resisting arrest, criminal damage to property and two counts of fourth-degree assault.
Police said Gant kicked another officer in the head during his arrest, the station reported, adding that Gant is being held on $500,000 bail. KTVI added that other protesters are also facing additional charges, one of whom allegedly tried to grab an officer’s gun while Gant was being arrested.
“The Ferguson Police Department has been this neighborhood’s punching bag since 2014,” said an angry Chief Doyle. said At a recent press conference, police noted that they have “implemented all of the things that the activist community has been calling for, including body-worn cameras, implicit bias training, crisis intervention training.” [so] What are we protesting? What? We even changed the police uniforms because people said the old uniforms offended people. What are we doing? After 10 years, I saw police officers fighting for their lives. Enough is enough. I’m sick of it. … We want people to protest peacefully, but we will never allow destruction of this city, and we will never allow harm to our police officers.
Moreover, according to USA Today, the Ferguson Police Department, which had only a few black officers in 2014, is now more than 50% black. Doyle is also black.
Doyle noted that Officer Brown has been with the Ferguson Police Department since Jan. 2, adding, “He took this job because he wanted to do the right thing. He wanted to be a part of change, he wanted to make an impact in our community. And what happened is he was assaulted.”
But Officer Brown is no rookie: He served with the St. Louis Police Department as a patrol and tactical operations officer from August 2012 to October 2023, according to USA Today.
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