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U.S.
Missouri Governor Declares Emergency in Ferguson and Orders Nightly Curfew
Video | A Protest Ignited Protesters angered over the police shooting of Michael Brown, 18, squared off with law enforcement in the streets of Ferguson, Mo., again, looting some stores.
By ALAN BLINDER and EMMA G. FITZSIMMONS
August 16, 2014
FERGUSON, Mo. 　 After a week of unrest following the fatal shooting of a black teenager by a police officer, Gov. Jay Nixon of Missouri on Saturday declared a state of emergency in Ferguson and ordered a curfew.
“We will not allow a handful of looters to endanger the rest of this community,” Governor Nixon said at a news conference in Ferguson. “If we’re going to achieve justice, we must first have and maintain peace.”
Capt. Ronald S. Johnson, the state Highway Patrol commander whose officers have overseen public security in Ferguson since Thursday, said that the curfew would begin Saturday and would run from midnight to 5 a.m. He did not say how long the curfew would last.
The announcement of a curfew prompted cries of protests from some members of the public who attended the news conference. But Captain Johnson said the curfew would be put in place and enforced.
Video | Surveillance Footage of Ferguson Robbery The Ferguson, Mo., police released surveillance camera video that officials said showed the convenience store robbery shortly before the shooting of Michael Brown.
“We won’t enforce it with trucks, we won’t enforce it with tear gas, we will enforce it with communication,” the Captain Johnson said. “We will be telling people, “It’s time to go home.”
The decision followed a night of unrest with sporadic looting late in the evening, hours after hundreds had gathered peacefully at a rally to protest the Aug. 9 shooting death of Michael Brown by a police officer.
Earlier Saturday, in a new sign of discord among the authorities over the handling of the investigation into Mr. Brown’s death, the Justice Department said that it had opposed the release of a video that the Ferguson Police Department said showed the teenager apparently involved in a robbery at a convenience store.
The Justice Department asked the Ferguson Police Department not to release the video because of concerns that “it would roil the community further,” a United States law enforcement official said on Saturday. The Ferguson Police Department released the video on Friday and the Justice Department official said it “occurred over the objection of federal authorities.” The official said that a copy of the video had been in possession of federal investigators, as well, “and there were never any plans by the federal investigators to release that copy.”
Slide Show | In Ferguson, Vigil for Michael Brown and Cleanup After More Looting On Saturday morning, business owners assessed the damage from looting that took place overnight in Ferguson, Mo., and residents gathered for a vigil.
The dispute showed further divisions among the authorities in the handling of the case. The surveillance video appeared to show Mr. Brown, 18, stealing a box of cigarillos. Shortly after the release of the video, Captain Johnson expressed his displeasure, saying he had not been told that the police planned to release it.
Mr. Brown’s family and many protesters accused the police of trying to harm the teenager’s reputation and to divert attention from the officer who killed him. The police identified the officer, Darren Wilson, who has been put on administrative leave, for the first time on Friday.
On Friday night, hundreds of protesters returned to the streets in anger over the shooting and the handling of the investigation. The confrontation between the police and demonstrators, the first serious one since the Missouri State Highway Patrol assumed responsibility on Thursday for security operations here, ended at about 4 a.m. when the authorities, prompted by the gradual dispersal of demonstrators, pulled back to their nearby command post. The Associated Press reported that one law enforcement official had been injured overnight.
Alan Blinder reported from Ferguson and Emma G. Fitzsimmons from New York.