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   The suburban St. Louis cop who killed an unarmed black teen and   
   sparked four days of clashes may have been outed.   
      
   The hacker collective Anonymous, which has been pushing police   
   to investigate the death of 18-year-old Michael Brown, called   
   for a “National Day of Rage” and posted his name online Thursday.   
      
   The Daily News is not publishing it because there was no   
   immediate confirmation from the Ferguson, Mo., police or other   
   authorities that it is accurate.   
      
   And the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported that there is no   
   officer on the Ferguson police force with the name Anonymous   
   posted.   
      
   Police Chief Tom Jackson has steadfastly refused to release the   
   name of the cop — a six-year veteran witnesses have described as   
   white — citing death threats as the reason.   
      
   Jackson's decision, however, has incensed residents of the   
   mostly black town who charge that the officer is being held to a   
   different standard.   
      
   With the town in turmoil and law enforcement taking flak for   
   their heavy-handed response to the protesters, Missouri Gov. Jay   
   Nixon was getting ready to yank the St. Louis County Police out   
   of Ferguson.   
      
   “The governor just called me and he’s on his way to St. Louis   
   now to announce he’s taking away St. Louis County police out of   
   the situation,” said Rep. William Lacy Clay, who is a Democrat   
   like the governor.   
      
   Clay said he has been calling on U.S. Attorney General Eric   
   Holder to “take over the entire situation because we will not   
   get justice for Michael Brown and his family and friends if the   
   St. Louis county police and prosecutor have a say.”   
      
   It was not clear whether the county cops would be replaced by   
   the feds, state police or National Guard. But Nixon is clearly   
   dismayed.   
      
   “The worsening situation in Ferguson is deeply troubling, and   
   does not represent who we are as Missourians or as Americans,"   
   Nixon said in a statement. "While we all respect the solemn   
   responsibility of our law enforcement officers to protect the   
   public, we must also safeguard the rights of Missourians to   
   peaceably assemble and the rights of the press to report on   
   matters of public concern.”   
      
   President Obama was expected to weigh-in on the crisis in   
   Ferguson from Martha’s Vineyard, where he has been getting   
   regular briefings from Holder.   
      
   Earlier, he called the killing of Brown on Saturday   
   “heartbreaking.”   
      
   Ferguson Mayor James Knowles said police are having a hard time   
   “discerning between those who wish to peacefully demonstrate”   
   and the trouble makers.   
      
   “When the evening hours come, those who want to cause problems   
   hide under the cover of darkness,” Knowles said on MSNBC. “They   
   come out.”   
      
   The chaos in Ferguson may not be over any time soon. St. Louis   
   County Prosecutor Bob McCulloch has warned it could be several   
   weeks before the investigation wraps up and authorities decide   
   whether to charge the officer.   
      
   Ferguson continued to be a war zone Thursday after a night of   
   chaos during which hundreds of angry demonstrators clashed with   
   cops in riot gear.   
      
   Protesters hurled bottles and Molotov cocktails, and police   
   fired back with tear gas.   
      
   "We have to stand and fight here right now!" one woman screamed   
   as helmeted cops moved in to disperse a demonstration.   
      
   Hundreds more demonstrators packed the main drags holding up   
   their hands in surrender pose and chanting "Hands Up! Don't   
   Shoot!"   
      
   Just after 9 p.m. Wednesday, cops issued several warnings over a   
   loudspeaker, saying, "You are being ordered to leave now! If you   
   don't leave peacefully, there will be arrests."   
      
   Someone in the defiant crowd threw a bottle at the police line.   
      
   "We're not dogs, so what the hell you've got those whipping   
   sticks for?" one man shouted at police. "Because you want to   
   whip us like dogs."   
      
   Another protester pointed his finger at a cop and hollered, "If   
   I'm going to go, I'm taking one of you with me!"   
      
   Gunshots were also heard, apparently fired by protesters at the   
   police. One bullet whizzed by the head of a Daily News reporter.   
      
   Jackson had suggested a voluntary sundown curfew on protesting   
   after looting and violence followed Saturday's shooting of Brown.   
      
   During the chaos to break up the demonstrations, a reporter for   
   The Washington Post and another for the Huffington Post were   
   briefly placed under arrest when a half-dozen cops stormed a   
   McDonald's.   
      
   Earlier Wednesday, protesters gathered in front of the QuickTrip   
   on W. Florissant, a store that was looted and set ablaze on   
   Sunday.   
      
   "The whole damn system is guilty as hell!" the crowd chanted as   
   SWAT officers stood atop two armored vehicles and pointed .40-   
   caliber automatic weapons mounted on tripods at the   
   demonstrators.   
      
   The mayhem in the streets came after Anonymous posted recordings   
   of police radio chatter in the moments after Brown's death on   
   the Web.   
      
   The tapes were unveiled on the same day that Brown's pal Dorian   
   Johnson — who claims the teen was "shot like an animal" after   
   the cop told him to get on the sidewalk — met with police and   
   FBI investigators.   
      
   Johnson said the cop grabbed Brown around the neck and tried to   
   pull him through the window of his cruiser.   
      
   "He says, 'I'll shoot,'" said Johnson. "A second later, the gun   
   went off and he let go. That's how we were able to run at the   
   same time."   
      
   Johnson said he ducked behind a car, but one of the officer's   
   shots hit Brown in the back.   
      
   "My friend started to tell the officer that he was unarmed and   
   that he could stop shooting. Before he could get his second   
   sentence out, the officer fired several more shots into his head   
   and chest area.   
      
   "It was just horrible to watch," Johnson said.   
      
   With Bill Hutchinson, Brad Gerick and News Wire Services   
      
   Comments:   
      
   Thomas Luther Bryan2 hours ago   
   Hiding numerous bullet holes on a body will be difficult to   
   cover up - release the medical information and get this out in   
   the light of day. If this is true the officer needs to be   
   charged!!!!   
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   Joey Yokaibelf2 hours ago   
   So what you're saying is, if the officer shot him, REGARDLESS of   
   any other circumstances, he "needs to be charged?"  Okay then.   
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   Thomas Luther Bryan2 hours ago   
   If he shot him in the back numerous times - then yes. Once maybe   
   not.   
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   nykalz2 hours ago   
   Maybe not once.....there is no excuse for shooting a person in   
   the back UNLESS they are running with a gun in their hands.   
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   Joey Yokaibelf56 minutes ago   
   NYKALZ, let's assume I'm running toward your wife to attack them   
   and you are behind me with a gun.  What are you going to do?   
   Wave your arms around and tell me to stop?   
      
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