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   From: uncivilized.black@jungle-animals   
      
   A police officer in Ferguson, Missouri, is "fighting for his life" after being   
   assaulted during protests marking the 10th anniversary of the fatal shooting   
   of Michael Brown, the city's police chief said.   
      
   The incident took place Friday night outside the Ferguson Police Department   
   after a demonstration commemorating Brown's death turned destructive,   
   according to police chief Troy Doyle. Officer Travis Brown and other officers   
   began attempting to make    
   arrests in response to protestors damaging a fence outside a police station,   
   Doyle said.   
      
   A protester charged Officer Brown when he attempted to make an arrest, causing   
   him to fall and hit his head and leaving him with a "severe brain injury,"   
   Doyle added. Protesters hurt two additional officers, leaving one with an   
   ankle injury and another    
   with abrasions.   
      
   Authorities said the department has completely reformed since Michael   
   Brown’s killing in 2014 and the assault on officers Friday night was a   
   senseless act of rioting.   
      
   "This police department since 2014 has been a punching bag for this   
   community," Doyle said at a news conference on Saturday. "I don't know why the   
   officers here, who weren't even here in 2014, have to continue to suffer   
   through this. It doesn’t make    
   any sense."   
      
   The St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office has charged Elijah Gantt,   
   28, with first-degree assault, resisting arrest, property damage, and two   
   counts of fourth-degree assault. Four others were charged in addition to   
   Gantt, with charges ranging    
   from property damage, resisting arrest, and third-degree assault.   
      
   St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney Wesley Bell, who also spoke at the news   
   conference, noted the assault was a new low for the community.   
      
   "The toughest thing that I've had to do is talk and console with the mother   
   who doesn’t know if her child is going to make it," Bell said.   
      
   https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2024/08/11/michael-br   
   wn-protest-ferguson-missouri-police-officer-suspects/74761802007/   
      
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