Ferguson unrest: Difference between revisions

Albers was recorded on video saying, "I will fucking kill you."<ref name=sydney>{{cite news|last=Begley|first=Patrick|title='I will f---ing kill you': Missouri police officer threatens protesters in Ferguson|newspaper =The Sydney Morning Herald|date=August 21, 2014|url=https://www.smh.com.au/world/i-will-fing-kill-you-missouri-police-officer-threatens-protesters-in-ferguson-20140821-106i7i.html|access-date=November 24, 2014}}</ref><ref name=censorshipisabadthing>{{cite web|url=http://www.cnn.com/2014/08/30/us/officers-ferguson-actions/|title=Fallout continues from police actions in Ferguson - CNN|authorauthor1=Ray Sanchez and |author2=John Newsome, CNN|date=August 30, 2014|publisher=CNN|access-date=November 25, 2014}}</ref> When asked to identify himself, Albers replied, "Go fuck yourself."<ref name=sydney/> This led the [[American Civil Liberties Union|ACLU]] to write to law enforcement demanding action.<ref name=sydney/><ref name=censorshipisabadthing/> A repercussion of his actions was that while his identification was pending, Albers was widely referred to on social media as ''Officer Go Fuck Yourself''.<ref name=sydney/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/st-louis-area-suspended-threatening-kill-media-ferguson-article-1.1911046|title=St. Louis-area cop suspended for threatening to kill media in Ferguson|work=Daily News|location=New York|access-date=November 25, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.globalnewscentre.com/being-confronted-by-officer-go-fuck-yourself-in-ferguson/#sthash.YPwQc1G6.dpbs|title=Being confronted by Officer Go F*uck Yourself in Ferguson |publisher=GlobalNewsCentre.com|access-date=November 25, 2014}}</ref>

* After the grand jury's decision was announced, Brown's mother, Lesley McSpadden, speaking to a crowd, expressed feelings of disbelief and innocence.<ref>{{cite web |last=Sanchez |first=Ray |date=November 25, 2014 |title=Michael Brown's stepfather at rally: 'Burn this bitch down!' |publisher=CNN |access-date=November 25, 2014 |url=http://www.cnn.com/2014/11/25/us/michael-brown-stepfather-video/index.html?eref=rss_topstories}}</ref> Brown's stepfather, Louis Head, turned to a crowd of demonstrators who had gathered, and yelled, "Burn this motherfucker down" and "Burn this bitch down," according to a ''New York Times'' video.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cnn.com/2014/11/25/us/michael-brown-stepfather-video/index.html|title=Michael Brown's stepfather at rally: 'Burn this bitch down!'|author=Ray Sanchez, CNN|date=November 25, 2014|publisher=CNN|access-date=November 29, 2014}}</ref> He later apologized for his outburst.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.cnn.com/2014/12/03/justice/ferguson-protests/index.html | title=Michael Brown's stepfather sorry for outburst in Ferguson protests | date=December 3, 2014 | publisher=CNN | access-date=December 3, 2014 }}</ref>