{"id":2322501,"date":"2024-08-10T18:40:58","date_gmt":"2024-08-10T22:40:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ferguson-police-officer-critically-injured-by-violent-protesters-on-10th-anniversary-of-michael-browns-death\/"},"modified":"2024-08-10T18:44:04","modified_gmt":"2024-08-10T22:44:04","slug":"ferguson-police-officer-critically-injured-by-violent-protesters-on-10th-anniversary-of-michael-browns-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ferguson-police-officer-critically-injured-by-violent-protesters-on-10th-anniversary-of-michael-browns-death\/","title":{"rendered":"Ferguson Police Officer Critically Injured by Violent &#8216;Protesters&#8217; on 10th Anniversary of Michael Brown&#8217;s Death"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fferguson-police-officer-critically-injured-by-violent-protesters-on-10th-anniversary-of-michael-browns-death%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2322501&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>A Ferguson, Missouri <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/california-sheriffs-tell-newsom-they-wont-enforce-covid-curfew\/\" title=\"California Sheriffs Tell Newsom They Won&#039;t Enforce COVID Curfew\">police officer<\/a> named\u2062 Travis Brown \u200cwas critically injured during protests marking the 10th\u2063 anniversary of Michael Brown&#8217;s\u2064 death,\u200d a significant event in the Black Lives Matter movement. Officer \u2064Brown suffered\u200b a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/u-k-court-rules-baby-can-be-taken-off-life-support-against-parents-wishes-parents-continue-to-fight\/\" title=\"U.K. Court Rules Baby Can Be Taken Off Life Support Against Parents\u2019 Wishes, Parents Continue To Fight\">severe brain injury<\/a> when a suspect pushed him backward. Two other officers were also injured during the incident but were treated at the scene. The police had allowed protesters to\u2062 gather peacefully outside the \u200dstation but intervened when the \u200csituation escalated to property \u2062damage. A suspect\u200b has been \u200dcharged with assault, resisting arrest, and \u200cproperty damage, while more charges are expected.\u200d Police Chief Troy Doyle expressed concern for Officer Brown, who \u200bjoined the department in January and is part of an increased representation of\u200d Black\u2062 officers since 2014. The protests were organized to honor Michael Brown, who was fatally\u2063 shot\u200b by officer Darren Wilson\u2062 in 2014, a case that\u2062 highlighted strained relations between law enforcement and Black communities in the U.S. The incident\u200b has revived discussions on \u200dpolice reform, particularly in Ferguson, where findings from a Justice \u2062Department investigation highlighted systemic issues within the police department.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section>\n<p>A Ferguson, Missouri, police officer was critically injured outside the city&rsquo;s police station during protests on the 10th <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/michael-brown-timeline-ferguson-410824a723f91caeddce01e13860ce30\">anniversary<\/a> of the fatal shooting of Michael Brown, a pivotal moment in the national Black Lives Matter movement, police said Saturday. <\/p>\n<p>Ferguson police chief Troy Doyle said Officer Travis Brown suffered a severe brain injury Friday after being knocked to the ground.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;He is in an area hospital right now fighting for his life,&rdquo; Doyle said. <\/p>\n<p>Two other officers also were hurt, one sustaining an ankle injury and another an abrasion. Both were treated at the scene. <\/p>\n<p>The team of officers went out to make arrests Friday for destruction of property at the police station, where protesters gathered to remember Michael Brown, the unarmed Black 18-year-old who was killed by Darren Wilson, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/facebook-executives-admit-meddling-with-election-backing-biden-in-leaked-video\/\" title=\"Facebook executives admit meddling with election, backing Biden in leaked video\">white police officer<\/a> in 2014.<\/p>\n<p>  <script> \t\t\t\tif( ! getCookie( 'ff_subbed' ) ) if( typeof FFADS.replace_ict !='undefined' ) if( FFADS.replace_ict ) eval( FFADS.replace_ict ); \t\t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>One of the suspects was charged Saturday with assault of a special victim, resisting arrest and property damage. He was ordered held on $500,000 cash only bond. No information was immediately listed in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/prosecutors-file-motion-for-kyle-rittenhouse-arrest-warrant-and-higher-bond-for-alleged-bail-breach\/\" title=\"Prosecutors File Motion For Kyle Rittenhouse Arrest Warrant And Higher Bond For Alleged Bail Breach\">online court records<\/a>, so it wasn&rsquo;t known if he had an attorney yet.<\/p>\n<p>Doyle said that for the majority of the night, the protesters were peaceful. He said police allowed them to block the street outside the station, posting a squad car on each end, so they wouldn&rsquo;t be hit by vehicles. <\/p>\n<p>Police also didn&rsquo;t intervene when the protesters began shaking the fence outside the station. But he said that when they broke a section of fencing, he sent out the arrest team. The suspect who charged at Travis Brown knocked him backward with his shoulder, and the officer hit his head as he tumbled to the ground, Doyle said.<\/p>\n<p>Doyle said Travis Brown, who is Black, started with the department in January and previously worked for the St. Louis County Police Department.<\/p>\n<p>He is part of a wave of Black officers hired into the department since 2014. Back then, there were just three Black officers in the department, but Black officers now make up more than half of the police force, Doyle said.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;He wanted to be part of the change,&rdquo; Doyle said. &ldquo;He wanted to make an impact in our community. He&rsquo;s the type of officer that we want in our community. And what happens? He gets assaulted. I had to look his mother in the eye and tell her what happened to her son. I&rsquo;m never going to do that again, I promise you that.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>St. Louis County prosecutor Wesley Bell, who had stopped by the hospital beforehand to meet with the officer&rsquo;s family, said others also would be charged. <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I always talk about you know the toughest part of this job is when we have a family that&rsquo;s lost a loved one that we can&rsquo;t bring justice to. And I&rsquo;ve got to tweak that. The toughest thing I&rsquo;ve had to do is talk and console with a mother who doesn&rsquo;t know if her child is doing to make it. And for what?&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>It wasn&rsquo;t clear who organized Friday&rsquo;s protests. One activist who attended an event earlier in the day at a memorial to Michael Brown, and another who organized previous protests, didn&rsquo;t immediately respond to calls and text messages from The Associated Press seeking comment.<\/p>\n<p>The arrests came as the St. Louis Fire Department placed a member of the department on leave after he made a social media post that the department described as insensitive. <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We take this matter seriously and do not condone such behavior,&rdquo; the department <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/StLouisFireDepartment\/posts\/pfbid0L6FVdcWXECs1FpT3WHPq5quqn2ZUo2ddKAaXfm5XrcxNhpXbcDsFVdPSLwfEaDhLl\">wrote<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-report-card-biden-starts-quiet-quitting-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"White House Report Card: Biden starts \u2018quiet quitting\u2019 - Washington Examiner\">department didn&#038;rsquo<\/a>;t disclose the contents of the post, but several news outlets in the area reported that it read: &ldquo;Happy ALIVE day to Darren Wilson!&rdquo; <\/p>\n<p>Michael Brown&rsquo;s death turned Ferguson into the <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/general-news-f9de54875a4d450683e07bfd0691df14\">focal point of the national reckoning<\/a> with the historically tense relationship between U.S. law enforcement and Black people.<\/p>\n<p>In 2015, an investigation by the U.S. Department of Justice also found <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/united-states-government-c349e2bc7c4b478685840fe21e8e25ac\">no grounds to prosecute Wilson<\/a>. But the report gave a scathing indictment of the police department &mdash; raising <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/general-news-united-states-government-3bdac292f2e84d448dae53005837bf63\">significant concerns<\/a> about how officers treated Black residents, and about a court system that created a cycle of debt for many residents. <\/p>\n<p style=\"font-style: italic;\">The Western Journal has not reviewed this Associated Press story prior to publication. Therefore, it may contain editorial bias or may in some other way not meet our normal editorial standards. 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Ferguson Police Chief Troy Doyle stated that Officer Travis Brown sustained a critical brain injury after being knocked down on Friday. &#8220;He is currently in a local hospital fighting for his life,&#8221; Doyle remarked. Two other officers were also injured; one suffered an ankle injury while another had minor abrasions and both received treatment at the scene.<\/p>\n<p>The officers were attempting to make arrests for property damage at the police station where demonstrators had gathered to honor Michael Brown, an unarmed Black teenager shot by white officer Darren Wilson in 2014. One suspect was charged on Saturday with assaulting a special victim, resisting arrest, and causing property damage; he is being held on a $500,000 cash-only bond. There was no immediate information available regarding whether he had legal representation.<\/p>\n<p>Doyle noted that most of the night\u2019s protests were peaceful and that police allowed demonstrators to block streets outside the station by placing squad cars at either end for safety. However, when protesters began shaking a fence and broke part of it down, he dispatched an arrest team. The suspect who charged at Officer Travis Brown knocked him backward with his shoulder causing him to hit his head as he fell.<\/p>\n<p>Travis Brown joined the department in January after previously working for St. Louis County Police Department and is part of an increase in Black officers hired since 2014 when there were only three Black officers compared to over half of today\u2019s force being Black. &#8220;He wanted to be part of change,&#8221; Doyle said emotionally about having to inform Brown&#8217;s mother about her son&#8217;s condition.<\/p>\n<p>St. Louis County Prosecutor Wesley Bell mentioned that more charges would follow while reflecting on how difficult it is to console families facing such crises: \u201cThe toughest thing I\u2019ve had to do is talk with a mother who doesn\u2019t know if her child will survive.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It remains unclear who organized Friday&#8217;s protests as attempts by The Associated Press to reach activists went unanswered. Meanwhile, one member of the St. Louis Fire Department has been placed on leave due to an insensitive social media post celebrating Darren Wilson\u2019s actions related to Michael Brown\u2019s death.<\/p>\n<p>Michael Brown&#8217;s death brought national attention towards issues surrounding law enforcement relations with Black communities; investigations revealed systemic problems within Ferguson&#8217;s policing practices and court systems following his shooting<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2322502,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/c8aa678c406642c4bb71bf3e0ea86ac0-scaled.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[13663,37790,33339,4542],"class_list":["post-2322501","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-ferguson","tag-michael-brown","tag-police-officer","tag-protest"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/c8aa678c406642c4bb71bf3e0ea86ac0-scaled.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2322501","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2322501"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2322501\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2322502"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2322501"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2322501"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2322501"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}