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Several hundred people gathered in front of the Ferguson, Missouri. police station to mark the 10th anniversary of the death of Michael Brown. Brown was killed when he struggled with Officer Darren Wilson and, as DNA evidence clearly proved, reached for the officer’s gun. Three autopsies confirmed Wilson’s version of events.
The “mostly peaceful” protesters (according to CNN) began to violently shake the chain-link fence.
“We did not react. We stayed here, let them shake the fence,” said Police Chief Troy Doyle. “That happened several times throughout the night up until the point that they broke the bottom portions of our fence, they destroyed property on our police department’s parking lot.”
Doyle decided to deploy his arrest team to make arrests for the destruction of property. That’s when things got ugly.
Officer Travis Brown was on the arrest team and as he and fellow officers approached the group of fence-destroyers, they were attacked. One of the protesters allegedly charged him “violently”, knocking him to the ground where he hit his head and suffered serious injuries.
“He is at an area hospital right now, fighting for his life,” said the chief, who was visibly emotional during the news conference.
Elijah Gantt, 28, faces five charges in Officer Travis Brown’s assault, including resisting arrest, first degree property damage and two charges of fourth degree assault, according to the St.
