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September 26, 2014

Ferguson Police Chief Apologizes to Michael Brown's Family, Tries to March with Protesters 
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The police chief in Ferguson, Missouri, has issued a video statement
apologizing to the family of Michael Brown. More than six weeks after
police shot Michael Brown dead and then left his body in the street for
four hours, Chief Tom Jackson told the family he was sorry.

Tom Jackson: "I want to say this to the Brown family: No one who has not
experienced the loss of a child can understand what you're feeling. I'm
truly sorry for the loss of your son. I'm also sorry that it took so
long to remove Michael from the street. The time that it took involved
very important work on the part of investigators who were trying to
collect evidence and gain a true picture of what happened that day, but
it was just too long, and I am truly sorry for that."

Chief Jackson also apologized to "any peaceful protester who did not
feel that I did enough to protect their constitutional right to
protest." Hours later, the chief took part in renewed protests over
Brown's death. At least four people were arrested.

 

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