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Ferguson Footprint Burned
00:02:16
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| Jakari Jackson back in Ferguson, Missouri. | |
| We're here on West Florissant Street. | |
| This is where you guys saw a lot of the action. | |
| The foot trip that was burned is right over there. | |
| I want to take your attention now to just the area. | |
| A lot of these local businesses are boarding up their establishments. | |
| There's people right behind us screwing or drilling in nails into their doors trying to protect it. | |
| They don't want to talk on camera, but that's fine. | |
| So, look, all this. | |
| I mean, it's completely boarded up. | |
| The hair salons, the barber shop, Liberty Tax, all this stuff going all the way down the street. | |
| And it was right here. | |
| Last time I was here, the day they signed the curfew, Joe Biggs was here as well. | |
| And it was pretty much right there, Joe Biggs, where they tear gassed us right over there in that area. | |
| So this is one of the more, I guess, notorious parts of the city. | |
| And we're expecting to hear what's going to happen with Officer Wilson. | |
| We'll step out the street here. | |
| And the police chief has come out and said if Officer Wilson is cleared of his charges, he will return to active duty. | |
| You know, I don't wish any ill will against the guy, but I don't think it's going to work out too well for him. | |
| I hope he goes back to work at a desk just for his own personal safety. | |
| I don't think that people would be very accepting of that, and that's not threatening the guys, just, you know, concerned about his own personal well-being. | |
| But we'll continue to walk down here. | |
| It's all boarded up, going all the way on both sides of the street. | |
| And right up here, we'll walk up here to this McDonald's. | |
| This is where those journalists were arrested. | |
| And I had a lightweight argument with one of the officers. | |
| He did a friendly debate talking about the actions of the police. | |
| And he's like, well, the police are out here to protect you, and what about this and what about that? | |
| I was like, what about those journalists you guys arrested over here? | |
| What about when you shot Joe Biggs with a rubber bullet? | |
| What about when you tear-gassed me and Josh? | |
| He's like, well, I wasn't there for that. | |
| I was like, well, okay, just because you weren't there doesn't mean it didn't happen. | |
| So, yeah, this is the whole area. | |
| It's pretty quiet right now. | |
| Yeah, the temperatures are dropping. | |
| They say it's going to be snowing, possibly later this afternoon. | |
| Everybody's saying about 2 o'clock. | |
| So that may calm any hostility should nothing happen with Officer Wilson. | |
| So we'll be out here to report. | |