Special Reports & Tweets - Ferguson - Calm Before The Storm
Aired: 2014-11-15
Duration: 02:19


=== Ferguson Footprint Burned (02:16) ===

[00:00:03]  Jakari Jackson back in Ferguson, Missouri.
[00:00:06]  We're here on West Florissant Street.
[00:00:08]  This is where you guys saw a lot of the action.
[00:00:09]  The foot trip that was burned is right over there.
[00:00:12]  I want to take your attention now to just the area.
[00:00:15]  A lot of these local businesses are boarding up their establishments.
[00:00:18]  There's people right behind us screwing or drilling in nails into their doors trying to protect it.
[00:00:24]  They don't want to talk on camera, but that's fine.
[00:00:27]  So, look, all this.
[00:00:28]  I mean, it's completely boarded up.
[00:00:30]  The hair salons, the barber shop, Liberty Tax, all this stuff going all the way down the street.
[00:00:37]  And it was right here.
[00:00:39]  Last time I was here, the day they signed the curfew, Joe Biggs was here as well.
[00:00:43]  And it was pretty much right there, Joe Biggs, where they tear gassed us right over there in that area.
[00:00:49]  So this is one of the more, I guess, notorious parts of the city.
[00:00:55]  And we're expecting to hear what's going to happen with Officer Wilson.
[00:00:58]  We'll step out the street here.
[00:01:00]  And the police chief has come out and said if Officer Wilson is cleared of his charges, he will return to active duty.
[00:01:08]  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.
[00:01:12]  I hope he goes back to work at a desk just for his own personal safety.
[00:01:16]  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.
[00:01:22]  But we'll continue to walk down here.
[00:01:26]  It's all boarded up, going all the way on both sides of the street.
[00:01:33]  And right up here, we'll walk up here to this McDonald's.
[00:01:36]  This is where those journalists were arrested.
[00:01:38]  And I had a lightweight argument with one of the officers.
[00:01:42]  He did a friendly debate talking about the actions of the police.
[00:01:45]  And he's like, well, the police are out here to protect you, and what about this and what about that?
[00:01:48]  I was like, what about those journalists you guys arrested over here?
[00:01:50]  What about when you shot Joe Biggs with a rubber bullet?
[00:01:52]  What about when you tear-gassed me and Josh?
[00:01:54]  He's like, well, I wasn't there for that.
[00:01:55]  I was like, well, okay, just because you weren't there doesn't mean it didn't happen.
[00:01:59]  So, yeah, this is the whole area.
[00:02:02]  It's pretty quiet right now.
[00:02:04]  Yeah, the temperatures are dropping.
[00:02:05]  They say it's going to be snowing, possibly later this afternoon.
[00:02:09]  Everybody's saying about 2 o'clock.
[00:02:12]  So that may calm any hostility should nothing happen with Officer Wilson.
[00:02:18]  So we'll be out here to report.