ST. LOUIS (KMOX) – The Ferguson Police Department released footage of the events of the protests last week that led to officer Travis Brown suffering a head injury and being in critical condition.
Ferguson Police showed multiple clips of the incident last Friday during the 10th anniversary of the death of Michael Brown, with clips showing that the protests outside the police department started off as originally peaceful with police accommodating them and blocking the street outside the police station to protect demonstrators from vehicle traffic.
Then it started to get concerning with multiple protestors violently shaking a gate that was blocking the doors of the police station. Footage showed 28-year-old Elijah Gantt, of East St. Louis, Illinois, who was originally charged for the incident, was seen using a bullhorn to lead people to shake the gate.
The violent shaking of the gate led to a section of it being broke and Ferguson …