News conference at 130 AM Ferguson time, don't know which officials....

[steve2470]

per live news broadcast on Reuters live blog, KSDK television out of St. Louis.

http://live.reuters.com/Event/US_Live_Blog

eta: "Unified Command" at the press conference.

[steve2470]

1. news conference starts any minute now, at Westfall (?) shopping center nt

[Cha]

2. Thank You.

[steve2470]

3. my pleasure Cha, all the best to you and your family

This is all so sad, no justice for Mr. Brown and his family.

[Cha]

5. We're needing a giant healing process as a People who want Justice for Michael Brown~

The best to you and yours, steve

[steve2470]

4. St. Louis County police will be there nt

[steve2470]

6. Capt. Ron Johnson has arrived there nt

[steve2470]

7. Chief Belmar speaking about fires etc nt

[ecstatic]

8. This guy is an unprofessional asshole

I don't believe a word he's saying. They wanted those buildings to burn to the ground.

[steve2470]

9. Chief Belmar saying almost all protesters not peaceful (wtf) nt

[steve2470]

10. Captain Johnson speaking now nt

[steve2470]

11. Both saying how "disappointed" they are nt

[Recursion]

12. Lots of stress on how the cops were "taking a lot of fire"

Which I haven't seen any of the reporters manage to find, but then again the reporters were cleared out.

[steve2470]

13. more National Guard "assets" to be brought in tomorrow nt

[steve2470]

14. 29 arrests, "semi-automatic handgun" seized nt

[steve2470]

15. Chief reports a carjacking of an elderly man nt

[yuiyoshida]

16. Thank you for this

[steve2470]

17. my pleasure, Recursion did a nice job also with his thread

They gave the impression they were overwhelmed and not prepared for tonight.