Outrage, Unrest Erupt After Fatal Shooting of Missouri Teen by Police
We'll speak with Ferguson, Missouri, Mayor James Knowles on "New Day" at 8am ET.
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Confrontations between police and residents of a St. Louis suburb raged into the night after a fatal weekend shooting of a teen by an officer.
Crowds gathered Sunday night for a candlelight vigil for Michael Brown, whose shooting death sparked tensions in the Missouri town of Ferguson.
The peaceful gathering turned tense as protesters hurled bottles at officers and kicked police cars parked on the streets with blue lights flickering.
Young men knelt before stoic officers in riot gear, hands up in protest to symbolize surrender. Others looted stores and hauled out items such as clothes, tires and hair extensions.
"We will stay out here as long as you (police) are!" protesters yelled.
Witnesses said Brown,18, was unarmed and had his hands in the air when a Ferguson police officer shot and killed him Saturday.
But authorities said that was not the case.
"The genesis of this was a physical confrontation," said Jon Belmar, chief of the St. Louis County Police Department. The local police called in his department to conduct an independent investigation.
The Ferguson police officer tried to leave his vehicle just before the shooting, but Brown pushed him back into the car, "physically assaulted" him and struggled over his weapon, according to Belmar.
Brown was eventually shot about 35 feet away from the vehicle, the police chief said. He declined to provide more details, saying he didn't want to "prejudice" the case. Ferguson Police said its cars do not have dashboard cameras.
Shell casings collected at the scene were from the officer's weapon, Belmar said. A medical examiner will issue a ruling on how many times the teen was shot.
"It was more than just a couple," the police chief said.
But witnesses issued a different account. They said Brown did nothing to instigate the shooting and appeared to be surrendering when he was killed. Brown was spending the summer in the neighborhood with his grandmother, Desuirea Harris, she told KMOV.
"My son just turned 18 and graduated high school and he didn't bother nobody," his mother, Lesley McSpadden, told CNN affiliate KSDK.
Brown was supposed to start classes at Vatterott College on Monday, she said.
Antonio French, an alderman in nearby St. Louis, said the community is outraged.
"People have a lot of anger and are frustrated," he said. "They don't have recourse in the system, and it happens often in this country, and it has boiled over. I think people are angry and looking for a reason to let it out tonight."
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WHO: Ebola Outbreak in West Africa an International Health Emergency
Global health experts Friday declared the Ebola epidemic ravaging West Africa an international health emergency that requires a coordinated global approach.
Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone are battling the Ebola virus, which has killed 932 people in those countries. The epidemic has also spread to Nigeria.
"The possible consequences of further international spread are particularly serious in view of the virulence of the virus, the intensive community and health facility transmission patterns, and the weak health systems in the currently affected and most at-risk countries," the World health Organization said Friday, after two days of emergency meetings.
The United Nations health agency described it as the worst outbreak in the four-decade history of tracking the disease.
"A coordinated international response is deemed essential to stop and reverse the international spread of Ebola," WHO said.
A WHO official said bogus information is adding to the rapid spread of the disease.
"Perhaps one of the most important factors contributing to this is fear and misinformation," said Dr. Keiji Fukuda, the assistant director for health security.
"This is critical to understand, because what it is doing is that it helps foster suspicion and anxiety in communities, and when that happens we see a situation where people are reluctant to go to health facilities or maybe reluctant to bring their family members there. And it underscores the importance of communities being aware and understanding but we also see that fear impacts other countries."
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2nd American Battling Ebola Virus to Arrive in Atlanta for Treatment
A second American suffering from Ebola is expected to arrive in Atlanta on Tuesday from Liberia, where she contracted the deadly virus.
Missionary Nancy Writebol will travel aboard an air ambulance equipped with an isolation unit. It will land at Dobbins Air Reserve Base, and from there she'll be rushed to Atlanta's Emory University Hospital about 20 miles away.
Writebol will be the last of two Americans stricken with the disease while aiding Ebola victims in West Africa. Ebola has killed more than 700 people in three nations: Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone.
Their evacuation to Atlanta marks the first time anyone infected with the virus has been known to get treatment in the United States.
Both patients will be treated at an isolation unit where precautions are in place to prevent it from spreading, unit supervisor Dr. Bruce Ribner said.
The first evacuee - American Dr. Kent Brantly - was making progress since he arrived in Atlanta from Liberia on Saturday, a U.S. official said.
"It's encouraging that he seems to be improving," Thomas Frieden, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, told CBS' "Face the Nation."
"That is really important, and we are hoping he will continue to improve."
Brantly, 33, is the first known patient with the deadly virus to be treated on U.S. soil. He landed at Dobbins Air Reserve Base in Georgia and was quickly rushed to Atlanta's Emory University Hospital.
Phoenix Air says its highly specialized air ambulance, equipped with an isolation unit, departed Georgia for Liberia on Sunday evening to pick up Writebol. The flight is scheduled to land in Georgia on Tuesday.
Both Brantly and Writebol became sick while caring for Ebola patients in Liberia, one of three West African nations hit by an outbreak.
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Police: Toddler Smashes Jeep into House, Dashes Home to Watch Cartoons
A diaper-clad toddler crashed a Jeep Wrangler into a neighbor's house in Oregon - then scampered home, sat on the couch and watched cartoons, authorities said.
The 3-year-old boy was under his mother's watch in Myrtle Creek when the incident happened last week, Police Officer Kevin Taggart said.
She was not paying attention to him and he found the keys, got inside the car and knocked it out of gear, according to Taggart.
A witness called 911 after seeing the child rolling by in the Jeep before hitting the house. Sensing he was in trouble, the toddler jumped out of the car and dashed home.
"An officer went to the boy's home - and the boy was sitting on the couch watching cartoons like nothing ever happened," Taggart said.
Police cited the mother for failure to supervise the child following the incident Tuesday. The homeowner and the child's mother have made a civil arrangement on the repair to the house, authorities said.
"We want to encourage parents to remember that children are very crafty in finding ways to get in trouble and for parents to be very vigilant," Taggart said.
Before the accident, an officer saw the boy sitting in the car and warned a relative to keep an eye on him, authorities said.
At the time, when the officer knocked on door, a relative watching the child was sleeping.
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