Clip shows teen drawing gun at Ferguson protests

The video depicts a young man in a white T-shirt pulling a weapon after the crowd he is in runs for cover.

St. Louis County police say surveillance video shows an 18-year-old suspect critically wounded Sunday night by officers was armed with a handgun.

Harris’ father has denied that his son had a gun.

His aunt, Karen Harris, said the teen attended the protests because he was friends with Brown.

Police had been watching Harris during the protest out of concern that he was armed, he said.

Events marking the anniversary of Brown’s death had been peaceful until Sunday night, when the gunfire rang out and Tyrone Harris Jr. was shot. He was shooting back at them and all that…. Harris was struck multiple times and is hospitalized in critical condition.

“I think they took command out of the hands of the new chief of Ferguson pretty fast”, Charles Mayo, leader of a moderate protest group that has sought to improve relations between protesters and police, said Tuesday. “Participants are now unlawfully assembled”, the department tweeted.

Before Sunday’s incident, residents had started to point to positive changes within the community and better police conduct.

I commend the professionalism of our St. Louis County Police Chief Jon Belmar, our police department, and the outstanding work done by all officers involved in protecting life, property and peace.

However, others seethed as word spread that police had arrested a 12-year-old girl. Louis County, protesters mobilized Monday for a choreographed day of civil disobedience, shutting down a key commuter artery and staging demonstrations downtown, in Clayton and in Ferguson. St. Louis County Police spokesperson Shawn McGuire reports police had to interact with protesters only twice. “Fear the Oath Keepers are needed now more than ever – especially in Ferguson, Mo”. The National Association of Black Journalists called the charges “a direct assault on the free exercise of the First Amendment”.

“All I saw was shots were fired”.

On their website, the Oath Keepers are described as a group focused on fulfilling “the oath all military and police take to ‘defend the Constitution against all enemies, foreign and domestic.'” The site notes that the organization is composed of members who have, or have previously had, some sort of connection to law enforcement or the military.

Steve Stenger, the St. Louis county executive, told the St. Louis Post-Dispatch the state of emergency giving county police control over policing in Ferguson could be lifted Wednesday.

A state of emergency in the racial flashpoint American city of Ferguson was extended on Wednesday despite a night of calm, said officials.

Many reacted with surprise and disdain to the Oath Keepers’ intimidating presence on the streets of Ferguson, sharing comments and observations via social media.

An officer gives water to a detained protester after they blocked rush-hour traffic in both directions on Interstate 70 near the Blanchette Bridge in Earth City, Mo., Monday, August 10, 2015.