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Ferguson, Missouri (CNN) -- While Michael Brown appeared to tussle with an officer before he was shot dead, he didn't enter the police cruiser as authorities claim he did, two witnesses told CNN.

The women's accounts corroborate that of a previous witness, all three of whom said the officer fatally shot the unarmed teen.

Police have said the black 18-year-old died in a dangerous struggle after trying to grab the officer's weapon. Not so, say the witnesses.

"It looked as if Michael was pushing off and the cop was trying to pull him in," Tiffany Mitchell told CNN on Wednesday night.

 

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Mitchell said she drove to Ferguson on Saturday to pick up an employee for work just in time to see Brown tussling at the window of a police vehicle.

She and the employee, Piaget Crenshaw, told CNN's Don Lemon late Wednesday about Brown's last moments.

Crenshaw, still in her building, watched the same events from her window. She later shot cell phone video of the aftermath, which CNN obtained from affiliate KMOV.

It looked like the two of them were arm wrestling, she said.

Neither woman, who gave their statements to St. Louis County police, say they saw Brown enter the vehicle.

Instead, a shot went off, then the teen broke free, and the officer got out of the vehicle in pursuit, the women said.

"I saw the police chase him ... down the street and shoot him down," Crenshaw said. Brown ran about 20 feet.

"Michael jerks his body, as if he's been hit," Mitchell said.

Then he faced the officer and put his hands in the air, but the officer kept firing, both women said. He sank to the pavement.

After that, Crenshaw hit record on her cell phone. News of the killing spread fast through the neighborhood, and Brown's uncle walked up to the body to see if it was really his nephew, Crenshaw said.

The video shows police directing him back behind police tape.

State of unrest

Brown's shooting death, and police alleged stonewalling of details, have lit a fire in Ferguson. Residents say the officer's alleged actions were a brazen act of aggression, especially when Brown, who was about to start technical college, was unarmed and not threatening.

The city has seen protests every night since the Saturday shooting.

Wednesday was no different.

Police fired tear gas canisters at a crowd near a gas station that has turned into a gathering point for rowdy protests after dark.

 

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News photographers took snaps of young men lighting Molotov cocktails. And a CNN crew found spent crowd-control stun grenades lying in the street.

A tear gas canister landed directly in front of the live television reporting position of Al Jazeera America; the crew ran, leaving its equipment behind. Then an officer later approached the camera and pointed it at the ground, CNN affiliate KSDK reported.

Police officers raised their guns at people heading for the protest, yelling for them to turn back.

As protesters scattered from the thick wafts of tear gas, officers in riot gear marched slowly in their direction to clear the area.

Detentions and arrests

After the night's clashes, Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon announced he would cancel previous plans and visit Ferguson on Thursday for the second time since the shooting.

And police detained a St. Louis alderman, Antonio French, who has posted a continuous stream of protest video to social media.

Earlier in the day, police detained and released two journalists covering the shooting and the unrest. Ferguson police Chief Thomas Jackson said he did not know the detaining officers, adding: "We had a lot of different agencies out there." He said he had spoken to both of them.

Police have asked protesters to restrict their gatherings to daylight hours, after violence has broken out repeatedly after nightfall. Protests during the day have been peaceful.

Protests on Sunday and Monday ended with clashes with police and looting.

Police have made over 65 arrests and detentions since Brown's shooting. Including the two reporters, 18 people were taken into custody Wednesday, Jackson said.

Officer not named

On Wednesday, Jackson told CNN that the officer who shot Brown had been hit and suffered swelling on the side of his face. He was taken to a hospital and released the same day, Jackson said.

Five days have passed since Brown's killing, and the public still does not know the name of the person who pulled the trigger.

There have been cries of a cover-up, but authorities said police have received death threats against the officer and his family. And they want to prevent further violence.

Hackers have gone after the personal information of government and police officials, authorities said.

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Civil rights

Federal civil rights investigators and the FBI are carrying out their own inquiries into the controversial case. In the town of 21,000,there's a history of distrust between the predominantly black community and the largely white police force.

"Race relations is a top priority right now and, as I said, I'm working with the Department of Justice to improve that," Jackson told reporters Wednesday.

Only three of the city's 53 officers are African-American, and Jackson said he is working to change that. About two-thirds of the residents of Ferguson are African-American, and most of the rest are Caucasian.

 

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Dorian Johnson, who said he saw the shooting, told CNN on Tuesday that the officer who opened fire is white.

證人邁克爾·布朗的拍攝細節他最後分鐘
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2014年8月14日 - 更新1213 GMT（2013 HKT）

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新聞提要
邁克爾·布朗扭打在了警車的窗口，目擊者說，
一個鏡頭被解僱，那麼布朗掙脫了束縛跑掉
然後，官員跟著他，向他開槍，他們說
密蘇里州州長傑伊·尼克松說，他將訪問弗格森在週四
你已經記錄了弗格森的抗議活動？分享您的照片，視頻和意見與CNN的iReport。
弗格森，密蘇里州（CNN） -雖然邁克爾·布朗出現了一個人員廝打，他被槍殺前，他沒有進入警車作為當局聲稱，他做到了，兩名證人告訴CNN。
女子賬目證實了先前的見證，這三個其中軍官說槍殺手無寸鐵的少年。
警方說，試圖抓住軍官的武器後，在一個危險的鬥爭黑色18歲去世。事實並非如此，說證人。
“這看起來好像邁克爾推動關閉，警察試圖拉他，”蒂凡尼·米切爾告訴美國有線電視新聞網在週三晚上。
父親：“我只是想正義為我的兒子” 種族差異在弗格森的警察部門。 邁克爾·布朗的朋友介紹拍攝
米歇爾說，她把車開到弗格森在週六拿起正好趕上員工的工作，看看布朗角力，在警車的窗口。
她和僱員，伯爵克倫肖，告訴美國有線電視新聞網的唐檸檬週三晚約布朗的最後時刻。
克倫肖，還在她的建築，看著她的窗口相同的事件。她後來拍攝的手機視頻之後，它從CNN的分支機構KMOV獲得。
它看起來像他們兩個人的手臂摔跤，她說。
無論是女人，是誰給了他們的發言聖路易斯縣警方說，他們看到了布朗進入車輛。
相反，一個鏡頭去了，那麼青少年掙脫了，和官員得到了在追求車輛的，女人說。
“我看到警察追他......在街上，他開槍了，”克倫肖說。布朗跑了大約20英尺。
“邁克爾抽搐他的身體，就好像他一直在打，”米切爾說。
然後，他面臨的軍官，並把他的手在空中，但該人員不停地射擊，兩名婦女說。他沉到了人行道上。
在此之後，克倫肖創下了她的手機。新聞殺戮的傳播速度快，通過居委會，和布朗的叔叔走到身體，看看它是否真的是他的侄子，克倫肖說。
該視頻顯示，警方指示他身後的警察帶。
動盪的國家
布朗的射擊死亡，並指稱細節阻擾警察，都在弗格森點燃了一把火。居民們說，有關人員的指控的行為是侵略的無恥行為，尤其是當布朗，誰是即將開始職業技術學院，是手無寸鐵的，而不是威脅。
該市每天晚上，因為週六的拍攝看到抗議。
週三是沒有什麼不同。
警方發射催淚彈在人群中的一個加油站附近的黑暗後變成的聚集點粗暴的抗議活動。
致命射擊火花搶劫，暴力 媽媽：“你從我身邊帶走了我的兒子走” 弗格森警察局長：我們要真相
新聞攝影師把年輕人點燃燃燒瓶卡扣。和CNN的工作人員發現，花在人群控制眩暈手榴彈躺在街上。
催淚氣體罐直接降落在電視直播報導卡塔爾半島電視台美國的立場面前; 劇組跑了，留下的裝備落後。然後，一名軍官後來走近攝像頭，並指出它在地面上，美國有線電視新聞網的會員KSDK報導。
警員舉起了槍對著人前往抗議，喊他們回頭。
當示威者從分散催淚瓦斯的厚充溢，全副武裝的防暴警員邁著緩慢的方向，以清除該地區。
拘留和逮捕
晚上的衝突後，密蘇里州州長傑伊·尼克松宣布，他將取消此前的計劃，並參觀弗格森上週四以來拍攝的第二次。
和警察拘留了聖路易斯市議員，安東尼奧法，誰貼的抗議視頻的連續流，以社會化媒體。
當天早些時候，警方拘留和釋放兩名記者覆蓋射擊和不安。弗格森警察局長托馬斯·傑克遜說，他不知道該拘留人員，並說：“我們有很多不同的機構那裡” 他說，他曾對他們兩個。
警方要求示威者，限制他們的聚會白天，後暴力已入夜後一再爆發。白天的抗議活動是和平的。
在週日和週一的抗議與警察和搶劫衝突結束。
因為布朗的投籃警方取得了超過65逮捕和拘留。包括兩名記者，18人被拘留週三，傑克遜說。
官員不點名
上週三，傑克遜告訴CNN說，誰出手布朗警官被擊中，遭到腫脹在他的臉側。他被送往醫院，並在同一天發布，傑克遜說。
因為布朗的殺人五天過去了，公眾仍然不知道是誰扣動了扳機的人的名字。
已經有 一個掩蓋哭聲，但當局說，警方已收到死亡威脅的人員和他的家人。他們想阻止進一步的暴力行為。
黑客已經經過了政府官員和警察的個人資料，當局說。
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公民權利
聯邦民權調查員和聯邦調查局正在開展自己的調查有爭議的案例。在21000的小鎮，有佔主導地位的黑人社區和白人為主的警察部隊之間互不信任的歷史。
“種族關係是重中之重，現在，正如我所說，我正與司法部合作，提高了，”傑克遜星期三對記者說。
只有三個城市的53個官員都非裔美國人，傑克遜表示，他正在努力改變這種狀況。約三分之二弗格森的居民是非洲裔，而其餘大部分都是白人。
警察局長邁克爾·布朗是“手無寸鐵” 弗格森公安消防催淚瓦斯
多裡安·約翰遜，誰說，他看到了拍攝，告訴CNN週二表示，誰開槍的官員是白色的。