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Edward Crawford went to his first protest after Michael Brown was shot and killed by Officer Darren Wilson in Ferguson, Missouri. The conflict between protesters and law enforcement reached fever pitch when the police started firing at the crowd with rubber bullets, wooden pellets and tear gas canisters. "The people out there like they were protesting, they were angry at the police and the police were angryat the people that were protesting," he said.

On August 10th, 2014, one day after 18-year-old Michael Brown was shot and killed by Officer Darren Wilson in Ferguson, Missouri, Edward Crawford went to his first protest. “The people, you know, I guess they were out there to be heard,” Ed told us.

We also speak with Robert Cohen of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.

We first released this episode in 2015—this version includes an update. This episode contains references to police brutality. To see Robert Cohen's photographs, visit the episode on our website.

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