FERGUSON, Mo. — It was a day when the police released information long-demanded and unexpected. Here are Friday’s main developments in a week of internationally riveting strife, some of it violent and choked by tear gas, over the fatal shooting last Saturday of Michael Brown, an unarmed 18-year-old, by a Ferguson police officer: —After days of demands that authorities release the officer’s name, Ferguson Police Chief Tom Jackson identified him as Darren Wilson, 28, who has been on the municipal force for four years. Jackson called Wilson a “gentle, quiet man, a distinguished officer” who was devastated by his role. —Chief Jackson also released security video from a nearby convenience store...
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