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Governor Jay Nixon signed an order calling in the National Guard after police clashed with protestors in some of the worst street violence since a deadly police shooting nine days ago

Governor Jay Nixon signed an order calling in the National Guard after police clashed with protestors in some of the worst street violence since a deadly police shooting nine days ago. An autopsy of Michael Brown shows an officer shot the 18-year-old a half-dozen times. Vlad Duthiers reports from Ferguson.

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Police in Ferguson, Missouri, were seen using tanks, combat gear and assault rifles, showing the type of equipment given to police departments that were once used on the battlefields of Iraq and Afghanistan

Police in Ferguson, Missouri, were seen using tanks, combat gear and assault rifles, showing the type of equipment given to police departments that were once used on the battlefields of Iraq and Afghanistan. In the past year the Department of Defense has given local law enforcement over 600 MRAPs, the armored vehicles designed to withstand roadside bombs. Jan Crawford reports.

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