Reporters on the scene in Ferguson say the protests erupted into chaos as police began firing tear gas at crowds of protestors Sunday night—well before the official curfew time was set to begin—hitting media and children in the abrupt offensive.

According to a statement made by Justice Department Spokesman Brian Fallon, Attorney General Eric Holder has ordered the Department of Justice to perform a second autopsy on Michael Brown, due to the "extraordinary circumstances" of the case.

One person has been critically injured and seven people have been arrested in Ferguson following violent protests sparked by the midnight curfew.

In a press conference today, Missouri Governor Jay Nixon announced that he signed an order declaring a state of emergency and implementing a curfew in Ferguson.

Protesters in Ferguson, Mo. stood their ground against both police and looters Friday night, refusing to disperse despite orders and attempting to protect local businesses from what the Washington Post's Wesley Lowery—who took the above photo, of a local resident standing guard—described as "drunk kid" looters.

Darren Wilson, the Ferguson cop who shot and killed Michael Brown, did not know Brown was a suspect in a shoplifting case at the time, police chief Thomas Jackson said at a press conference today. The revelation raises an obvious, troubling question: why did the department release footage and an incident report from the unrelated alleged robbery this morning?

In a live interview with CNN's Don Lemon today, a woman recounts an alleged interaction she had with Darren Wilson, the Ferguson, Mo. police officer identified today as Michael Brown's shooter.

Reporters in Ferguson, Mo. today got their hands on an interesting document, provided to them by the town's police: An incident report from Aug. 9, implicating Michael Brown in the petty theft of some Swisher Sweet cigars from a local convenience store.

Ferguson police named officer Darren Wilson as Michael Brown's killer this morning, but if they hadn't it wouldn't have stayed a secret for much longer: At a press conference yesterday afternoon, multiple reporters directly asked police chief Thomas Jackson if Wilson was the cop who took Brown's life.

According to an incident report released by Ferguson, Mo. police today, Michael Brown was suspected in a convenience store robbery that police say precipitated his shooting by officer Darren Wilson. The report alleges that Brown (accompanied by Dorian Johnson) stole a box of cigarettes and got into a brief altercation with the store's clerk before leaving.

The Ferguson, Mo. Police Department has finally released the name of the officer who shot Michael Brown, the unarmed 18-year-old that was gunned down six days ago.

After a particularly harrowing night of tear gas, rubber bullets and false arrests, a relative calm has settled over Ferguson, Mo., thanks in large part to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, which wrested control from the local police force earlier today.

Everybody knew there would be repercussions if "Anonymous"—or whoever runs the now-suspended @TheAnonMessage Twitter account—released the name of the police officer it thought killed Michael Brown and turned out to be incorrect.

The Missouri State Highway Patrol will take control of policing protests in Ferguson, Mo. from the St. Louis County Police Department, Governor Jay Nixon announced today.

In covering the Ferguson, Mo. protests against the police killing of Michael Brown, Fox & Friends decided to ignore the problems with a heavily-armed police force marching against civilians and criticize the protesters instead.

At a press conference today, Ferguson, Mo. Police Chief Thomas Jackson addressed the days of violent protests that have roiled in the city and escalated Wednesday evening, when police officers reportedly fired tear gas and rubber bullets on protesters and journalists. "What's happening now is not what any of us want," Jackson said. "We need to get everyone to calm down, bring some peace to this."

As last night's institutional violence unfolded in the streets of Ferguson, Missouri, an old trope came back to life: America's police have been militarized. Like most tropes, it holds a grain of truth, but it's off-base in one critical respect: The U.S. armed forces exercise more discipline and compassion than these cops.

At a press conference about America's ongoing military efforts in Iraq, President Obama wrapped up by making some brief, tepid comments about the militarization of the police happening right in Ferguson, Missouri. "I know that many Americans have been deeply disturbed by images we've seen from the heartland of our country," he began.

At the same time that the Ferguson Police Department was terrorizing its own citizens last night, something interesting and important happened on cable news: Ferguson Police Chief Thomas Jackson reiterated to Sean Hannity that Michael Brown struggled with his killer inside the cop's vehicle, while at the same time two new eyewitnesses told CNN that they saw no such thing.

Is Thought Catalog's "Ferguson, Missouri Looks Like A Rap Video" by Anthony Rogers the dumbest thing that's been written about Michael Brown and the aftermath of his death so far? Let's investigate: