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Lawmakers spoke out Thursday about the shooting of two police officers that occured during a Ferguson protest. |
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Wrap: Senator Scott Sifton of St. Louis County began the discussion in the Senate by reflecting on the sacrifices that the police have made especially in Ferguson.
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| Description: Michael Brown's life mattered. Black lives matter. All lives matter. And today it is time for it to be said that officers' lives matter too. | |
Several other senators also spoke in support of the officers who were shot.
The shooting occured hours after the Ferguson police chief announced his resignation.
The two officers suffered serious but non-life threatening injuries.
They were released from the hospital.
Reporting from the state Capitol, I'm Krista Gmelich.
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Two police officers were shot hours after the Ferguson police chief resigned causing lawmakers to call for peace. |
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Wrap: Senator Jamilah Nasheed of St. Louis called the shooting cowardly and says this kind of violence cannot happen in Missouri.
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| Description: And for that senseless act of violence to occur during a time that we have seen so much progress throughout the months due to the Ferguson situation, its appalling. | |
Several other senators also spoke in support of the two officers.
Senator Scott Sifton encouraged lawmakers along with the rest of the state to follow the peaceful example of Martin Luther King Jr.
The officers who were shot have been released from the hospital.
Reporting from the state Capitol, I'm Krista Gmelich.