Ferguson Police Chief to Michael Brown's Parents: 'I'm Sorry'

Ferguson, Missouri, Police Chief Thomas Jackson apologized Thursday to the parents of Michael Brown, as well as to any peaceful protesters who feel he didn't do "enough to protect their constitutional right to protest."

Specifically, he apologized that it took investigating officers four hours to remove Brown's body from the street after Officer Darren Wilson fatally shot him last month.

"I'm truly sorry for the loss of your son. I'm also sorry that it took so long to remove Michael from the street," he said during his video statement.

Investigators were doing "important work" trying to uncover the truth and collect evidence during those four hours, Jackson said, but "it was just too long, and I'm truly sorry for that."

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[1stworlder]

He actually said "I am sorry that your community is so violent that we couldn't safely remove the body for hours. Since the store that he robed along with the "hands up witness group" 10 min before being shot, was in flames before the body was removed we wanted to save the last video evidence of his actions to counter the "on his way to church doing gods will" narrative that actually came out of the lame stream news.".