 McCulloch blasts Nixon 
 
 St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney Robert McCulloch Thursday night blasted the decision by Gov. Missouri's governor moved on Thursday to calm days of racially charged protests over the police shooting of an unarmed black teenager, naming an African-American captain of the Highway Patrol to oversee security in the St. Louis suburb of Ferguson. He added, "I could not be prouder of the men and women of our military who carried out this humanitarian operation almost flawlessly." "We are going to have a different approach," Johnson said at the news conference where Nixon announced his role in directing Ferguson's security. -Kevin McDermott at 11:10 a.m. with updates 
 
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 Obama calls for "peace and calm" in Ferguson 
 
 President Barack Obama today called again for "peace and calm on the streets of Ferguson," addressing for the second time the police shooting death of 18-year-old Michael Brown and the violent clashes between police and protesters that have ensued. U.S. President Barack Obama delivers a statement on the shooting in Ferguson, Missouri and the situation in Iraq from his vacation on Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts August 14, 2014. While "emotions are raw right now" and "there are certainly passionate differences about what has happened," Obama asked citizens to remember that all Americans remain united by common values. Governor Jay Nixon praised Ferguson on Thursday for being a diverse, hard-working community, but he said, "lately it has looked a little bit more like a war zone, and that is unacceptable." Additionally, U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder said in a statement that police had accepted an offer of technical assistance from the Justice Department "to help conduct crowd control and maintain public safety without relying on unnecessarily extreme displays of force." "There's also no excuse for police to use excessive force against peaceful protesters or to throw protesters in jail for lawfully exercising their First Amendment rights," he said in remarks broadcast from Edgartown, Massachusetts, near where he is vacationing with his family. Police have used tear gas and smoke bombs on crowds who gathered to protest the death of Brown on Saturday; some protesters have thrown Molotov cocktails. The officer involved in the shooting was injured during the incident and was treated in a hospital for swelling on the side of his face, they said. He said he would go to "ground zero" on Thursday evening, the area where Brown was killed and also where a convenience store was burned down on Sunday in riots. - Virginia Young at 1:20 p.m. Thursday 
 
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 Ferguson situation creates rift between St. Louis city and county police 
 
 The militarized police response to protests in Ferguson has become so divisive that it has driven a rare wedge between two forces that often work closely together – the two largest police departments in the area – St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department and the St. Louis County Police. - Jeremy Kohler at 12:45 p.m. Thursday with updates 
 
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 Hacker group claims it has name of cop who killed Brown 
 
 The hacker group Anonymous has released the name of the person it says is the officer who shot and killed Michael Brown. Police and the Ferguson mayor have both said the name Anonymous has released is wrong. The president also said he spoke with Missouri Gov. Officers "should not be bullying or arresting journalists who are just trying to do their jobs and report to the American people on what they see on the ground," he said. - Tim Bryant at noon 
 
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 National news organizations condemn treatment of journalists 
 
 The American Society of News Editors, based in Columbia, Mo., released a statement this morning on the arrests of the two journalists and the police handling of events in Ferguson last night. Ferguson, a mostly black town of 21,000 with a predominantly white police force that has been accused of racial profiling in the past, was bracing for a fifth straight night of protests on Thursday after a police officer shot and killed 18-year-old Michael Brown last weekend. But Nixon said on Thursday that authorities should be expeditious about identifying the officer. - Beth O'Malley at 10:30 a.m. 
 
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 OUR EARLIER STORY 
 
 Law enforcement officials on Wednesday asked for patience to allow the investigation into the shooting of Michael Brown to take its course as tension over the teenager’s death continued for a fifth straight day. But some witnesses have said that Brown held up his hands and was surrendering when he was shot multiple times in the head and chest. Since Sunday, there have been peaceful vigils and demonstrations - with hundreds of protesters holding their hands in the air and chanting "hands up, don't shoot" - as well as episodes of looting, vandalism and violence. - Robert Patrick, 2:45 p.m. 
 
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 Daytime-only rallies and protests please, Ferguson says 
 
 Ferguson city leaders are trying to stem the riots by urging anyone who wants to protest the shooting death of Michael Brown to assemble only during daylight hours.
– The unrelenting protests in Ferguson, Mo., after the police shooting of Michael Brown clearly have the full attention of Washington now. Both President Obama and Missouri Sen. Claire McCaskill weighed in today, while Anonymous claimed to ID the officer who did the shooting. Details: McCaskill: Speaking at a local church, she got a standing ovation when she said St. Louis County must "demilitarize the police response," reports the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Afterward, she told reporters that the "police response has been part of the problem." Obama: The president called for "peace and calm" and a transparent investigation, reports USA Today. He said there's no excuse for police to use excessive force against protesters, but nor is there "an excuse for violence against police or those who would use this tragedy as a cover for vandalism or looting." He also criticized police for arresting journalists at the protests. Gov. Jay Nixon: Speaking after McCaskill at the same church, he promised an "operational shift" in police tactics. "You will see a different tone," he said, promising details later. Anonymous: The hacker collective claimed to identify via Twitter the officer who shot the unarmed Brown last weekend, though police say the name is wrong, reports Reuters. Anonymous is standing by its post, while authorities are standing by their decision to keep the officer unidentified for safety reasons. "We can't let anonymous groups or even public groups pressure us into doing anything we don't think we should do," said a spokesman for the St. Louis County prosecutor's office. (Anonymous previously released police audio from the night of the shooting.)