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Harbison reports: "On the heels of the massive Ferguson protest that ended in violent outbursts, smoke bombs and tear gas, the hacktivist group Anonymous has allegedly revealed the name of the officer who shot unarmed teen Michael Brown."

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Anonymous Leaks Name and Photo of Officer They Say Shot Michael Brown

By C. Harbison, International Digital Times

14 August 14

 

UPDATE - 08/15/14 - 11:AM:EST: Less than 24 hours after the internet hacking group known as Anonymous released the name of an individual they said was responsible for the shooting of 18 year old Michael Brown, the Ferguson Police responded by identifying Darren Wilson, a six year veteran of the force as the actual shooter.

While Anonymous appears to have misidentified the officer involved in the shooting, one of their stated goals was to force the hand of Ferguson police to name the officer. In that Wilson was named less than 24 hours later, Anonymous may have achieved what it set out to do. - MA/RSN

08/14/14 - 12:PM:EST: The St. Louis County Police Department denies that "Bryan P. Willman" is a St. Louis County Police officer. The St. Louis County Police Department is still refusing to name the officer involved in the shooting. This is a rapidly developing story. MA/RSN

he AnonMessages Twitter account has been suspended after it posted an alleged name and photo of the officer who shot Michael Brown. St. Louis Police denied that Bryan P Willman was the officer who shot the teen, claiming the citizen is not in law enforcement at all.

 

Ferguson Michael Brown Update 2 -- 11:33 a.m. EST

St. Louis Police responded to the alleged leak by Anonymous, stating that Bryan P. Willman is not a police officer

Ferguson Michael Brown Update -- Breaking News 11:03 am EST
Anonymous has allegedly revealed both the name and photos of the alleged officer who shot Michael Brown - Bryan P. Willman

On the heels of the massive Ferguson protest that ended in violent outbursts, smoke bombs and tear gas, the hacktivist group Anonymous has allegedly revealed the name of the officer who shot unarmed teen Michael Brown. The alleged officer's name was reported as Bryan P. Willman and was tweeted out over the Anonymous Message Twitter account around 8 a.m. EST.

The Anonymous Message account proceeded to tweet a further warning in the Ferguson Michael Brown situation, threatening that if response was not received from the St. Louis Police, the officer's complete address, photo of the man and other dox worthy information would also soon be revealed.

It is unknown what Anonymous hopes to accomplish by communicating with law enforcement, but the story is obviously not over yet.

The shooting of an unarmed teen named Michael Brown by Missouri law enforcement has spurred extreme outrage that has exploded in Missouri and across the nation this week. Anonymous hacktivists have vowed to take action in the situation in hopes of not only obtaining justice for the murder of Michael Brown, but also to invoke change. If protesters were harassed or harmed in any way by police, Anonymous vowed to release the sensitive information they allegedly hold concerning the officer who shot Michael Brown. With the plan already unfolding, the next item on the dox list is the alleged officer's picture, which the group claims they will reveal at 11 a.m. EST if they have not received any communication from the St Louis Missouri PD.

Information about the alleged officer was likely obtained by Anonymous on Wednesday when the group reported it had broken into Ferguson's municipal computer system. Anonymous then released details about city workers and posted photos of Jon Belmar who is conducting the investigation into the shooting. A full dox of Chief Belmar's home address and telephone number were also released. The group threatened to bring down city, county and federal networks if police became forceful or harassing during a peaceful protest.

During the Ferguson protests Wednesday night, police arrived in riot gear and armored trucks. The police did end up using tear gas on demonstrators and some protesters said rubber bullets had been fired at them. Livestreams from Wednesday showed fireworks along with the aformentioned tear gas and rubber bullets being fired toward the crowd of protestors.

A law enforcement spokesperson claimed violence began on the side of the protestors with Molotov cocktails being thrown, but Anonymous and other protestors firmly deny that they instigated the police actions. More than 10 arrests were made that evening including both journalists and Missouri aldermen.

iDigitalTimes has reached out to Anonymous in hopes of learning more about their action plan and what they hope to accomplish if communication is established with law enforcement, but has yet to receive a response. As more is learned about the situation we will continue to provide updates.

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