McCaskill: Shootings highlight a `disconnect'

FERGUSON, MO - Attorney General Eric Holder calls the gunman who shot two police officers in Ferguson, Missouri this week a ``punk.'' But U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill tells NBC's ``Today'' show that the shooting highlights ``a disconnect between some communities in this country and law enforcement.'' She said, ``We've got to go back to the drawing board.''

Dozens of people gathered for a candlelight vigil last night, praying for peace and expressing sympathy for the officers, who've now been released from the hospital. A larger crowd of about 200 gathered outside the police department. Many called for the resignation of Ferguson's mayor, or the disbanding of the police department.

Others were there to remember 18-year-old Michael Brown, whose shooting death by a Ferguson police officer in August made the city a national focal point.

Full story: WJFW

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