UPDATE: The Ferguson Police have responded to the now suspended account of Anonymous, claiming they had the wrong individual and warning the group to cease attempting to ID the officer who shot Micheal Brown. Anonymous released the following message via an new Twitter account:
ANNOUNCEMENT: We are ceasing any future dox releases until further notice. #Anonymous#Ferguson
— TheAnonMessage2 (@TheAnonMessage2) August 14, 2014
MintPress has redacted the name that Anonymous claimed earlier that belonged to the officer who killed Brown, until it can be independently verified.
Earlier: Hacker collective Anonymous broke into Ferguson, Missouri police department computers on Thursday and released the name of the officer who killed 18-year-old Michael Brown last weekend: —————–.
BREAKING NEWS: The name of the officer who shot #MikeBrown – NAME:———————P. , Respondent – #Ferguson #Anonymous — TheAnonMessage (@TheAnonMessage) August 14, 2014