a lawyer for the man  accused of shooting two police officers during a protest rally outside  the ferguson, missouri, police headquarters last week said on  monday that his client was beaten when he was taken into custody, an  allegation police called 'completely false' jeffrey l williams, 20, had bruising across his back, on  both shoulders and his neck, and a welt on his head and a mark  on his face, attorney jerryl christmas said, adding that he met  with him for two hours on monday but could not take pictures 'he was beat up by the police,' said christmas 'he was beaten when he was taken into custody' scroll down for video  jeffrey l williams, 20, had bruising across his back, on both shoulders and his neck, and a welt on his head and a markon his face, attorney jerryl christmas said after a two hour meeting on monday  attorney jerryl christmas told reporters on monday that he met with williams for two hours but police wouldn't allow him to take pictures  in a mugshot of williams released on sunday his face and neck appeared to have several cuts and bruises, although christmas didn't make clear if those were the injuries he was referencing williams had appeared briefly in court on monday morning  without counsel and did not enter a plea he is charged with two  counts of first degree assault, a class a felony that calls for  10 30 years, or up to life in prison the shooting was the latest violent incident in months of  demonstrations in ferguson, a st louis suburb, after a white  police officer fatally shot unarmed black teen michael brown  during a confrontation in august in announcing williams's arrest on sunday, st louis county  prosecutor robert mcculloch told reporters williams had admitted  firing the shots that wounded the officers early on thursday and  told authorities he was not shooting at police 'with regard to the allegations that jeffrey williams was  'beaten' by police, the st louis county police department calls  these allegations completely false,' spokesman brian schellman  said in a statement schellman said williams was taken immediately to st louis county police headquarters after his arrest, interviewed by detectives on video and audio, booked and evaluated by a nurse as every inmate is, to determine if he is fit to be confined shooting: police take cover after two officers were shot while standing guard in front of the ferguson police station last thursday  christmas said williams was taken into custody on a  probation warrant and did not know he was being arrested until  he was taken for questioning no one responded monday at the williams address listed in  court records, a one story blue house that had trash strewn on  the lawn neighbors declined to comment police had called the shooting an 'ambush' of the officers,  who were standing side by side, by a gunman embedded with  protesters, but mcculloch said on sunday that williams may have  been shooting at someone else several long time activists have said they did not recognize  or know williams as a protester 'clearly this was not a police ambush and police were never  the target,' christmas said, adding: 'it could have easily been  the protesters who got shot instead of the police' the shooting of the officers followed a flurry of resignations and protests in the week after the us justicedepartment released a damning report accusing ferguson of racially biased policing wounded: in the shooting early on thursday, a 41 year old county police officer suffered a shoulder wound another officer, 32, suffered a facial wound above, one of the officers  is seen being taken away by emt  in announcing williams's arrest on sunday, st louis countyprosecutor robert mcculloch told reporters williams had admittedfiring the shots that wounded the officers early on thursday andtold authorities he was not shooting at police  the justice department, which launched an investigation  after brown's shooting, found pervasive racial bias in  ferguson's policing and municipal court practices its police  force is mostly white while two thirds of residents are black ferguson police chief thomas jackson, its city manager and  its municipal court judge have resigned williams, who had been on probation for possession of stolen  property, is accused of firing shots from a car just as a rally  after jackson's resignation was breaking up demonstrations erupted into arson and looting after brown's  shooting in august and again in november when a grand jury  declined to bring charges against officer darren wilson police drew criticism for mass arrests and use of gas  canisters, rubber bullets and armored vehicles in the days after  brown's shooting, a response officials said was needed to quell  the unrest a us district judge on monday allowed a federal civil  rights lawsuit filed by people arrested in august to continue the lawsuit names ferguson, st louis county, the chiefs of both  departments and other officers as defendants st louis county prosecutor robert mcculloch said he believed the 20 year old suspect attended last week's protest before the shooting happened activists said williams was not a consistent fixture in their tight knit group 'we're not sure we completely buy that part of it,' mcculloch said of williams' contention that he did not fire at the officers williams is charged with two counts of first degree assault, one count of firing a weapon from a vehicle and three counts of armed criminal action he made a brief court appearance monday, and the case was scheduled for a later date court officials said he did not yet have an attorney williams' arrest came as anti police protesters (pictured) have resumed demonstrations outside ferguson police station  mcculloch said there may have been other people in the vehicle with williams and that the investigation is ongoing williams used a handgun that matches the shell casings at the scene, mcculloch said he also said tips from the public led to the arrest williams is being held on $300,000 bond brittany ferrell, 26, a protest leader with the group millennial activists united, had just left a meeting with other leaders sunday when word of the arrest circulated she said no one in the group knew williams, and they checked with other frequent protesters, who also had not heard of him ferrell suspected mcculloch tried to cast him as a protester to reflect negatively on the movement 'this is a fear tactic,' she said 'we are very tight knit we know each other by face if not by name, and we've never seen this person before' john gaskin, a st louis naacp leader, said of williams, 'i don't know him i've never seen him'
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attorney jerryl christmas said his client was beaten when he was taken into custody, an allegation police called 'completely false'. jeffrey williams, 20, had bruising across his back and his neck, and a welt on his head and a mark on his face, said christmas after monday's meeting . in the suspect's mugshot released on sunday his face and neck appeared to feature several cuts and bruises . christmas said cops prevented him from taking photos of his client . williams is accused of wounding two policemen during a protest rally outside the ferguson, missouri, police headquarters last week 