Clay [the governor] said that he has been urging U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder to “take over the entire situation because we will not get justice for Michael Brown and his family and friends if the St. Louis County police and prosecutor have a say.”
Clay's actually the US House Rep. Jay Nixon (such an unfortunate name for a politician) is the governor. Sorry to get pedantic. Despite the name, Nixon is a good sort, and well-regarded enough to get elected twice as the Democratic governor of a red state.
Anyhow, the Highway Patrol have taken over from the Ferguson police. This is a very, very good thing. For one thing, their chief is from that general area of town, originally.