Protests flare up for a second night
- 9 years ago
Demonstrations turn violent for second night in Ferguson Missouri after a grand jury declined to indict a white policeman in the fatal shooting of an unarmed black teenager.
Despite the scores of National Guard troops deployed in the region, protesters were seen overturning a police car, then setting it on fire. Officials quickly put the fire out.
Protests started out peacefully with dozens chanting"No justice, no peace!" near the police station in suburban Ferguson before officers swiftly moved in to detain at least two people who defied orders to clear the road.
About a mile away, camouflaged Guardsmen toting assault rifles quietly surrounded businesses damaged on Monday by protesters angry over the decision not to indict officer Darren Wilson in the August shooting of 18-year-old Michael Brown.
The killing in Ferguson, a predominantly black city with a white-dominated power structure, underscored the occasionally tense nature of U.S. race relations and someti
Despite the scores of National Guard troops deployed in the region, protesters were seen overturning a police car, then setting it on fire. Officials quickly put the fire out.
Protests started out peacefully with dozens chanting"No justice, no peace!" near the police station in suburban Ferguson before officers swiftly moved in to detain at least two people who defied orders to clear the road.
About a mile away, camouflaged Guardsmen toting assault rifles quietly surrounded businesses damaged on Monday by protesters angry over the decision not to indict officer Darren Wilson in the August shooting of 18-year-old Michael Brown.
The killing in Ferguson, a predominantly black city with a white-dominated power structure, underscored the occasionally tense nature of U.S. race relations and someti