Ferguson: National guard fails to bring calm

[[WS]Jacob]

US police say they have arrested 31 people during another night of angry protests in the town of Ferguson in the state of Missouri.

Unrest flared hours after President Obama called for calm following the fatal police shooting of unarmed black teenager Michael Brown on 9 August. The killing of Mr Brown by a white policeman in a street has inflamed racial tensions in the largely black community of Ferguson.

The US attorney general is due to visit Ferguson on Wednesday to meet federal officials investigating the killing.

The National Guard has been deployed to support police operations. Missouri Governor Jay Nixon announced the deployment on Monday, in addition to lifting a night-time curfew imposed on the weekend.

9 Aug: Michael Brown is shot by police officer Darren Wilson after an altercation
10 Aug: Unrest begins to brew after a candlelight vigil for Mr Brown, with car windows smashed and stores looted
11 Aug: FBI opens an investigation into the teenager's killing. Tensions escalate at night, with riot police firing tear gas and rubber bullets at protesters
15 Aug: Police release a video purporting to show Mr Brown robbing a convenience store. The move further angers demonstrators and leads to new clashes with police
16 Aug: Missouri declares a state of emergency and imposes a curfew in Ferguson
17 Aug: Governor calls out National Guard to keep peace
18 Aug: Independent post-mortem tests confirm Mr Brown was shot six times, including twice in the head

[EliteTerm]

The riots is not about Michael Brown, just like the London Riots.

Also,

Independent post-mortem tests confirm Mr Brown was shot six times, including twice in the head

All in front, which pretty much supports the claims that he charged against the officer.

[Nexus_Riggs]

Saw it on the news, talked about it in Government class. People just can't peacefully protest, its not just the African Americans. 

[[WS]Jacob]

Also, All in front, which pretty much supports the claims that he charged against the officer.

It is worrying however when journalists are arrested for reporting the stories or simply taking photographs. Obama condemns the detention of journalists in Egypt and across the Middle East, yet his own country is doing the same.

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US police say they have arrested 31 people during another night of angry protests in the town of Ferguson in the state of Missouri.
9 Aug: Michael Brown is shot by police officer Darren Wilson after an altercation
10 Aug: Unrest begins to brew after a candlelight vigil for Mr Brown, with car windows smashed and stores looted
11 Aug: FBI opens an investigation into the teenager's killing. Tensions escalate at night, with riot police firing tear gas and rubber bullets at protesters
15 Aug: Police release a video purporting to show Mr Brown robbing a convenience store. The move further angers demonstrators and leads to new clashes with police
16 Aug: Missouri declares a state of emergency and imposes a curfew in Ferguson
17 Aug: Governor calls out National Guard to keep peace
18 Aug: Independent post-mortem tests confirm Mr Brown was shot six times, including twice in the head

Excuse me but what is your source for any of this?

Kind Regards,

[[WS]Jacob]

Excuse me but what is your source for any of this?

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