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The Ferguson unrest (sometimes called the Ferguson uprising, Ferguson protests, or the Ferguson riots) was a series of protests and riots which began in Ferguson, Missouri on August 10, 2014, the day after the fatal shooting of Michael Brown by FPD officer Darren Wilson. The unrest sparked a vigorous debate in the United States about the ...
On August 9, 2014, 18-year-old Michael Brown was shot and killed by police officer Darren Wilson in Ferguson, Missouri, a suburb of St. Louis. [2] Brown was accompanied by his 22-year-old male friend Dorian Johnson. [3] Wilson, a white male Ferguson police officer, said that an altercation ensued when Brown attacked him in his police vehicle ...
August 8, 2024 at 9:13 PM. FERGUSON, Mo. (AP) — On Aug. 9, 2014, Michael Brown and a friend were walking in the middle of Canfield Drive, a two-lane street in the St. Louis suburb of Ferguson ...
The unarmed black teen shot dead August 9 by a white cop in the St. Louis suburb of Ferguson is finally being laid to rest. Michael Brown 's killing by white police officer Darren Wilson , 28 ...
2014 – Bundy Standoff, April 5–May, 2014 – Ferguson unrest, Ferguson and St. Louis, Missouri, August 10 and November 24. Following the shooting death of Michael Brown by a Ferguson police officer; 2014 – New York, New York, and Berkeley, California. 2014 – 2014 Oakland riots, November–December,
By RYAN GORMAN The grand jury decision to not indict Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson for the fatal shooting of Michael Brown was met with violent protests across the suburban St. Louis city.
Ferguson Action (previously known as Ferguson October) was an organized social movement that uses protests and resistance to oppose police violence in the United States.The movement became notable after organizing protests that gained national attention following the shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri in 2014.
Riots that night led to the burning of police cars and businesses, looting and other violence. Investigators have not spoken to Head, Jackson said, but that is expected to happen soon.