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What is now the city of Ferguson was founded in 1855, when William B. Ferguson deeded 10 acres (4.0 ha) of land to the Wabash Railroad in exchange for a new depot and naming rights. [5] [6] The settlement that sprang up around the depot was called Ferguson Station. [7] Ferguson was the first railroad station connected directly to St. Louis. [8]
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.
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, Missouri, when a police officer drove by and told ...
The Ferguson effect is an increase in violent crime rates in a community caused by reduced proactive policing due to the community's distrust and hostility towards police. [235] The Ferguson effect was first proposed after police saw an increase in violence following the shooting of Brown in Ferguson, Missouri.
Missouri Governor Jay Nixon ordered the military out of Ferguson last week, only one day after U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder made the highly unusual decision to directly control the ...
Brown’s shooting by a police officer on Aug. 9, 2014, led to more than 11 days of protests in Ferguson and came just over three weeks after another Black man, Eric Garner, was killed during an ...
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.
Michael Brown Sr. stands in front of the Ferguson Police officers during a 2020 protest marking six years since 18-year-old Michael Brown Jr. was shot dead by the police in Ferguson, Missouri.