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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 ...
Date: August 9, 2014; 10 years ago (): Time: 12:01–12:03 p.m. ()Location: Ferguson, Missouri, U.S.: Coordinates: 1]: Type: Homicide, police shooting: Participants: Darren Wilson (shooter); Michael Brown (deceased); Dorian Johnson (accompanied Brown); Deaths: Michael Brown: Non-fatal injuries: Darren Wilson: Charges: None: Litigation: Wrongful death lawsuit settled for undisclosed amount: On ...
On August 9, 2014, 18-year-old Michael Brown and his friend Dorian Johnson were in Ferguson, Mo., when they were stopped by a police officer for walking in the middle of the street. Not long after ...
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.
As the first images out of Ferguson, Missouri surfaced 10 years ago — the bloodied body of a man left for hours in the street beneath white sheets, protesters smashing car windows and looting ...