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Streets of Ferguson smolder after grand jury
declines to indict officer
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There are new scenes of violence today
(Mon.-Tues.) in Ferguson, Missouri, hours after a
grand jury declined to indict (charge) police
officer Darren Wilson in the shooting death of
18-year-old Michael Brown in August. The St.
Louis County prosecutor said Monday evening that
the grand jury of nine whites and three blacks
decided that "no probable cause exists" to file
charges against Wilson, who is white, in the
death of Brown, who was black. Shortly after that
announcement, demonstrators clashed with police
and set buildings on fire, and there were reports
of heavy automatic gunfire. Police said they had
heard more than 150 gunshots. The Federal
Aviation Administration declared a no-fly zone
over areas of heavy protests. Some in the crowd
of protesters began throwing rocks at police and
windows. Efforts by some demonstrators to urge
calm failed. Police ordered the crowds to
disperse and, when that didn't work, fired tear
gas canisters over the heads of the protesters.
President Obama, in remarks late Monday, urged
calm, and said "we need to accept that this
decision was the grand jury's to make." He said
the U.S. has made progress in race relations "but
what is also true is that there are still
problems and communities of color aren't just
making these problems up. Protests against the
decision were also held in Oakland, Calif., New
York, Washington, D.C., and Chicago. Those
protests were peaceful.
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Journal Entry Your take/reaction to what you
have read. After watching what is taking
place What do you think of the civil unrest
that is taking place in Ferguson and has spread
across the United States? Who do you think is
taking part in these protests and why? What do
you think President Obama should do about this
situation?
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News Clips from the morning of
11/25/2014 Recap of events (first 40
seconds) http//www.cbs.com/shows/cbs_this_morni
ng/video/kX4s1N9971T6jdPCdFL_FVXRUKXrBET_/eye-open
er-at-8-severe-weather-threatens-holiday-travel-pl
ans/ Violence in Ferguson http//www.cbs.com/sh
ows/cbs_this_morning/video/9Lbx3kwwuAghgdXMAcws6PK
XPSv_OXAt/ferguson-protesters-riot-in-aftermath-of
-grand-jury-decision/ Violence around the
US http//www.cbs.com/shows/cbs_this_morning/vid
eo/nGFs2_zOta3d25xF5P14193iEAm61cid/ferguson-decis
ion-sparks-nationwide-protests/