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Monday, November 24, 2014

Violence erupts in Ferguson; President urges calm

Violent protests erupted after grand jury decided not to indict a Ferguson police officer in the death an unarmed, black 18-year-old whose fatal shooting by a white officer sparked weeks of demonstrations and exposed deep racial tension between many African-Americans and police. President Barack Obama and the family of Michael Brown asked for calm after a prosecutor announced the decision Monday evening that the grand jury decided not to indict officer Darren Wilson for the August shooting, prompting an angry response from demonstrators.

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