The Ferguson police chief has identified the officer who killed 18-year-old Michael Brown Saturday afternoon.
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Story sourced on ‘The Rachel Maddow Show’
These are screenshots of my work sourced Aug. 19, 2014 on “The Rachel Maddow Show.”
Neighborhood rebuilds burnt Michael Brown memorial
The fire started around 6:45 a.m. CT Tuesday on the street where Ferguson Officer Darren Wilson killed Michael Brown, 18, on the afternoon of Aug. 9, said Capt. Jeremy Corcoran with the Ferguson Police Department.
5 arrested, 2 officers injured in Brown memorial unrest
Five protesters were arrested and some businesses were damaged Tuesday night after a memorial to Michael Brown was destroyed in a fire. The confrontation reignited tensions in the St. Louis suburb that was rocked by violence this summer after Brown, an unarmed teenager, was shot by a Ferguson police officer.
St. Louis NAACP condemns National Guard usage
The St. Louis NAACP condemned the use of Missouri National Guard to bring peace and stability to unrest in Ferguson after a police shooting of an unarmed teen.
Police use tear gas to disperse St. Louis looters
Police began using tear gas to disperse crowds early Monday morning in suburban St. Louis after multiple stores were vandalized and looted Sunday night. Crowds became unruly at a vigil for an unarmed black man who was shot and killed by police.
Clashes on second night of Ferguson curfew
Protests in the shooting death of 18-year-old Michael Brown continued Sunday as police for the second night imposed a curfew on this St. Louis suburb. Meanwhile, a preliminary autopsy found that Brown was shot at least six times, but the circumstances of his death remained unclear.