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| Michael Brown: Ferguson protest push enters second day | Michael Brown: Ferguson protest push enters second day |
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| More than 1,000 people have joined a second day of planned rallies in the US city of St Louis to protest against police shootings. | |
| The four-day event, named Ferguson October, began on Friday with a march outside the local prosecutor's office. | The four-day event, named Ferguson October, began on Friday with a march outside the local prosecutor's office. |
| The protests were sparked by the killing of unarmed black teenager Michael Brown by police in August. | The protests were sparked by the killing of unarmed black teenager Michael Brown by police in August. |
| Weeks of protests and violence in Ferguson, a suburb of St Louis, have followed Mr Brown's death. | |
| Tensions in St Louis are high after another black teenager, Vonderrit D Myers, was shot dead by a police officer on Wednesday. | Tensions in St Louis are high after another black teenager, Vonderrit D Myers, was shot dead by a police officer on Wednesday. |
| Police arrested eight people during protests in the neighbourhood of Shaw on Thursday night. | Police arrested eight people during protests in the neighbourhood of Shaw on Thursday night. |
| Officers in riot gear used pepper spray to try to dispel angry demonstrators. | Officers in riot gear used pepper spray to try to dispel angry demonstrators. |
| Police said 18-year-old Myers shot at an officer, but the victim's parents say he was unarmed and racially profiled. | Police said 18-year-old Myers shot at an officer, but the victim's parents say he was unarmed and racially profiled. |
| 'Civil disobedience' | 'Civil disobedience' |
| Saturday's demonstrations began with a peaceful march through the centre of St Louis to the Keiner Plaza park. The crowd was larger than the day before, according to the Associated Press. | Saturday's demonstrations began with a peaceful march through the centre of St Louis to the Keiner Plaza park. The crowd was larger than the day before, according to the Associated Press. |
| "This isn't going to stop until there is change with police and black youth," Tory Russell, one of the organisers, told the news agency. | "This isn't going to stop until there is change with police and black youth," Tory Russell, one of the organisers, told the news agency. |
| Friday's protest saw hundreds of demonstrators line up against police in riot gear outside the office of the St Louis prosecutor Robert McCulloch. | Friday's protest saw hundreds of demonstrators line up against police in riot gear outside the office of the St Louis prosecutor Robert McCulloch. |
| Demonstrators chanted slogans calling for Mr McCulloch to charge Darren Wilson, the officer who shot Mr Brown in August. | Demonstrators chanted slogans calling for Mr McCulloch to charge Darren Wilson, the officer who shot Mr Brown in August. |
| Protest organisers said the weekend of events was intended "to build momentum for a nationwide movement against police violence". | Protest organisers said the weekend of events was intended "to build momentum for a nationwide movement against police violence". |
| "We are here to bring peace, to bring restoration, to lift our banners in the name of those who've been sacrificed," said another protest organiser, Montague Simmons. | "We are here to bring peace, to bring restoration, to lift our banners in the name of those who've been sacrificed," said another protest organiser, Montague Simmons. |
| The events will include street protests as well as a music event and a day of "civil disobedience". | The events will include street protests as well as a music event and a day of "civil disobedience". |
| Organisers have urged people from across the US to attend. | Organisers have urged people from across the US to attend. |
| A US justice department investigation into the shooting of Michael Brown is continuing. | A US justice department investigation into the shooting of Michael Brown is continuing. |