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| Ferguson shooting: Michael Brown ruling denounced as 'unfair' | |
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| Lawyers for the family of US teenager Michael Brown have denounced the process that cleared the police officer who killed the 18-year-old as "unfair". | Lawyers for the family of US teenager Michael Brown have denounced the process that cleared the police officer who killed the 18-year-old as "unfair". |
| Attorney Benjamin Crump said the process was "broken" a day after a grand jury opted not to send white police officer Darren Wilson to trial. | Attorney Benjamin Crump said the process was "broken" a day after a grand jury opted not to send white police officer Darren Wilson to trial. |
| Mr Brown was killed on 9 August in Ferguson, Missouri, sparking unrest. | |
| A police chief said violence that followed Monday's verdict was worse than any the St Louis suburb had seen. | A police chief said violence that followed Monday's verdict was worse than any the St Louis suburb had seen. |
| More than 80 people were arrested amid riots across several areas of St Louis. Sixty-one of those arrests were in Ferguson, with charges including burglary and trespassing. | More than 80 people were arrested amid riots across several areas of St Louis. Sixty-one of those arrests were in Ferguson, with charges including burglary and trespassing. |
| Civil rights leader Al Sharpton, who attended a news conference with Mr Brown's family, criticised the prosecutor's decision to announce the verdict late at night on Monday, saying it was "irresponsible". | Civil rights leader Al Sharpton, who attended a news conference with Mr Brown's family, criticised the prosecutor's decision to announce the verdict late at night on Monday, saying it was "irresponsible". |
| Mr Sharpton said the jury had "broken our hearts" but he vowed to continue "to fight for a new level of accountability of policing in this country". | Mr Sharpton said the jury had "broken our hearts" but he vowed to continue "to fight for a new level of accountability of policing in this country". |
| 'Michael Brown law' | |
| Violent protests were not in the spirit of Michael Brown, Mr Sharpton added, saying the young man would not "be remembered for the ashes of buildings burning in Ferguson". | Violent protests were not in the spirit of Michael Brown, Mr Sharpton added, saying the young man would not "be remembered for the ashes of buildings burning in Ferguson". |
| Instead, he said Mr Brown's family would push for new legislation to protect citizens and support a "Michael Brown law" that required all police officers to wear body video cameras. | Instead, he said Mr Brown's family would push for new legislation to protect citizens and support a "Michael Brown law" that required all police officers to wear body video cameras. |
| At the scene: Joanna Jolly, BBC News, Ferguson | |
| The sun's shining this morning on South Florissant, which saw some of the most violent demonstrations outside the Ferguson Police Department last night. | |
| Local residents have been up since the early hours cleaning up the streets. Shopkeepers are boarding up shops. A small group of protesters is yelling at half a dozen police standing outside the department. | |
| A group of residents is standing outside a beauty parlour which was looted last night. Its windows have been smashed in and they're hoping to stop anyone else coming in and looting. | |
| "We're trying to come together and get past this", says Judy. Everyone's expecting more demonstrations tonight. | |
| "They let our town burn," says Anastasia Knowles. "They sacrificed us for Clayton," she says referring to the choice to deploy the state national guard there and not in Ferguson. | |
| Many in Ferguson's predominantly African-American community had called for Mr Wilson to be charged with murder, but a Missouri grand jury - of nine white and three black members - made no recommendation of charges. | |
| Lawyers for the Brown family criticised the decision to call a grand jury rather than appointing a special prosecutor and accused state prosecutor Robert McCulloch of seeking to "discredit the victim". | |
| "We could see what the outcome was going to be and that is what occurred last night," Mr Crump told reporters, adding: "This process is broken. This process should be indicted." | |
| Missouri Governor Jay Nixon tried to head off further riots on Tuesday by ordering National Guard reinforcements to take to the streets of St Louis. | |
| "The violence we saw in areas of Ferguson last night is unacceptable," Mr Nixon said in a statement. "That is why today I am meeting with leaders from the Guard and law enforcement to ensure the protection of lives and property." |