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26 November 2014
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In and around the St Louis suburb of Ferguson, scene of major riots on Monday, 2,200 National Guard troops were deployed to stop further unrest.
Meanwhile, the officer who shot Mr Brown said he had a "clean conscience".
Darren Wilson shot Mr Brown, 18, on 9 August in Ferguson, Missouri, sparking weeks of unrest.
The grand jury's decision. announced late on Monday, means the
police officer will not face state criminal charges over the shooting.
Lawyers for Mr Brown's family have denounced the grand jury's decision as "unfair".
'Black lives matter'
With the number of troops more than trebled, the situation in Ferguson was calm for most of Tuesday, though demonstrators briefly closed a major road in central St Louis and rallies were staged outside the federal court house.
Late in the evening, however, tension began to rise in Ferguson. Protesters set a police vehicle alight after failing to overturn it, and police began to clear streets.
Elsewhere in the US:
Protesters in New York briefly shut down the Brooklyn Bridge
In Washington, DC, protesters gathered on the steps of the National Portrait Gallery
Inmates in Boston taped Mr Brown's name on their window
In Ferguson, itself the number of National Guardsmen was more than tripled
Speaking from Chicago on Tuesday, President Barack Obama said
there was "no excuse" for destructive behaviour and criminal acts of
rioting, adding that those responsible should be prosecuted.
The frustration seen by the grand jury's decision, he said, had "deep roots in many communities of colour who have a sense that our laws are not being enforced uniformly or fairly".
He said he had ordered Attorney General Eric Holder to look at what steps could be taken to build trust in communities and make sure that "law enforcement is fair".
Much of the debate since August has centred on whether Michael Brown was attempting to surrender to Darren Wilson when he was shot.
Speaking to ABC News in his first public comments, Mr Wilson
said there was nothing he could have done differently. He said he feared
for his life.
"The reason I have a clean conscience is because I know I did my job right," he said.
He described Mr Brown as a "powerful man," saying he felt "like a five-year-old holding on to Hulk Hogan".
The policeman, who has been on administrative leave since the incident, denied witness statements that Mr Brown put his hands up.
He insisted that race played no part in the confrontation and that he would have acted in exactly the same way if the suspect had been white.
Process under scrutiny More than 80 people were arrested amid riots across several areas of St Louis on Monday night. Sixty-one of those arrests were in Ferguson, with charges including burglary and trespassing.
Cars were torched during protests in Dellwood, close to Ferguson, on Monday night
Many residents and business owners took to the streets early on Tuesday to begin the clean-up
One police chief described it as the worst violence the town had ever seen.
Ferguson mayor James Knowles criticised what he said was a delay in deploying the National Guard, complaining that it did not come soon enough "to save all of our businesses".
"Lives and property must be protected. This community deserves to have peace," Governor Nixon said on Tuesday, explaining his decision to bring in reinforcements.
Michael Brown family lawyer Benjamin Crump earlier described the grand jury process as "broken", but also said they condemned the violence that followed the decision.
Civil rights leader Al Sharpton said the prosecutor's decision
to announce the verdict late at night on Monday was "irresponsible".
Many in Ferguson's predominantly African-American community had called for the officer to be charged with murder, but a Missouri grand jury - of nine white and three black members - made no recommendation of charges.
by Alyssa Mann and Biodun Iginla, BBC News Website
Protesters set a police car alight in Ferguson
Crowds
have gathered across the US to protest against Monday's decision not to
charge a police officer over the killing of black teen Michael Brown.
Demonstrations from New York to Seattle were mostly peaceful, with protesters chanting and waving placards. In and around the St Louis suburb of Ferguson, scene of major riots on Monday, 2,200 National Guard troops were deployed to stop further unrest.
Meanwhile, the officer who shot Mr Brown said he had a "clean conscience".
Darren Wilson shot Mr Brown, 18, on 9 August in Ferguson, Missouri, sparking weeks of unrest.
Officer Darren Wilson, who shot and killed Michael Brown: "I know I did my job right"
Lawyers for Mr Brown's family have denounced the grand jury's decision as "unfair".
'Black lives matter'
With the number of troops more than trebled, the situation in Ferguson was calm for most of Tuesday, though demonstrators briefly closed a major road in central St Louis and rallies were staged outside the federal court house.
Late in the evening, however, tension began to rise in Ferguson. Protesters set a police vehicle alight after failing to overturn it, and police began to clear streets.
Elsewhere in the US:
- Protesters in New York briefly shut down the Brooklyn Bridge and disrupted traffic on other roads
- Demonstrations were also under way in Atlanta, Boston, Los Angeles and many other cities
- Hundreds blocked traffic in Cleveland, Ohio, in a separate demonstration over the fatal shooting of a 12-year-old boy by a police officer
- A car ploughed into protesters blocking a road at a rally in Minneapolis, injuring one person
Protesters in New York briefly shut down the Brooklyn Bridge
In Washington, DC, protesters gathered on the steps of the National Portrait Gallery
Inmates in Boston taped Mr Brown's name on their window
In Ferguson, itself the number of National Guardsmen was more than tripled
The frustration seen by the grand jury's decision, he said, had "deep roots in many communities of colour who have a sense that our laws are not being enforced uniformly or fairly".
He said he had ordered Attorney General Eric Holder to look at what steps could be taken to build trust in communities and make sure that "law enforcement is fair".
Much of the debate since August has centred on whether Michael Brown was attempting to surrender to Darren Wilson when he was shot.
US President Barack Obama: "The problem is not just a Ferguson problem, it's an American problem"
"The reason I have a clean conscience is because I know I did my job right," he said.
He described Mr Brown as a "powerful man," saying he felt "like a five-year-old holding on to Hulk Hogan".
The policeman, who has been on administrative leave since the incident, denied witness statements that Mr Brown put his hands up.
He insisted that race played no part in the confrontation and that he would have acted in exactly the same way if the suspect had been white.
Process under scrutiny More than 80 people were arrested amid riots across several areas of St Louis on Monday night. Sixty-one of those arrests were in Ferguson, with charges including burglary and trespassing.
Cars were torched during protests in Dellwood, close to Ferguson, on Monday night
Many residents and business owners took to the streets early on Tuesday to begin the clean-up
Ferguson mayor James Knowles criticised what he said was a delay in deploying the National Guard, complaining that it did not come soon enough "to save all of our businesses".
"Lives and property must be protected. This community deserves to have peace," Governor Nixon said on Tuesday, explaining his decision to bring in reinforcements.
Michael Brown family lawyer Benjamin Crump earlier described the grand jury process as "broken", but also said they condemned the violence that followed the decision.
Al Sharpton said the Brown family and rights campaigners would continue their "fight for accountability"
Many in Ferguson's predominantly African-American community had called for the officer to be charged with murder, but a Missouri grand jury - of nine white and three black members - made no recommendation of charges.
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