Editing Ferguson, Missouri (section)

==Michael Brown shooting==
{{Further|Shooting of Michael Brown}}
[[File:Ferguson Day 6, Picture 45.png|thumb|Police officers using [[tear gas]] on rioters during the [[Ferguson unrest]]]]
On August 9, 2014, an 18-year-old, [[Shooting of Michael Brown|Michael Brown]], was fatally shot by Darren Wilson with the [[Ferguson Police Department (Missouri)|Ferguson Police Department]] after an encounter with the officer that led to an altercation and subsequent pursuit.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/michael-brown-shooting/ferguson-chief-names-darren-wilson-cop-who-shot-michael-brown-n181326 |title=Ferguson Chief Names Darren Wilson as Cop Who Shot Michael Brown |publisher=NBCNews.com |date=August 15, 2014 |access-date=August 15, 2014 |archive-date=August 15, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140815143649/http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/michael-brown-shooting/ferguson-chief-names-darren-wilson-cop-who-shot-michael-brown-n181326 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2014/08/15/ferguson-police-releasing-name-of-officer-who-shot-michael-brown/ |title=Ferguson police call Michael Brown a robbery suspect, identify Darren Wilson as officer who shot him |date=August 15, 2014 |access-date=August 15, 2014 |author1=Berman, Mark |author2=Lowery, Wesley |archive-date=August 25, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140825143006/http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2014/08/15/ferguson-police-releasing-name-of-officer-who-shot-michael-brown/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The incident sparked [[Ferguson unrest|riots and acts of vandalism]] in Ferguson as well as widespread calls for an investigation into the incident.<ref name="LindVox">{{cite web |url=https://www.vox.com/2014/8/11/5988925/mike-brown-killing-shooting-case-ferguson-police-riots-st-louis |title=Outrage in Ferguson after police shooting of unarmed man Michael Brown |last=Lind |first=Dara |date=August 12, 2014 |publisher=[[Vox Media]] |access-date=August 12, 2014 |archive-date=August 12, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140812210251/http://www.vox.com/2014/8/11/5988925/mike-brown-killing-shooting-case-ferguson-police-riots-st-louis |url-status=live }}</ref> On August 10, after a day of vigils, there were looting of businesses, arson, vandalism of vehicles, shots fired at firemen and violent clashes between rioters and police.<ref>{{cite news |first=John |last=Yang |work=[[NBC News]] |title=Looting Erupts After Vigil for Slain Missouri Teen Michael Brown |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/looting-erupts-after-vigil-slain-missouri-teen-michael-brown-n177426 |date=August 10, 2014 |access-date=August 11, 2014 |archive-date=May 14, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190514134306/https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/looting-erupts-after-vigil-slain-missouri-teen-michael-brown-n177426 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="FantzCNN">{{cite news |url=http://www.cnn.com/2014/08/11/us/missouri-teen-shooting/ |title=Rioters fill streets after Michael Brown shooting |last1=Fantz |first1=Ashley |first2=George |last2=Howell |date=August 11, 2014 |publisher=CNN |access-date=August 11, 2014 |archive-date=August 17, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140817214122/http://www.cnn.com/2014/08/11/us/missouri-teen-shooting/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Police, protesters">{{cite web |agency=[[Associated Press]] |last=Scher Zagier |first=Alan |url=http://www.star-telegram.com/2014/08/11/6033344/vandalism-looting-after-vigil.html |title=Police, rioters again clash outside St. Louis |publisher=Star-telegram.com (Ft. Worth) |access-date=August 12, 2014 |archive-date=August 12, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140812205022/http://www.star-telegram.com/2014/08/11/6033344/vandalism-looting-after-vigil.html |url-status=live }}</ref> On August 18, reservists from the [[Missouri National Guard]] arrived in Ferguson at the request of the [[List of Governors of Missouri|Governor of Missouri]] [[Jay Nixon]], who also ended midnight to 5:00&nbsp;a.m. curfews that had been imposed.<ref name=NYTaug19>{{Cite news |last1=Davey |first1=Monica |last2=Eligon |first2=John |last3=Blinder |first3=Alan |title=National Guard Troops Fail to Quell Unrest in Ferguson |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/20/us/ferguson-missouri-protests.html?_r=0 |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=August 19, 2014 |access-date=August 19, 2014 |quote=In a news conference on Monday, family members and Dr. Baden said that the autopsy he had performed confirmed witness accounts that Mr. Brown was trying to surrender (later debunked) when he was killed. |archive-date=August 19, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140819234813/http://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/20/us/ferguson-missouri-protests.html?_r=0 |url-status=live }}</ref> On November 24, a grand jury decided that it would not indict Wilson in the shooting death of Brown.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Alcindor |first1=Yamiche |last2=Welch |first2=William M. |title=No indictment in Ferguson case |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/11/24/ferguson-grand-jury-deliberations/19474907/ |website=USA Today |access-date=November 24, 2014 |date=November 24, 2014 }}</ref> Following the announcement of the grand jury's decision, there was more rioting.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cnn.com/2014/11/24/justice/ferguson-grand-jury/index.html?hpt=hp_t1 |title=Ferguson: Fires and chaos erupts after no indictment - CNN.com |author=Moni Basu, Holly Yan and Dana Ford, CNN |date=November 24, 2014 |work=CNN |access-date=November 25, 2014 }}</ref>