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Marchers shouted slogans such as 'Hands up, don't shoot' and 'We do this for who? We do this for Mike Brown.'

Hundreds march in Ferguson to mark anniversary

Several hundred people have marched through Ferguson, Missouri to commemorate the police shooting of unarmed black teen Michael Brown marched on the eve of the first anniversary of his death, which shined a spotlight on race relations in America.

News • 08 Aug 15

Protestors demonstrate at Union Square in New York against the grand jury decision

NY prosecutor seeks power to probe police killings

New York state's top prosecutor is seeking the power to investigate all police killings of unarmed civilians in his state to address a "crisis of confidence" in the US criminal justice system.

News • 09 Dec 14

Calls for police to wear micro-cameras fitted to uniforms have mounted since Michael Brown's death

Move to equip more US police with body cameras

US President Barack Obama will seek to release funds aimed at equipping more US police officers with body cameras following the racially charged fatal shooting of a black teenager in Ferguson.

News • 01 Dec 14

Jury heard new details on Ferguson shooting

Black teenager Michael Brown was fatally shot by policeman Darren Wilson in Ferguson, Missouri, after an altercation at the side of the officer's car, a prosecutor said last night.

News • 25 Nov 14

Ferguson Police Chief Thomas Jackson, seen here in August, made his apology today in an online video

Ferguson police chief apologises for ‘mistakes’

The police chief of a US town in which an unarmed black teen was shot and killed by a white police officer last month has apologised for mistakes his force made following the fatal shooting.

World • 25 Sep 14

Protesters stepped up their demands that the local criminal inquiry be turned over to a special prosecutor

US attorney general visits Ferguson

US Attorney General Eric Holder has met with community members in Ferguson, Missouri, and vowed a thorough civil rights inquiry into the fatal police shooting of an unarmed black teenager that has set off 12 nights of racially charged protests.

News • 21 Aug 14

There have been street protests in Ferguson every night since Michael Brown was shot dead

47 arrests in latest Ferguson protest

Police have said they arrested 47 people during a night of protests in Ferguson, the Missouri town rocked by violence over the police shooting of an unarmed black teenager.

News • 20 Aug 14

Local have held vigils for the teenager, who was unarmed at the time of the shooting

Missouri police name officer who shot teenager

Police in Missouri have named Darren Wilson as the officer who shot dead unarmed black teenager Michael Brown in Ferguson last weekend.

News • 15 Aug 14

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