Killing of Michael Brown
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On August 9, 2014, 18-year-old Michael Brown was shot and killed by police officer Darren Wilson in Ferguson, Missouri, a suburb of St. Louis.
Brown in an undated photo
St. Louis County police protect the scene eight hours after the shooting
Bruising on Wilson's face after the shooting
Ferguson Police Chief Tom Jackson at the news conference
Ferguson, Missouri
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Ferguson is a city in St. Louis County, Missouri, United States. It is part of the Greater St. Louis metropolitan area. Per the 2020 census, the population was 18,527, and is predominantly Black.
Killing of Michael Brown
…On August 9, 2014, 18-year-old Michael Brown was shot and killed by police officer Darren Wilson in Ferguson, Missouri, a suburb of St. Louis. Brown was accompanied by his 22-year-old male friend Dorian Johnson. Wilson, a white male Ferguson police officer, said that…
A train rolls past the former Wabash station (now an ice cream parlor) in Ferguson.