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 a photo posted to Facebook in May 2013
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 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 predominantly black.
A train rolls past the former Wabash station (now an ice cream parlor) in Ferguson.