audio, stills, text and or video: Go to zReportage.com to see more - Looting, protests, tear gas, rubber bullets - these are the images from Ferguson, a St. Louis suburb, now in a state of emergency after more than a week of unrest following the fatal shooting of unarmed black teenager. Michael Brown, 18, was killed by a police officer on 9 August 2014, sparking clashes between police and protesters. Thousands of demonstrators took to the streets of Ferguson in rallies that ranged from peaceful to violent, demanding information and justice for what was widely viewed as a reckless shooting. The Ferguson police department has come under harsh criticism for refusing to clarify the circumstances of the shooting and for responding to protests with military-style operational gear. The shooting is under investigation by St. Louis County and by the F.B.I., working with the Justice Department's civil rights division and the office of Attorney General Holder. According to the US Census Bureau : 21,205 Population Ferguson Missouri, 65% African American, 6% Police Officers are black, 9% Unemployment, 21% Families living below the poverty line.
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Aug. 9, 2014 - Ferguson, Missouri, U.S. - Police officers speak to a man as they try to break up a crowd. Earlier in the day police had shot and killed an 18-year-old man.
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Aug. 10, 2014 - Ferguson, Missouri, U.S. - A looter takes items from inside the QuikTrip in 9400 block of W. Florissant Avenue. The looters later burned the store.
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Aug. 11, 2014 - Ferguson, Missouri, U.S.- FIONA WILSON, left, squares off with police in front of the Ferguson police station. ''This is a shooting of an 18-year boy who was supposed to start school today,'' she said at the barricade of Missouri State Highway Patrol troopers. Protests erupted after an unarmed black teenager Michael Brown was fatally shot by police in the St. Louis suburb.
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August 11, 2014 - Ferguson, Missouri, U.S. - MICHAEL BROWN Sr., left, and LESLEY MCSPADDEN, parents of Michael Brown, said that they want justice on Monday afternoon at a press conference at the Jennings Mason Temple Church of God in Christ. With them is their lawyer, BENJAMIN CRUMP.
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Aug. 11, 2014 - Ferguson, Missouri, U.S. - A man looks back at the police as a tear gas canistaer is dispersed at the intersection of Lang Drive and W. Florissant Avenue.
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Aug. 12, 2014 - Ferguson, Missouri, U.S. - LOUIS HEAD, stepfather of Michael Brown and LESLEY MCSPADDEN, Michael Brown's mother, during a gathering featuring Rev. Al Sharpton at the Greater St. Mark Missionary Baptist Church. The gathering at the church was in response to the police shooting of 18-year-old Michael Brown on Saturday.
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Aug. 12, 2014 - Ferguson, Missouri ,U.S. - Buttons that state ''Justice for Michael Brown'' are piled together in a box near the QuickTrip.
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Aug. 12, 2014 - Ferguson, Missouri, U.S.- TERRELL WILLIAMS EL, hugs his daughter SHARELL, 9, while standing with his wife, SHAMIKA WILLIAMS, and daughters TAMIKA, 6, and SHARELL, 2, during protests near the QuickTrip. 'I'm out here to stand for my children and their future,'' Williams said.
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Aug. 12, 2014 - Ferguson,Missouri, U.S. - Tactical officers work their way north on West Florissant Avenue clearing the road of residents, on Wednesday.
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August 13, 2014 - Ferguson, Missouri, U.S. - A demonstrator, EDWARD CRAWFORD, returns a tear gas container shot by tactical police officers after they worked to break up a group of bystanders on Chambers Road near West Florissant. On this night protesters attempted to throw Molotov cocktails, rocks and bottles at police. This was the fourth straight night police used tear gas to disperse crowds protesting the fatal police shooting of unarmed teenager Michael Brown on previous Saturday.
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August 13, 2014 - Ferguson, Missouri, U.S. - A protester takes shelter from the tear gas exploding around him on West Florissant Avenue in Ferguson. On this night protesters attempted to throw Molotov cocktails, rocks and bottles at police. This was the fourth straight night police used tear gas to disperse crowds protesting the fatal police shooting of unarmed teenager Michael Brown on previous Saturday.
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Aug. 12, 2014 - Ferguson, Missouri, U.S. - Wearing camouflage and sitting on top of an armored tactical vehicle, a police sharpshooter points his weapon in the direction of a group of protesters Tuesday.
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Aug. 15, 2014 - Ferguson, Missouri, U.S. - Protestors stand in the middle of West Florissant Avenue, refusing to leave despite police orders early Saturday.
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Aug. 15, 2014 - Ferguson, Missouri, U.S. - A looter escapes with items from Feel Beauty Supply on West Florissant Avenue, after protestors clashed with police.
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Aug. 15, 2014 - Ferguson, Missouri, U.S. - ANTHONY GREEN, 20, said that when the shooting starts, he goes into his Northwinds apartment near W. Florissant. The Canfield Green apartment complex where Michael Brown was killed is just around the corner. ''This is just unreal,'' Green said. Green lives with his mother.
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August 15, 2014 - Ferguson, Missouri, U.S. - DEIDRE SPOTTSVILLE, 37, said she moves her bed closer to the window at night in her Northwinds apartment near W. Florissant. She said when the shooting starts at night, she wants to be able to get the mattress against the window quickly. The Canfield Green apartment complex where Michael Brown was killed is just around the corner. With Spottsville is her daughter, MACKENZIE, 2. ''It's scary,'' she said. ''You never know.''
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Aug. 16, 2014 - Ferguson, Missouri, U.S. - Police officers man their positions in front of Ferguson businesses on West Florissant Avenue just after 10 p.m. on Saturday. A curfew went into effect at midnight.
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Aug. 17, 2014 - Ferguson, Missouri, U.S. - Rev. AL SHARPTON speaks at Greater Grace Church during a service for the Michael Brown family. The church was filled to capacity, with hundreds more people spilling into the parking lot, unable to get into the building.
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Aug. 17, 2014 - Ferguson, Missouri, U.S. - A sea of protestors occupy West Florissant Avenue at Canfield. Shortly after this picture was taken, shots rang out on Canfield, hitting one person.
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Aug. 17, 2014 - Ferguson, Missouri, U.S. - Protesters run when the police shoot tear gas on W. Florissant, after they throw rocks and bottles towards the police.
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Aug. 17, 2014 - Ferguson, Missouri, U.S. - Protesters help CASSANDRA ROBERTS, who was hit by tear gas. They had broken into the McDonald's to get milk to wash the gas out of her eyes. ''We thought it could be a peaceful night,'' said Roberts, who was marching in Ferguson for the first time. ''What the hell is going on in this world?''
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