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In Ferguson, scathing US report brings pressure for change

By ERIC TUCKER WASHINGTON (AP) — A Justice Department report says blacks in Ferguson, Missouri, are disproportionately subject to excessive police force, baseless traffic stops and citations for infractions as petty as walking down the middle […]

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A glance at Ferguson: Then, now and the future

ST. LOUIS (AP) — The police officer who fatally shot 18-year-old Michael Brown spoke publicly for the first time about the confrontation, and for the second straight night crowds poured into the streets of Ferguson […]

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With no indictment, chaos fills Ferguson streets

By JIM SALTER and DAVID A. LIEB FERGUSON, Mo. (AP) — Chaos returned to the streets of Ferguson after a grand jury declined to indict a white police officer in the death of Michael Brown — a decision […]

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Missouri police preparing for grand jury decision

By DAVID A. LIEB and JIM SALTER FERGUSON, Mo. (AP) — Missouri police have been brushing up on constitutional rights and stocking up on riot gear to prepare for a grand jury’s decision about whether to charge a […]

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Latest Ferguson protests are smaller, more subdued

By NIGEL DUARA FERGUSON, Mo. (AP) — Police and protesters in Ferguson were finally able to share the streets again at night, putting aside for at least a few hours some of the hostility that had […]

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Missouri governor sends National Guard to Ferguson

By NIGEL DUARA and JIM SUHR FERGUSON, Mo. (AP) — Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon ordered the National Guard to Ferguson early Monday, hours after police used tear gas to clear protesters off the streets following a week of […]

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Turmoil, tear gas give way to hope in Ferguson

By ALAN SCHER ZAGIER FERGUSON, Mo. (AP) — County police in riot gear and armored tanks gave way to state troopers walking side-by-side with thousands of peaceful protesters after nearly a week of unrest and mounting […]