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JSU students protest Ferguson grand jury inaction

The Mississippi Link Newswire Jackson State University students participated in the nationwide “Hands Up Walkout” protest on the main campus in Jackson on Monday. Gathering at 12:01 p.m. on Gibbs-Green Pedestrian Plaza, about 100 students peacefully marched abut […]

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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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Prosecutor faces new criticism over Ferguson case

FERGUSON, Mo. (AP) — He criticized the media. He talked about witness testimony that didn’t match physical evidence. And he did it at night, as a city already on edge waited to learn if a […]

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Protests against Ferguson decision grow across US

By SADIE GURMAN The Associated Press  People protesting the Ferguson, Missouri, grand jury decision took to the streets in cities across the U.S. for a second day Tuesday, showing that the racially charged case has inflamed […]

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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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Thousands rally across US after Ferguson decision

By SADIE GURMAN The Associated Press Thousands of people rallied late Monday in U.S. cities including Los Angeles and New York to passionately but peacefully protest a grand jury’s decision not to indict a white police […]

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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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National Guard to withdraw from a quieter Ferguson

By ALAN SCHER ZAGIER and JIM SALTER FERGUSON, Mo. (AP) — The streets of Ferguson were peaceful for another night, as protests and tensions were subsiding in the St. Louis suburb where unrest had erupted after a white […]

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Holder offers reassurance to people of Ferguson

By ALAN SCHER ZAGIER ST. LOUIS (AP) — To reassure the people of Ferguson, Attorney General Eric Holder reached into his own past, recalling the times he had been stopped by police officers who seemed to […]