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   FERGUSON, Mo. (AP) — A candlelight vigil for a young unarmed   
   black man who was fatally shot by a suburban St. Louis police   
   officer was followed by unrest as crowds looted and burned   
   stores, vandalized vehicles and taunted officers who tried to   
   block access to parts of the city.   
      
   Nearly three dozen people were arrested after tensions erupted   
   following a candlelight vigil Sunday night for 18-year-old   
   Michael Brown, who police said was unarmed when he was shot   
   multiple times Saturday in a scuffle with an officer in Ferguson.   
      
   The investigation into what led to the shooting was ongoing, but   
   Ferguson Police Chief Tom Jackson told The Associated Press on   
   Monday that the FBI was taking over the case and that he   
   welcomed the move.   
      
   Streets upended on Sunday night were relatively quiet early   
   Monday, with some debris littering the area but crowds largely   
   dispersed.   
      
   St. Louis County police spokesman Brian Schellman said 32 people   
   were arrested for various infractions including assault,   
   burglary and theft. Schellman said two officers suffered minor   
   injuries and that there were no reports of civilians hurt.   
      
   Several businesses were looted, including a check-cashing store,   
   a boutique and a small grocery store. People took items from a   
   sporting goods store and a cellphone retailer, and carted rims   
   away from a tire store. Some climbed atop police cars as the   
   officers with riot shields and batons stood stoic nearby, trying   
   to restrict access to the most seriously affected areas.   
      
   Deanel Trout, a 14-year resident of Ferguson, said he was   
   convinced the troublemakers were largely from outside Ferguson   
   and that they had used Brown's death and the vigil as an   
   opportunity to steal.   
      
   "Most came here for a peaceful protest but it takes one bad   
   apple to spoil the bunch. ... I can understand the anger and   
   unrest but I can't understand the violence and looting," Trout,   
   53, said.   
      
   St. Louis County Executive Charlie Dooley said there were no   
   reports of injuries as of about 11 p.m. But there were scattered   
   reports of assaults into the very early morning. Pat Washington,   
   a spokeswoman for Dooley, said tear gas had been used.   
   Authorities would not immediately confirm media reports of   
   gunfire.   
      
   "The small group of people are creating a huge mess," Mayor   
   James Knowles said. "Contributing to the unrest that is going on   
   is not going to help. ... We're only hurting ourselves, only   
   hurting our community, hurting our neighbors."   
      
   County Police Chief Jon Belmar said that on Saturday, an officer   
   encountered Brown and another man outside an apartment complex   
   in Ferguson. One of the men pushed the officer into his squad   
   car and they struggled. Belmar said at least one shot was fired   
   from the officer's gun inside the police car. Ferguson Police   
   Chief Tom Jackson said authorities were still sorting out what   
   happened inside the police car. It was not clear if Brown was   
   the man who fought with the officer.   
      
   The struggle spilled out into the street, where Brown was shot   
   multiple times. Belmar said the exact number of shots wasn't   
   known and that all shell casings at the scene matched the   
   officer's gun. Police were investigating why the officer shot   
   Brown, who police have confirmed was unarmed.   
      
   Jackson said the second person has not been arrested or charged   
   and it wasn't clear if he was armed.   
      
   Ferguson Police Chief Tom Jackson told KSDK-TV there's no video   
   footage of the shooting from the apartment complex, or from any   
   police cruiser dashboard cameras or body-worn cameras that the   
   department recently bought but hasn't yet put to use.   
      
   Jackson said blood samples were taken from Brown and the officer   
   who shot him. Toxicology tests can take weeks to complete.   
      
   Earlier Sunday, a few hundred protesters gathered outside   
   Ferguson Police headquarters. Some marched into an adjacent   
   police building chanting "Don't shoot me" while holding their   
   hands in the air. Officers stood at the top of a staircase, but   
   didn't use force; the crowd eventually left.   
      
   Brown's mother, Lesley McSpadden, said she didn't understand why   
   police didn't subdue her high school graduate son with a club or   
   stun gun, and that the officer involved should be fired and   
   prosecuted.   
      
   "I would like to see him go to jail with the death penalty," she   
   said, fighting back tears.   
      
   The killing drew criticism from some civil rights leaders, who   
   referred to the 2012 racially charged shooting of 17-year-old   
   Trayvon Martin by a Florida neighborhood watch organizer who was   
   acquitted of murder charges.   
      
   "We're outraged because yet again a young African-American man   
   has been killed by law enforcement," said John Gaskin, who   
   serves on both the St. Louis County and national boards of   
   directors for the NAACP.   
      
   Ferguson's population of about 21,000 people is almost 70   
   percent black. The race of the officer has not been disclosed.   
   He has been placed on paid administrative leave.   
      
   St. Louis County Police Department is in charge of the   
   investigation, and Dooley said he will request an FBI   
   investigation. The U.S. Justice Department said Attorney General   
   Eric Holder instructed staff to monitor developments.   
      
   http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/08/11/micheal-   
   brown_n_5667711.html   
      
        
      
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