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   What began as a peaceful protest of the shooting of an 18-year-   
   old unarmed black man by a police officer in a St. Louis suburb   
   turned into what the town's mayor called a "huge mess" as   
   several businesses were looted and cars were vandalized.   
      
   A candlelight vigil was held Sunday evening in Ferguson, Mo. for   
   Michael Brown, whom witnesses and authorities said was shot   
   several times by an officer who had scuffled with the teen and   
   another person.   
      
   Ferguson Police Chief Tom Jackson told The Associated Press that   
   he was informed Monday that the FBI was going to take over the   
   investigation into the death. Jackson said he welcomes the move.   
      
   After the vigil Sunday, some people looted a convenience store.   
   Several other stores along a main road near the shooting scene   
   were broken into and looted, including a check-cashing store, a   
   boutique and a small grocery store.   
      
   People were seen carrying bags of food and toilet paper. TV   
   footage showed streams of people walking out of a liquor store   
   carrying bottles of alcohol, and in some cases protesters were   
   standing atop police cars or taunting officers who stood stoic,   
   often in riot gear.   
      
   Other witnesses reported seeing people vandalize police cars and   
   kick in windows. Television footage showed windows busted out of   
   a TV station van.   
      
   More than 30 people were arrested on charges including assault,   
   burglary and theft. Police say two officers suffered minor   
   injuries.   
      
   "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,” Ferguson's mayor, James   
   Knowles, told KTVI-TV.  “There's nothing productive from this."   
      
   As the investigation of Brown's death progresses, "we understand   
   people want to vent their frustrations. We understand they want   
   to speak out," Knowles added. "We're going to obviously try to   
   urge calm."   
      
   Knowles said police struggled to catch any looters because the   
   crimes were so widespread.   
      
   Deanel Trout, a 14-year resident of Ferguson, said he was   
   convinced that 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 but confirmed widespread property damage.   
   "Right now I'm just worried about people, not property," he said.   
      
   Pat Washington, a spokeswoman for Dooley, said later that there   
   was one instance she knew of in which tear gas was used.   
      
   Earlier in the day, a few hundred protesters had gathered   
   outside Ferguson Police headquarters. At one point, many of them   
   marched into an adjacent police building, some 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.   
      
   County Police Chief Jon Belmar said the shooting occurred after   
   an officer encountered two people -- one of whom was Brown -- on   
   the street near an apartment complex in Ferguson.   
      
   Belmar said one of the men pushed the officer back into his   
   squad car and a struggle began. 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 struggled 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, but "it was more than just a couple." He also said all   
   shell casings found at the scene matched the officer's gun.   
   Police are still investigating why the officer shot Brown, who   
   police have confirmed was unarmed.   
      
   Jackson said the second person has not been arrested or charged.   
   Authorities aren't sure if that person was unarmed, Jackson said.   
      
   Ferguson Police Chief Tom Jackson told KSDK-TV there's no   
   apparent video footage of the shooting from a nearby apartment   
   complex, or from any police cruiser dashboard cameras or body-   
   worn cameras that the department recently bought but hasn't yet   
   put in use.   
      
   Jackson said blood samples have been taken from Brown and the   
   officer who shot him, with those toxicology tests generally   
   expected to take weeks to complete.   
      
   Brown's mother, Lesley McSpadden, said he had graduated from   
   high school and was about to enter a local college. She said she   
   doesn't understand why police didn't subdue her son with a club   
   or Taser, and she said 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.   
      
   The Rev. Al Sharpton called the shooting "very disturbing" and   
   said he planned to go to Ferguson to meet with the family.   
      
   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 had instructed staff to monitor developments.   
      
   The race of the officer involved in the shooting has not been   
   disclosed. He has been with the Ferguson Police Department for   
   six years, Belmar said, and has been placed on paid   
   administrative leave.   
      
   http://www.foxnews.com/us/2014/08/11/protest-over-missouri-   
   teenager-shooting-by-police-turns-to-looting-vandalism/   
      
        
      
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