{"id":142037,"date":"2015-08-10T05:35:53","date_gmt":"2015-08-10T05:35:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=142037"},"modified":"2015-08-10T05:35:53","modified_gmt":"2015-08-10T05:35:53","slug":"gunfire-erupts-at-ferguson-protest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2015\/08\/gunfire-erupts-at-ferguson-protest\/","title":{"rendered":"Gunfire erupts at Ferguson protest"},"content":{"rendered":"
Police in Ferguson, Missouri, have reported heavy gunfire at a protest on the first anniversary of the killing of unarmed black teenager Michael Brown.<\/p>\n
St Louis County police said an officer was “involved in a shooting after coming under heavy gunfire” and that “two unmarked cars took shots”.<\/p>\n
The violence came at the end of a sombre, peaceful day of commemorations.<\/p>\n
The shooting of the 18 year old by white police officer Darren Wilson sparked demonstrations across America.<\/p>\n
It fuelled a national protest movement against racial bias by the police.<\/p>\n
Earlier on Sunday, hundreds of people stood silent for four and a half minutes at the spot where Michael Brown was killed, representing the number of hours that his body lay in the street, unattended.<\/p>\n
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Source: BBC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Police in Ferguson, Missouri, have reported heavy gunfire at a protest on the first anniversary of the killing of unarmed black teenager Michael Brown. St Louis County police said an officer was “involved in a shooting after coming under heavy gunfire” and that “two unmarked cars took shots”. The violence came at the end of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":142038,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[],"tags":[14],"yoast_head":"\n