Ferguson braces for grand jury report
Snow falls on a memorial November 16, 2014 on the 100th day since the shooting death of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri. Brown was shot and killed by Darren Wilson, a Ferguson, Missouri police officer Aug. 9, 2014. His death sparked weeks of protests. Police are taking measures to avoid a repeat of violence in Ferguson that followed Brown's death with the grand jury’s decision whether to indict Wilson is expected sometime in November.
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Missouri Governor Jay Nixon speaks alongside representatives from the St. Louis, St. Louis County, and Missouri state police departments during a press conference Nov.11, 2014 in Weldon Springs, Missouri called to discuss security concerns when the grand jury's decision in the Michael Brown case is announced. Brown was shot and killed by Darren Wilson, a Ferguson, Missouri police officer Aug. 9, 2014.
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Plywood covers the glass front of a strip mall along West Florissant Street Nov.14, 2014 in Ferguson, Missouri. Many businesses along West Florissant have been boarded-up as residents prepare for the grand jury decision in the shooting death of Michael Brown. Many of the stores along the street were looted and vandalized during rioting which broke out after Brown was killed by Darren Wilson, a Ferguson police officer. The city is hoping to avoid a repeat of those riots if the grand jury investigating the shooting does not find justification to prosecute Wilson.
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Michael Brown’s family attorney Benjamin Crump (L) speaks to reporters outside the Buzz Westfall Justice Center, where the grand jury is hearing testimony about Brown's shooting death, Nov. 13, 2014 in Clayton, Missouri. Crump called for peaceful demonstrations from protesters when the grand jury’s decision is announced.
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A demonstrator shouts at a protest over the shooting death of Michael Brown in front of the Ferguson Police Department in Ferguson, Missouri Nov. 17, 2014. Missouri Governor Jay Nixon declared a state of emergency and authorized the state's national guard to support police in case of violence after a grand jury decides whether to indict Darren Wilson, a white police officer who fatally shot Brown, an unarmed black teenager.
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Pattie Canter (R), a supporter of police officer Darren Wilson, faces supporters of Michael Brown during a demonstration in Clayton, Missouri Nov. 17, 2014. Several dozen demonstrators took to the streets in Clayton, Missouri, where a grand jury is determining whether to file criminal charges against the white police officer who shot and killed an unarmed Brown in August. Protesters expressed anger that, 101 days after Brown was killed it was still unclear what will happen to Wilson.
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A demonstrator blocks an intersection during a protest Nov. 17, 2014 over the shooting death of Michael Brown in Clayton, Missouri. Several dozen demonstrators took to the streets in Clayton, where a grand jury is determining whether to file criminal charges against white police officer, Darren Wilson, who shot and killed the unarmed black teen, Brown, in August.
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People prepare to protest by receiving "direct action" training at Greater St. Mark's Church in St. Louis, Missouri Nov. 11, 2014 in anticipation of the grand jury decision regarding the death of Michael Brown. The training teaches demonstrators various techniques for peaceful civil disobedience.
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Clayton police officers keep a watchful eye during a peaceful protest Nov. 17, 2014 in Clayton, Missouri. Many fear an outbreak of violence if the St. Louis County grand jury fails to indict Ferguson city police officer Darren Wilson in the Aug. 9 death of 18-year-old Brown.
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A demonstrator expresses her opinion regarding the fate of Ferguson, Missouri police officer, Darren Wilson, over the shooting death of Michael Brown in front of the police station in Ferguson, Missouri, Nov.17, 2014.
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Jorge Wallace (L) and Krystal OFodile visit a roadside memorial Nov. 15, 2014 near the location where 18-year-old Michael Brown was shot and killed Aug 9th in Ferguson, Missouri. Residents in the area are on edge as they wait to hear if the grand jury will vote to indict Wilson for the shooting.
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Paul Morris leaves the "I Love Ferguson" store after boarding it up in preparation for the grand jury verdict in the shooting death of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, Nov. 18, 2014. The grand jury is expected to reach a decision this month on whether to indict Darren Wilson, the white police officer who shot and killed the 18-year-old Brown, who was black, Aug. 9th in the St. Louis suburb of Ferguson.
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Members of the Ferguson Commission, including 20-year-old youth activist and community organizer Rasheen Lamont Aldridge, Jr. (L), raise their hands as they're sworn in by Missouri Governor Jay Nixon (unseen) in St. Louis, Missouri Nov. 18, 2014. The Ferguson Commission is charged with reviewing the social and economic conditions that contributed to the unrest that followed the Aug. 9th fatal shooting of 18-year-old Michael Brown and coming up with solutions.
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Residents listen to speakers during a city council meeting Nov. 10, 2014 in Ferguson, Missouri. The St. Louis suburb is hoping to avoid a repeat of violence which broke out after teenager Michael Brown was killed by Darren Wilson, a Ferguson police officer, when the grand jury decision is announced.
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A demonstrator marches Nov. 16, 2014 through the streets in St. Louis, Missouri marking the 100th day since the shooting death of Michael Brown. A crowd of a couple hundred demonstrators, angry about the fatal August 9th shooting briefly blocked a major intersection in protest. Dozens of people lay down in the street outside of a downtown theater hosting a film festival, pretending to have been shot by other protesters playing the role of police officers.The action intended to evoke the memory of 18-year-old Brown.
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Demonstrators lay on the ground with chalk outlines to represent a mock crime scene during a protest Nov. 16, 2014 in St. Louis, Missouri marking the 100th day since the shooting death of Michael Brown Aug. 9, 2014. A crowd of a couple hundred demonstrators briefly blocked a major intersection.
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Demonstrators lay on the ground Nov. 16, 2014 in St. Louis, Missouri in a mock death protest of the shooting death of Michael Brown by Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson.
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John Stephenson (L) helps a customer shop for a handgun at Metro Shooting Supplies Nov. 12, 2014 in Bridgeton, Missouri. The suburban St. Louis store is located near Ferguson, Missouri where several weeks of sometimes violent protests erupted following the shooting death of Michael Brown by Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson Aug. 9th. Last week, the gun shop experienced a 300 percent increase in sales over the same period last year. About 60 percent of those sales were from first-time gun owners. The increase is attributed in part to concern from residents of additional outbreaks of violence if the grand jury investigating Brown's death does not find justification to prosecute Wilson for the shooting.