FERGUSON-ANNIVERSARY/MOMENT OF SILENCE Moment of silence marks one year anniversary of Ferguson shooting

Record ID: 144582

  • Title: FERGUSON-ANNIVERSARY/MOMENT OF SILENCE Moment of silence marks one year anniversary of Ferguson shooting
  • Date: 9th August 2015
  • Summary: FERGUSON, MISSOURI, UNITED STATES (AUGUST 9, 2015) (REUTERS) AERIAL OF CROWD CROWDS STANDING NEAR MAKESHIFT MEMORIAL WITH STUFFED TOYS SHOT OF MICHAEL BROWN'S FATHER, MICHAEL BROWN SR., OBSERVING MOMENT OF SILENCE VARIOUS OF CROWD OBSERVING MOMENT OF SILENCE
  • Embargoed: 24th August 2015 13:00
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  • Story Text: Hundreds of people joined in a moment of silence in Ferguson, Missouri on Sunday (August 9) to mark the anniversary of the shooting death of an unarmed black teenager by a white police officer a year ago.
    After 4-1/2 minutes of silence to represent the roughly 4-1/2 hours that Brown's body lay in the middle of the street after he was shot, two white doves were released.
    The crowd then started a silent march to honor Brown and others who have died at the hands of police.
    Brown's shooting sparked months of protests, including incidents of rioting and arson. But it also gave life to a new movement under the "Black Lives Matter" banner that has pushed for better treatment of minorities by police.
    Organizers of Sunday's events say their aim is to keep alive a national movement fueled by the police killing of Brown and other unarmed black men in U.S. cities including New York, Cincinnati, Baltimore and North Charleston, South Carolina.
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