Photos: Protests around the nation in solidarity with Michael Brown demanding justice.
August 14, 2014
FERGUSON, MO: Demetrus Washington joins other demonstrators protesting the shooting death of teenager Michael Brown on August 14, 2014 in Ferguson, Missouri. Brown was shot and killed by a Ferguson police officer on August 9. Police in Ferguson have changed their procedure for dealing with the protests after being chastised for a heavy-handed approach which has resulted in four days of violence. Today three police cars and four officers on foot led the way during a protest march. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images) ( Staff )
OAKLAND, CA : Demonstrators hold their hands up during a moment of silence on August 14, 2014 in Oakland, California. Hundreds of demonstrators observed a national moment of silence in solidarity with police brutality victims including 18-year-old Michael Brown, an unarmed teen fatally shot by police in Ferguson, Missouri. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images) ( Staff )
MIAMI, FL : Protesters raise their arms and shout "hands up, dont shoot" outside the James Lawrence King Federal Justice Building where the U.S. Attorneys Office, Southern District of Florida, is located on August 14, 2014 in Miami, Florida. The protesters, which included members of the civil rights group Dream Defenders, say they want justice for Mike Brown, shot and killed by police in Ferguson, Missouri on August 9. They said they also want justice for 17-year old graffiti artist Israel Hernandez, who died from shock from a Miami Beach police officer's Taser last summer. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images) ( Staff )
OAKLAND, CA : Demonstrators hold their hands up during a moment of silence on August 14, 2014 in Oakland, California. Hundreds of demonstrators observed a national moment of silence in solidarity with police brutality victims including 18-year-old Michael Brown, an unarmed teen fatally shot by police in Ferguson, Missouri. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images) ( Staff )
OAKLAND, CA : Jeralynn Blueford the mother of Alan Blueford, who was shot a killed by an Oakland police officer speaks out following a moment of silence for Michael Brown at Frank Ogawa Plaza in Oakland, Calif., Thursday, Aug. 14, 2014. Groups across the country are marking a National Day of Silence for Michael Brown. Brown, 18, was shot and killed by a police officer, while unarmed in Ferguson, Mo. on Saturday, Aug. 9, 2014. (Anda Chu/Bay Area News Group) (Anda Chu/Bay Area News Group) ( Staff Photojournalist )
OAKLAND, CA : A demonstrator holds a sign during a moment of silence on August 14, 2014 in Oakland, California. Hundreds of demonstrators observed a national moment of silence in solidarity with police brutality victims including 18-year-old Michael Brown, an unarmed teen fatally shot by police in Ferguson, Missouri. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images) ( Staff )
FERGUSON, MO: Nineteen-year-old Emanuel Freeman looks out from a balcony in his apartment building as demonstators rally in the street where eighteen-year-old Michael Brown was killed on August 14, 2014 in Ferguson, Missouri. Brown, who was not armed, died in the street directly in front of the balcony after being shot by a Ferguson police officer on August 9. Police in Ferguson have changed their procedure for dealing with the protests after being chastised for a heavy-handed approach which has resulted in four days of violence. Today three police cars and four officers on foot led the way during a protest march. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images) ( Staff )
FERGUSON, MO : Demonstrators protest the shooting death of teenager Michael Brown on August 14, 2014 in Ferguson, Missouri. Brown was shot and killed by a Ferguson police officer on August 9. Police in Ferguson have changed their procedure for dealing with the protests after being chastised for a heavy-handed approach which has resulted in four days of violence. Today three police cars and four officers on foot led the way during a protest march. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images) ( Staff )
FERGUSON, MO : Police officers march with demonstrators protesting the shooting death of teenager Michael Brown on August 14, 2014 in Ferguson, Missouri. Brown was shot and killed by a Ferguson police officer on August 9. Police in Ferguson have changed their procedure for dealing with the protests after being chastised for a heavy-handed approach which has resulted in four days of violence. Today three police cars and four officers on foot led the way during the march. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images) ( Staff )
FERGUSON, MO : Demonstrators protest in the street where teenager Michael Brown was killed on August 14, 2014 in Ferguson, Missouri. Brown was shot and killed by a Ferguson police officer on August 9. Police in Ferguson have changed their procedure for dealing with the protests after being chastised for a heavy-handed approach which has resulted in four days of violence. Today three police cars and four officers on foot led the way during a protest march. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images) ( Staff )
SEATTLE, WA: Zenobia Taylor, 17, becomes emotional during a National Moment of Silence gathering Thursday, Aug. 14, 2014, in Seattle. People in more than 90 cities observed Thursday's National Moment of Silence. The vigils come in the wake of the shooting death of an 18-year-old man by a police officer in Ferguson, Missouri, and the death of a New York City man caused by a police officer's chokehold. (AP Photo/seattlepi.com, Joshua Trujillo) ( MBO )
SAN FRANCISCO, CA :Savannah McCoy, 17, right, holds up a sign as she and her friend Kimber Camgros, 16, listen to speakers during a vigil for Michael Brown of Ferguson, Mo., in San Francisco, Thursday, Aug. 14, 2014. Brown, an unarmed black teenager, was killed by a white police officer on Saturday, Aug. 9, 2014. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu) ( STF )
LOS ANGELES, CA : Protesters pass by a Los Angeles Police Department car as they walk up Crenshaw Blvd. to protest the shooting of an unarmed man in Ferguson, Mo., and other victims of police shootings, Thursday, Aug. 14, 2014, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill) ( STF )
LOS ANGELES, CA : Protesters march through Leimert Park to protest the shooting of an unarmed man in Ferguson, Mo., and other victims of police shootings, Thursday, Aug. 14, 2014, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill) ( STF )
SAN FRANCISCO, CA: Taylor Cumings, foreground, holds up a sign during a moment of silence at a vigil for Michael Brown of Ferguson, Mo., in San Francisco, Thursday, Aug. 14, 2014. Brown, an unarmed black teenager, was killed by a white police officer on Saturday, Aug. 9, 2014. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu) ( STF )
DETROIT, MI : A child holds a sign during a vigil at Hart Plaza in downtown Detroit on Thursday, Aug.14, 2014, for Michael Brown who was shot by a police officer in Ferguson, Mo. (AP Photo/Detroit Free Press, Ryan Garza) ( MBR )
DETROIT, MI : A large crowd listens during a vigil at Hart Plaza in downtown Detroit on Thursday Aug. 14, 2014. Vigils are being held across the country in the wake of the shooting death of Michael Brown by a police officer in Ferguson, Mo, (AP Photo/Detroit Free Press, Ryan Garza) ( MBR )
ATLANTA, GA : Jakalia Brown, of Atlanta, holds a sign during a candlelight vigil and moment of silence, in protest of the police shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Mo. Vigils were held across the country for people organizers say died at the hands of police brutality. (AP Photo/Atlanta Journal Constitution, Curtis Compton) ( MBI )
DECATUR, GA : Destiny Brown, of Ellenwood, Ga., holds a sign as people hold a candlelight vigil and moment of silence Thursday, Aug. 14, 2014, in Decatur, Ga., to protest the fatal shooting of Michael Brown by police in Ferguson, Mo. Vigils were held across the country for people organizers say died at the hands of police brutality. (AP Photo/Atlanta Journal Constitution, Curtis Compton) ( MBI )
COLORADO SPRINGS, CO : Dozens gather on the steps of City Hall in Colorado Springs, Colo. chanting "Hands Up, Don't Shoot" during a rally held to show solidarity with Ferguson, Mo. on Thursday, Aug. 14, 2014. On Saturday, Aug. 9, 2014, a white police officer fatally shot Michael Brown, an unarmed black teenager, in the St. Louis suburb. (AP Photo/The Colorado Springs Gazette, Mark Reis) ( MBI )
FERGUSON, MO : A demonstrator holds up a sign Thursday, Aug. 14, 2014, at the site where Michael Brown was shot and killed by police in Ferguson, Mo. The Missouri Highway Patrol seized control of a St. Louis suburb Thursday, stripping local police of their law-enforcement authority after four days of clashes between officers in riot gear and furious crowds protesting the death of an unarmed black teen shot by an officer. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson) ( STF )
FERGUSON, MO : Thousands of demonstrators peacefully march down a street with members of the St. Louis County Police and Missouri Highway Patrol Thursday, Aug. 14, 2014, in Ferguson, Mo. The Missouri Highway Patrol seized control of a St. Louis suburb Thursday, stripping local police of their law-enforcement authority after four days of clashes between officers in riot gear and furious crowds protesting the death of an unarmed black teen shot by an officer. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson) ( STF )
OAKLAND, CA : Jeralynn Blueford the mother of Alan Blueford, who was shot and killed by an Oakland police officer raises her fist while speaking out following a moment of silence for Michael Brown at Frank Ogawa Plaza in Oakland, Calif., Thursday, Aug. 14, 2014. Groups across the country are marking a National Day of Silence for Michael Brown. Brown, 18, was shot and killed by a police officer, while unarmed in Ferguson, Mo. on Saturday, Aug. 9, 2014. (Anda Chu/Bay Area News Group) (Anda Chu/Bay Area News Group) ( Staff Photojournalist )
NEW YORK, NY : People gather in New York's Times Square, Thursday, Aug. 14, 2014, in New York. Thousands of people peacefully gathered in Manhattan's Times Square and Union Square Thursday, invoking the rallying cries "hands up, don't shoot" and "I can't breathe," alluding to the deaths of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri and Eric Garner, 43, who was arrested on suspicion of selling loose, untaxed cigarettes and was placed in an officer's chokehold in New York. (AP Photo/Kerri L. Berney) ( HONS )
NEW YORK, NY : People protest in front of police officers in New York's Times Square, Thursday, Aug. 14, 2014, in New York. Thousands of people peacefully gathered in Manhattan's Times Square and Union Square Thursday, invoking the rallying cries "hands up, don't shoot" and "I can't breathe," alluding to the deaths of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri and Eric Garner, 43, who was arrested on suspicion of selling loose, untaxed cigarettes and was placed in an officer's chokehold in New York. (AP Photo/Summer Concepcion) ( HONS )
FERGUSON, MO : Demonstrators peacefully gather Thursday, Aug. 14, 2014, at the site where Michael Brown was shot and killed by police in Ferguson, Mo. The Missouri Highway Patrol seized control of a St. Louis suburb Thursday, stripping local police of their law-enforcement authority after four days of clashes between officers in riot gear and furious crowds protesting the death of an unarmed black teen shot by an officer. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson) ( STF )
ST. JOSEPH, MO : Protesters hold signs in front of the Vatterott College campus in St. Joseph, Mo. on Thursday, Aug. 14, 2014 in support of Michael Brown of Ferguson, Mo. On Saturday, Aug. 9, 2014, a white police officer fatally shot Brown, an unarmed black teenager, in the St. Louis suburb. (AP Photo/St. Joseph News-Press, Sait Serkan Gurbuz) ( MBO )
OAKLAND, CA : Elliott Jones, of Oakland, observes a moment of silence for Michael Brown at Frank Ogawa Plaza in Oakland, Calif., Thursday, Aug. 14, 2014. Groups across the country are marking a National Day of Silence for Michael Brown. Brown, 18, was shot and killed by a police officer, while unarmed in Ferguson, Mo. on Saturday, Aug. 9, 2014. (Anda Chu/Bay Area News Group) (Anda Chu/Bay Area News Group) ( Staff Photojournalist )
OMAHA, NE : With his hands raised above his head, University of Nebraska criminal justice senior Aron Sanders, of Omaha, Neb., kneels in front of the Nebraska State Capitol building Thursday, Aug. 14, 2014, as he and more than 30 others students gathered for a vigil. Thousands of people across the country on Thursday attended protest vigils for an unarmed black Missouri teenager fatally shot by a white police officer and other victims who organizers say died as a result of police brutality. (AP Photo/Lincoln Journal Star, Francis Gardler) ( MBI )
FERGUSON, MO : Former Marine Tyson Manker holds up a sign in support of protesters during a gathering Thursday, Aug. 14, 2014, in Ferguson, Mo. Manker, who served in Iraq before leaving the Marines in 2003, said he wanted to show support for the protesters and the U.S. Constitution by attending the rally. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson) ( STF )
PORTLAND, OR : People take turns speaking in Pioneer Courthouse Square on Thursday, Aug. 14, 2014, in Portland, Ore., during a vigil for Michael Brown. Thousands of people across the country on Thursday attended protest vigils for an unarmed black Missouri teenager fatally shot by a white police officer and other victims who organizers say died as a result of police brutality. (AP Photo/The Oregonian, Drew Vattiat) ( MBI )
BURLINGTON, VT : About 40 to 50 people gathered at City Hall Park in Burlington, Vt., Thursday night, Aug. 14, 2014, for a moment of silence in the wake of Saturday's police-involved shooting death of Michael Brown, an unarmed black teenager in Ferguson, Mo., and the days of protests that have followed. (AP Photo/The Burlington Free Press, Ryan Mercer) ( MBR )
MIAMI, FL : Protesters raise their arms and shout "hands up, dont shoot" outside the James Lawrence King Federal Justice Building where the U.S. Attorneys Office, Southern District of Florida, is located on August 14, 2014 in Miami, Florida. The protesters, which included members of the civil rights group Dream Defenders, say they want justice for Mike Brown, shot and killed by police in Ferguson, Missouri on August 9. They said they also want justice for 17-year old graffiti artist Israel Hernandez, who died from shock from a Miami Beach police officer's Taser last summer. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images) ( Staff )
MIAMI, FL : Protesters raise their arms and shout "hands up, dont shoot" outside the James Lawrence King Federal Justice Building where the U.S. Attorneys Office, Southern District of Florida, is located on August 14, 2014 in Miami, Florida. The protesters, which included members of the civil rights group Dream Defenders, say they want justice for Mike Brown, shot and killed by police in Ferguson, Missouri on August 9. They said they also want justice for 17-year old graffiti artist Israel Hernandez, who died from shock from a Miami Beach police officer's Taser last summer. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images) ( Staff )
MERIDIAN HILL PARK, WA : Jordan Johnson, left, 8, from Washington, Camille Chrysostom of Bowie, Md., and Jaimee Swift of Philadelphia, observe a moment of silence at Meridian Hill Park, also known as Malcom X Park, Thursday, Aug. 14, 2014 in Washington, to protest the fatal shooting of Michael Brown by police in Ferguson, Mo. Vigils were held across the country for people organizers say died at the hands of police brutality. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) ( STF )
MERIDIAN HILL PARK, WA : Supporters raise fists during a rally at Meridian Hill Park, also known as Malcom X Park, Thursday, Aug. 14, 2014 in Washington. The event was held to voice concerns regarding the police shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Mo. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) ( STF )
DECATUR, GA : Inga Willis addresses a crowd on Thursday, Aug. 14, 2014, in Decatur, Ga. The demonstration of more than 200 people was held in response to the shooting death of Michael Brown and following unrest in Ferguson, Missouri. (AP Photo/Ron Harris) ( STF )
OAKLAND, CA : Marlon Cooper, of Oakland, wears a red ribbon on his wrist and holds a candle while attending a moment of silence for Michael Brown at Frank Ogawa Plaza in Oakland, Calif., Thursday, Aug. 14, 2014. Groups across the country are marking a National Day of Silence for Michael Brown. Brown, 18, was shot and killed by a police officer, while unarmed in Ferguson, Mo. on Saturday, Aug. 9, 2014. (Anda Chu/Bay Area News Group) (Anda Chu/Bay Area News Group) ( Staff Photojournalist )
MERIDIAN HILL PARK, WA : Supporters raise their hands during a rally at Meridian Hill Park, also known as Malcom X Park, Thursday, Aug. 14, 2014 in Washington, to protest the fatal shooting of Michael Brown by police in Ferguson, Mo. Vigils were held across the country for people organizers say died at the hands of police brutality. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) ( STF )
NEW YORK, NY : Protesters march in New York City’s Union Square, Thursday, Aug. 14, 2014. Vigils are being held across the country for people organizers say died at the hands of police brutality. The events come in the wake of the shooting death of Michael Brown by a police officer in Ferguson, Missouri, and the death of a New York City man caused by a police officer's apparent chokehold. (AP Photo/Michael R. Sisak) ( STF )
BALTIMORE, MD : Beth Gillus, center, raises her hands and her sign along with the rest of the crowd during a moment of silence at Baltimore's Inner Harbor during a solidarity rally and march on Thursday, Aug. 14, 2014, for Michael Brown of Ferguson, Mo. (Rachel Woolf/Baltimore Sun/MCT) ( MBR )
BALTIMORE, MD : Amelia Vitek, 6, looks up at protestors and signs outside of the Clarence Mitchell Jr. Courthouse at the solidarity rally and march on Thursday, Aug. 14, 2014, for Michael Brown of Ferguson, Mo. (Rachel Woolf/Baltimore Sun/MCT) ( MBR )
ST. LOUIS, MO : Jay Mitchell of Pagedale, Mo., speaks and solicits a response of hands in the air from a crowd of several hundred on Thursday, Aug. 14, 2014, in St. Louis during a peace vigil and moment of silence for Michael Brown, an unarmed teenager who was shot and killed by Ferguson, Mo., police on Saturday. (Christian Gooden/St. Louis Post-Dispatch/MCT) ( MBR )
DECATUR, GA : Hundreds gather for a candlelight vigil and moment of silence protesting the police shooting of Michael Brown as part of a national observance on Thursday, Aug. 14, 2014, in Decatur, Ga. (Curtis Compton/Atlanta Journal-Constitution/MCT) ( MBR )
FERGUSON, MO : Youth lead the demonstration down W. Florissant Ave. during a peaceful march in Ferguson, Mo., on Thursday, Aug. 14, 2014. The march ended at Canfield Green Apartments, where Michael Brown was shot to death on Saturday. (Cristina Fletes-Boutte/St. Louis Post-Dispatch/MCT) ( MBR )
AUSTIN, TX : Andrew Butler demonstrates during a vigil for victims of police brutality at the Capitol in Austin, Texas, on Thursday Aug. 14, 2014. Slain teen Michael Brown, who was shot by a police officer in Ferguson, Mo., on Saturday, has prompted vigils across the U.S. (Jay Janner/Austin American-Statesman/MCT) ( MBR )
BALTIMORE, MD : From left, Donna Plamondon and Elder C.D. Witherspoon lead the march to the Baltimore Police Department on Thursday, Aug. 14, 2014, outside of the Clarence Mitchell Jr. Courthouse during the solidarity rally and march for Michael Brown of Ferguson, Mo. (Rachel Woolf/Baltimore Sun/MCT) ( MBR )
FERGUSON, MO : Rev. Lionel Anderson prays before a peaceful march in Ferguson, Mo., on Thursday, Aug. 14, 2014. The march ended at Canfield Green Apartments, where Michael Brown was shot to death on Saturday. (Cristina Fletes-Boutte/St. Louis Post-Dispatch/MCT) ( MBR )
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