Bob McCulloch

The return of an armed militia group patrolling the streets of Ferguson drew criticism on August 11 from both protesters and the county police chief overseeing security amid ongoing demonstrations marking the anniversary of 18-year-old Michael Brown's shooting death.

A 20-year-old man was charged on March 15 with first-degree assault in last week's shooting of two policemen during a protest rally in Ferguson, Missouri, a crime that shocked a city that has been devastated by months of racial strife.
   

Tense protests flared again in the St. Louis suburb of Ferguson on Nov. 24, with gunshots heard and tear gas fired, after a Missouri grand jury decided not to indict a white police officer over the fatal shooting of an unarmed black teenager in August.