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The '''Ferguson unrest''' (sometimes called the '''Ferguson uprising''', '''Ferguson protests''', or the '''Ferguson riots''')
As the details of the shooting emerged, police established curfews and deployed riot squads in anticipation of unrest. Along with peaceful protests, there was a significant amount of looting and violence in the vicinity of the site of the shooting, as well as across the city. Media criticism of the militarization of the police in Ferguson after the shooting was frequent.<ref name=USAToday.Military/><ref name=WashPost.Military/> The unrest continued on November 24, 2014, after a [[grand jury]] did not [[indictment|indict]] Officer Wilson.<ref>{{cite news|author1=Davey, Monica |author2=Julie Bosman|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/25/us/ferguson-darren-wilson-shooting-michael-brown-grand-jury.html|title=Protests Flare After Ferguson Police Officer Is Not Indicted|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|date=November 2, 2014}}</ref> It briefly flared again on the first anniversary of Brown's shooting.<ref name=ABCNews.Extended>{{cite news|url=https://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/state-emergency-extended-ferguson|title=State of emergency extended in Ferguson|publisher=MSNBC|date=August 12, 2015|access-date=August 12, 2015|first=Aliyah|last=Frumin}}</ref> The [[United States Department of Justice|Department of Justice]] (DOJ) concluded that Wilson shot Brown in self-defense.<ref name=LATimes.Federal>{{cite news |first1=Timothy M. |last1=Phelps |first2=Michael |last2=Muskal |title=Federal report largely backs Darren Wilson in Ferguson police shooting case |date=March 4, 2015 |access-date=March 25, 2015 |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |url=https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-darren-wilson-not-charged-20150304-story.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150318122343/http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-darren-wilson-not-charged-20150304-story.html |archive-date=March 18, 2015 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite report |ref={{harvid|USDOJ|2015}} |title=Department of Justice Report Regarding the Criminal Investigation Into the Shooting Death of Michael Brown by Ferguson, Missouri Police Officer Darren Wilson |date=March 4, 2015 |access-date=March 29, 2015 |website=United States Department of Justice |page= |url=https://www.justice.gov/sites/default/files/opa/press-releases/attachments/2015/03/04/doj_report_on_shooting_of_michael_brown_1.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150315022048/http://www.justice.gov/sites/default/files/opa/press-releases/attachments/2015/03/04/doj_report_on_shooting_of_michael_brown_1.pdf |archive-date=March 15, 2015 |url-status=live |pages=80–82}}</ref>
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