The Midwestern U.S. town of Ferguson, Missouri, and surrounding areas are bracing for more protests after a grand jury decided not to indict a white police officer who shot and killed an unarmed black teenager in August.
Ferguson Remains on Edge After Violent Night
![A beauty supply store lies in ruin, in the violence following the grand jury decision not to indict police officer Darren Wilson, in Ferguson, Missouri, Nov. 25, 2014. (Kane Farabaugh/VOA)](https://gdb.voanews.com/cad4147a-2bb9-4534-8652-ab7debcb9eed_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A beauty supply store lies in ruin, in the violence following the grand jury decision not to indict police officer Darren Wilson, in Ferguson, Missouri, Nov. 25, 2014. (Kane Farabaugh/VOA)
![Police tape blocks off a large swath of commercial property destroyed in the violence that followed the grand jury decision not to indict police officer Darren Wilson in the shooting death of Michael Brown, Ferguson, Missouri, Nov. 25, 2014. (Kane Farabaugh/VOA)](https://gdb.voanews.com/fa6b91ed-879a-4916-b3ab-c76039921c84_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Police tape blocks off a large swath of commercial property destroyed in the violence that followed the grand jury decision not to indict police officer Darren Wilson in the shooting death of Michael Brown, Ferguson, Missouri, Nov. 25, 2014. (Kane Farabaugh/VOA)
![Fire destroyed this car dealership following the grand jury annoucement in Ferguson, Missouri, Nov. 25, 2014. (Kane Farabaugh/VOA)](https://gdb.voanews.com/18c5f09d-63a9-4d2b-90b9-129f27800972_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Fire destroyed this car dealership following the grand jury annoucement in Ferguson, Missouri, Nov. 25, 2014. (Kane Farabaugh/VOA)
![St. Louis County Prosecutor Robert McCulloch announces the grand jury decision not to indict Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson in the fatal shooting of Michael Brown, Clayton, Missouri, Nov. 24, 2014.](https://gdb.voanews.com/9f6be38a-0128-41c3-9700-c8cdb2801617_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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St. Louis County Prosecutor Robert McCulloch announces the grand jury decision not to indict Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson in the fatal shooting of Michael Brown, Clayton, Missouri, Nov. 24, 2014.