St. Louis Riots as Killings by Police Touch Off Fury Across U.S.
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Riots and looting after police shot and killed an unarmed teenager near St. Louis are adding to mounting tension over law-enforcement tactics even as crime rates fall in America’s largest cities.
The death of Michael Brown, 18, while walking near his grandmother’s home in Ferguson, Missouri, Aug. 9 follows police killings from Miami to Albuquerque, New Mexico. In New York last month, Eric Garner, 43, died after officers used an apparent chokehold while questioning him about selling illegal cigarettes. Last week in Beavercreek, Ohio, officers shot a 22-year-old man carrying a toy gun.