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Violence broke out after about 200 people defied a midnight curfew for the town of Ferguson, where Michael Brown was shot and killed by police.
Police were seen firing gas canisters at crowds who defied a midnight curfew in Ferguson the St. Louis suburb where Michael Brown was killed.
Most of the protesters that had gathered in advance of the midnight curfew had dispersed by the time the measure began at midnight.
Much of the crowds that had gathered in advance of the midnight curfew had dispersed by the time the measure began at midnight.
Many in the streets of the St. Louis suburb where a teenager was killed by police last week said the curfew ordered Saturday would inflame passions.
Police officers stand in position by the 911 Hair Salon as they watch demonstrators protest Michael Brown's shooting on Saturday, in Ferguson, Mo.
Many in the streets of the St. Louis suburb where a teenager was killed by police last week said the curfew ordered Saturday would inflame passions.
A 22-year-old allegedly hopped into a San Diego police car, then took off and was chased before crashing the vehicle in North County.
The drug runners' boat was too fast for the pursuing Coast Guard, but ditched about 900 pounds of marijuana into the ocean during a five-hour chase.
The child was apparently struck in the crossfire during a gun battle between her father and police in Prince George's County.
