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Michael Brown supporters disrupt another govt meeting in Ferguson

Protesters seeking the immediate arrest of the Ferguson police officer who fatally shot an unarmed 18-year-old loudly disrupted another government meeting on Tuesday, renewing calls to remove the county prosecutor investigating the case and vowing political retaliation against an elected official tied to the prosecutor.

Ferguson teen had his arms raised when cop shot him: New witnesses

Two newly discovered witnesses of last month's fatal police shooting in Ferguson in the US state of Missouri said that the officer shot Michael Brown when the latter had his arms raised and had surrendered.

Ferguson: Protesters turn hostile at first council meet since Michael Brown death

Efforts by city leaders to repair the local government's fractured relationship with its residents in the St Louis suburb where an unarmed black 18-year-old was fatally shot by a white police officer got off to a rocky start on Tuesday at the first public meeting of elected officials since Michael Brown's death.