Frustrations boiled over in Ferguson, Missouri after a prosecutor announced that a police officer would not be indicted by a grand jury for fatally shooting an unarmed black teenager last August.
NBC News reported that on Tuesday, authorities accessed the damage of the mayhem that took place in Ferguson after the decision came down and said more than 80 people were arrested.
Despite pleas for peaceful protests from the family of victim Michael Brown, President Barack Obama and Missouri Governor Jay Nixon, several business were looted and set ablaze in the city of 21,000.
Elsewhere, protests took place in cities across the country including nearby St. Louis, New York, Boston, Oakland and Denver to name a few. Most of those protest were peaceful.
On Aug. 9, Brown was fatally shot by Ferguson Officer Darren Wilson. Police said that the 18-year-old struggled with the officer and tried to get ahold of Wilson’s gun. However, other witnesses said that Brown was shot while he had his hands up to surrender.
While many were not stunned by the decision not to indict Wilson, they were angry and saddened by it, but as USA Today noted, the officer’s legal troubles may not be over.
Wilson could face civil charges from the Justice Department or a wrongful death suit brought on by Brown’s parents. In a civil suit, the family would only be able to collect monetary damages.