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Timeline of shooting and unrest in Ferguson

November 25, 2014 at 4:06AM
Demonstrators march to the police department in Ferguson, Mo., Oct. 13, 2014. Protesters were arrested on Monday as they stepped forward into a line of officers in riot gear outside the police department, a day when organizers here have promised numerous demonstrations of civil disobedience around the St. Louis region over questions about police conduct. (Whitney Curtis/The New York Times)
Demonstrators march to the police department in Ferguson, Mo., Oct. 13, 2014. Protesters were arrested on Monday as they stepped forward into a line of officers in riot gear outside the police department, a day when organizers here have promised numerous demonstrations of civil disobedience around the St. Louis region over questions about police conduct. (Whitney Curtis/The New York Times) (The Minnesota Star Tribune)

From Death to grand jury : A timeline

Aug. 9: Police officer Darren Wilson encountered Michael Brown, 18, and a friend as they walked down a street. Wilson fatally shot Brown.

Aug. 10: St. Louis County Police Chief Joe Belmar said during a news conference that Brown was unarmed. Belmar said there was a struggle in which Brown reached for the gun of the officer, who at the time was not identified.

Aug. 11: People gathered outside the Ferguson Police Department, leading to several arrests. The FBI announced it would conduct a parallel investigation. The St. Louis County Police Department said it would release the name of the officer accused of shooting Brown by the next day. Brown's parents held a news conference demanding justice. Police used tear gas to disperse crowds on West Florissant Avenue.

Aug. 12: Police announced more arrests from the prior evening. The St. Louis County Police Department said it would not release the officer's name because of threats. President Obama released a statement: "The death of Michael Brown is heartbreaking, and Michelle and I send our deepest condolences to his family and his community at this very difficult time." Protests continued for a third night as Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon, St. Louis Mayor Francis Slay and other leaders met.

Aug. 13: The prosecutor's office revealed that Brown had no criminal record. The U.S. Justice Department opened a civil rights inquiry.

Aug. 14: After Obama addressed the nation and urged police to be "open and transparent," Nixon announced that the Missouri Highway Patrol would oversee security in Ferguson.

Aug. 15: Six-year police veteran Darren Wilson was named as the officer who shot Brown. Police Chief Thomas Jackson released surveillance video of a nearby robbery. Brown's family said they were "beyond outraged" by police efforts to tie Brown to the robbery. Jackson said Wilson stopped Brown for walking in the middle of the street.

Aug. 16: Nixon issued a state of emergency for Ferguson and imposed a curfew.

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Aug. 17: U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder ordered a separate federal autopsy for Brown at the request of the family. A curfew was set for the second evening in a row.

Aug. 18: Nixon ordered the National Guard into Ferguson. Obama sent Holder to monitor unrest.

Aug. 20: A grand jury began looking into whether Wilson should be criminally charged for Brown's death.

Aug. 21: Nixon ordered the Missouri National Guard to begin withdrawing.

Aug. 25: A funeral for Brown was held at Friendly Temple Missionary Baptist Church.

Sept. 16: Wilson testified before the grand jury.

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Nov. 11: Nixon said he would send the National Guard to respond to any unrest after the grand jury's decision.

Nov. 13: Michael Brown Sr. called for peaceful protests after the grand jury's decision.

Nov. 18: Nixon appointed a commission to investigate the economic and social reasons behind the unrest.

Nov. 24: Prosecutor says the grand jury did not find "probable cause" to indict Wilson.

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The casket of Michael Brown is carried by wagon into St. Peter's Cemetery to his gravesite in Normandy, Mo. on Monday, Aug. 25, 2014. (Robert Cohen/St. Louis Post-Dispatch/MCT) ORG XMIT: 1156525
The casket of Michael Brown is carried by wagon into St. Peter's Cemetery to his gravesite in Normandy, Mo. on Monday, Aug. 25, 2014. (Robert Cohen/St. Louis Post-Dispatch/MCT) ORG XMIT: 1156525 (The Minnesota Star Tribune)
FILE - In this Aug. 17, 2014 file photo, police wait to advance after tear gas was used to disperse a crowd during a protest for Michael Brown, who was killed by a police officer Aug. 9 in Ferguson, Mo. The Ferguson City Council, set to meet Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2014, for the first time since the fatal shooting of Brown, said it plans to establish a review board to help guide the police department and make other changes aimed at improving community relations. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File) ORG XMI
FILE - In this Aug. 17, 2014 file photo, police wait to advance after tear gas was used to disperse a crowd during a protest for Michael Brown, who was killed by a police officer Aug. 9 in Ferguson, Mo. The Ferguson City Council, set to meet Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2014, for the first time since the fatal shooting of Brown, said it plans to establish a review board to help guide the police department and make other changes aimed at improving community relations. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File) ORG XMIT: MIN2014091915102747 (The Minnesota Star Tribune)
"Don't shoot us" cries out the crowd as they confront police officers arriving to break up a crowd in Ferguson, Mo., on Saturday, Aug. 9, 2014. Earlier in the day police had shot and killed an 18-year-old man. (David Carson/St. Louis Post-Dispatch/MCT) ORG XMIT: 1155949
"Don't shoot us" cries out the crowd as they confront police officers arriving to break up a crowd in Ferguson, Mo., on Saturday, Aug. 9, 2014. Earlier in the day police had shot and killed an 18-year-old man. (David Carson/St. Louis Post-Dispatch/MCT) ORG XMIT: 1155949 (The Minnesota Star Tribune)
FILE - In this Aug. 20, 2014 file-pool photo, Attorney General Eric Holder speaks with Capt. Ron Johnson of the Missouri State Highway Patrol at Drake's Place Restaurant in Ferguson, Mo. As local authorities in Missouri near the end of their investigation into the Ferguson shooting, a separate, ongoing federal civil rights review of the entire police department holds the greater potential to refashion the agency and spur long-lasting change, experts say. The Justice Department, which is investig
FILE - In this Aug. 20, 2014 file-pool photo, Attorney General Eric Holder speaks with Capt. Ron Johnson of the Missouri State Highway Patrol at Drake's Place Restaurant in Ferguson, Mo. As local authorities in Missouri near the end of their investigation into the Ferguson shooting, a separate, ongoing federal civil rights review of the entire police department holds the greater potential to refashion the agency and spur long-lasting change, experts say. The Justice Department, which is investigating the Aug. 9 shooting of 18-year-old Michael Brown along with a county grand jury, is more than two months into its probe of the Ferguson departmentís practices. The civil rights inquiry, relying on data and interviews, is searching for any pattern of racial bias in how officers in the predominantly white department interact with the majority-black community. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File-Pool) (The Minnesota Star Tribune)
FILE - In this Monday, Aug. 18, 2014 file photo, people stand near a cloud of tear gas in Ferguson, Mo. during protests for the Aug. 9 shooting of unarmed black 18-year-old Michael Brown by a white police officer. The U.S. government agreed to a police request to shut down several miles of airspace surrounding Ferguson, even though authorities said their purpose was to keep media helicopters away during protests in August, according to recordings of air traffic control conversations obtained by
In this Monday, Aug. 18, 2014 file photo, people stand near a cloud of tear gas in Ferguson, Mo. during protests for the Aug. 9 shooting of unarmed black 18-year-old Michael Brown by a white police officer. The U.S. government agreed to a police request to shut down several miles of airspace surrounding Ferguson, even though authorities said their purpose was to keep media helicopters away during protests in August, according to recordings of air traffic control conversations obtained by The Associated Press. (The Minnesota Star Tribune)
Pastor Renita Lamkin of St. Johns AME Church, second from right, joins the protesters who confronted Missouri Highway Patrol Col. Ron Johnson in Ferguson, Mo., on Aug. 14, 2014, with questions about the shooting of Michael Brown. (J.B. Forbes/St. Louis Post-Dispatch/MCT) ORG XMIT: 1159679
Pastor Renita Lamkin of St. Johns AME Church, second from right, joins the protesters who confronted Missouri Highway Patrol Col. Ron Johnson in Ferguson, Mo., on Aug. 14, 2014, with questions about the shooting of Michael Brown. (The Minnesota Star Tribune)
2014 YEAR IN REVIEW - FOR USE AS DESIRED -- A man backs away as law enforcement officials close in on him and eventually detain him during protests over the death of Michael Brown, an unarmed black teenager killed by a police officer, in Ferguson, Mo., Aug. 11, 2014. The Federal Bureau of Investigation said on Monday that it had opened an inquiry into the weekend shooting of Brown. (Whitney Curtis/The New York Times)
2014 YEAR IN REVIEW - FOR USE AS DESIRED -- A man backs away as law enforcement officials close in on him and eventually detain him during protests over the death of Michael Brown, an unarmed black teenager killed by a police officer, in Ferguson, Mo., Aug. 11, 2014. The Federal Bureau of Investigation said on Monday that it had opened an inquiry into the weekend shooting of Brown. (Whitney Curtis/The New York Times) (The Minnesota Star Tribune)
FILE - In this Feb. 11, 2014 file image from video provided by the City of Ferguson, Mo., officer Darren Wilson attends a city council meeting in Ferguson. Wilson is not expecting to face criminal charges from a Missouri grand jury that has been investigating the nationally watched case for the past several months, a police union official said Thursday, Nov. 20, 2014. Jeff Roorda, the business manager for the St. Louis Police Officers’ Association, said he met Thursday with Ferguson Polic
Wilson (The Minnesota Star Tribune)
FILE - This undated file photo provided by the Brown family is Michael Brown, 18, who was shot and killed in a confrontation with a white police officer in Ferguson, Mo., on Aug. 9, 2014. Police departments across the country are bracing for large demonstrations when a grand jury decides whether to indict officer Darren Wilson, who killed the unarmed black teenager. (AP Photo/Brown Family, File)
Brown (The Minnesota Star Tribune)
Attorney General Eric Holder speaks during a news conference at the Justice Department in Washington, Thursday, Nov. 13, 2014, with Italy's Minister of Justice Andrea Orlando, and Dimitris Avramopoulos, EU Commissioner for Migration, Home Affairs, and Citizenship, after their meeting. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
Holder (The Minnesota Star Tribune)
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