Emergency declared in US town after shooting
Washington, Aug 11: A state of emergency was declared in a Missouri county as protesters turned violent after police shot and critically injured one man Sunday, the anniversary of the killing of an unarmed black teenager Michael Brown "The recent acts of violence will not be tolerated in a community that has worked so tirelessly over the last year to rebuild and become stronger," St. Louis County Executive Steve Stenger said in a statement Monday. Overnight unrest in Ferguson, a small town of 22,000, nearly 70 percent of them black, with all but four of its 53 strong police force white, created "the potential for harm to persons and property," the statement said. The order came as roughly 200 demonstrators marched from Christ Church Cathedral to the Thomas F. Eagleton United States Courthouse in St. Louis.
