Clashes Break Out as Ferguson Protesters Defy Curfew

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Violence broke out after a midnight curfew was imposed on the St. Louis suburb rocked by the fatal police shooting of an unarmed black teen.

Image: Demonstrators protest against the August 9 police shooting of 18-year-old Michael Brown

Demonstrators protest against the August 9 police shooting of 18-year-old Michael Brown by holding their hands up while gathered on the streets of Ferguson, Missouri late on August 16, 2014. A crowd of some 200 demonstrators defied a curfew that came into effect in Ferguson early on August 17, days after police shot dead the unarmed black teen, triggering a wave of rioting. JOSHUA LOTT / AFP - Getty Images

Aug. 17, 2014, 10:26 AM EDT / Updated Aug. 17, 2014, 10:58 AM EDT

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