Eilidh Branson, a student at Spelman College, sings along with a group of protestors at a rally and protest at the CNN Center on Tuesday, Nov. 25, 2014, in Atlanta, the day after a grand jury’s decision not to indict a white Ferguson, Mo., police officer who killed Michael Brown, an unarmed black teen.ATLANTA – Protesters marched and rallied in Atlanta to protest a grand jury’s decision not to indict the police officer who fatally shot an unarmed 18-year-old in Ferguson, Missouri.
A large group of students walked from Morehouse college to downtown Atlanta, peacefully chanting and waving signs. Several hundred people gathered Tuesday evening in at Underground Atlanta, a shopping area in the heart of the city.
Thousands of people demonstrated late Monday in several U.S. cities to protest the grand jury’s decision not to indict Darren Wilson, a white police officer who killed Michael Brown, who is black, on Aug. 9.
Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed said in a statement that he urges everyone taking part in demonstrations to do so peacefully and also said law enforcement must respect their right to assemble.
Ferguson-related protest at Memphis intersection
MEMPHIS – Protesters in Memphis are expressing their feelings about the shooting of an unarmed man by a police officer in Ferguson, Missouri.