Inspired by the death of Michael Brown, demonstrators march through downtown to protest racial injustice in St Louis, Missouri. Photograph: Scott Olson/Getty Images Thousands of people marched through downtown St Louis on Saturday, to demand the arrest of the white police officer who shot Michael Brown in Ferguson two months ago and to condemn racial profiling. The organisers claimed the protest drew about 3,000 people – far fewer than they had predicted – from across the country as part of a “Weekend of Resistance” against police forces in many parts of the country that are seen to target people of colour in general and young African Americans in particular. “We’re fighting for our lives,”...
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