Protestors gather before Ferguson grand jury announcement

Protestors gather before Ferguson grand jury announcement
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Crowds are assembling around Ferguson, Missouri, in anticipation of the grand jury announcement on whether they will indict officer Darren Wilson in the shooting of teenager Michael Brown last August.

Outside of the Ferguson Police Department, more than 100 people have gathered, and close to 75 have blocked traffic three-quarters of a mile north of the station, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports. --Catherine Garcia

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Catherine Garcia, The Week US

Catherine Garcia is night editor for TheWeek.com. Her writing and reporting has appeared in Entertainment Weekly and EW.com, The New York Times, The Book of Jezebel, and other publications. A Southern California native, Catherine is a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.