Obama begs for calm as rioters set fires and attack police cars in Ferguson

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'There is no excuse for violence,' President Obama said Monday night just minutes after news broke that Officer Wilson was not indicted over the killing of Michael Brown


President Barack Obama pleaded quietly for calm in Ferguson, Missouri on Monday night, speaking from the White House as rioters overtook streets in the St. Louis suburb and cable TV broadcasts showed them setting fires and attacking police cars.
After members of a grand jury determined that police officer Darren Wilson will not face criminal charges related to the death of 18-year-old Michael Brown on August 9, peaceful protests spiraled out of control. Obama spoke to the nation a half-hour later.
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The president said anger is an 'understandable reaction' from people who believe 'the law is being applied in a discriminatory fashion,' a reference to Wilson being white and Brown being black.
'What we need to do is try to understand them,' Obama said.


Missouri Burning: More than 150 gunshots have been reported overnight, shops were looted and several buildings were set on fire in Ferguson

Looters: This store is the same one Michael Brown allegedly robbed before the clash with police that resulted in his death on August 9

A group of protesters vandalize a police vehicle after the announcement of the grand jury decision

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