1. Obama's Doing What He Can
People rally to demand Justice for Michael Brown stand in solidarity with the people of Ferguson and
demand police reform in Washington, DC, on October 4, 2014. AFP PHOTO/YURI GRIPAS (Photo
credit should read YURI GRIPAS/AFP/Getty Images)
People march to demand Justice for Michael Brown stand in solidarity with the people of Ferguson
and demand police reform in Washington, DC, on October 4, 2014. AFP PHOTO/YURI GRIPAS (Photo
credit should read YURI GRIPAS/AFP/Getty Images)
FERGUSON, MO - SEPTEMBER 30: Brianna Smith holds up the arms of her 11-month-old son, Ethan
Smith, during protests across the street from the police department on September 30, 2014 in
Ferguson, Missouri. Protests continued in the St. Louis suburb after the fatal police shooting of
Michael Brown. (Photo by Whitney Curtis/Getty Images)
FERGUSON, MO - SEPTEMBER 30: Protesters gather in front of the police department on
September 30, 2014 in Ferguson, Missouri. Protests continued in the St. Louis suburb after the fatal
police shooting of Michael Brown. (Photo by Whitney Curtis/Getty Images)
FERGUSON, MO - SEPTEMBER 30: Protesters gather in front of the police department on
September 30, 2014 in Ferguson, Missouri. Protests continued in the St. Louis suburb after the fatal
police shooting of Michael Brown. (Photo by Whitney Curtis/Getty Images)
FERGUSON, MO - SEPTEMBER 30: Ferguson Mayor James Knowles (L) speaks with resident Juanita
Stone after a town hall meeting with local government officials and residents on September 30, 2014
at Our Lady of Guadalupe in Ferguson, Missouri. Protests continue in the St. Louis suburb after the
fatal police shooting of Michael Brown. (Photo by Whitney Curtis/Getty Images)
The parents of Michael Brown, Lesley McSpadden, left, and Michael Brown, Sr., right, talk to The
Associated Press during an interview in Washington, Saturday, Sept. 27, 2014. Michael Brown's
parents say they are unmoved by the Ferguson police chief's apology in their son's shooting death by
a police officer. Instead, McSpadden and Brown Sr. told The Associated Press they would rather see
an arrest, and Brown Sr. said he wants the police officer "in handcuffs." (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
The mother of Michael Brown, Lesley McSpadden, wears a shirt showing a message she wrote to her
children during her interview with The Associated Press in Washington, Saturday, Sept. 27, 2014.
She and her son's father Michael Brown, Sr., told the Associated Press Saturday that they are
unmoved by the Ferguson, Missouri Police Chief Tom Jackson's apology in their son's shooting death
by a police officer. McSpadden said "yes" when asked whether Jackson should be fired. (AP
Photo/Susan Walsh)
A fire burns Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2014 at a memorial in Ferguson, Mo., on the site where a Missouri
police officer fatally shot 18-year-old Michael Brown. Ferguson Police Chief Tom Jackson says the
cause is under investigation. He says the first officer to arrive tried to extinguish the blaze but
couldn't. The Fire Department eventually put it out. (AP Photo/Jacob Crawford)
Brown family attorney Anthony Gray, center, speaks as he is flanked by Michael Brown's parents
Lesley McSpadden, left, and Michael Brown Sr., right, during a news conference Tuesday, Sept. 9,
2014, in Ferguson, Mo. The news conference was held to call for the arrest of Darren Wilson, the
2. Ferguson police officer responsible for Michael Brown's fatal shooting on Aug. 9. (AP Photo/Jeff
Roberson)
Boxes of signed petitions sit before a rally for justice for Michael Brown, and the people of Ferguson,
Mo., on Pennsylvania Avenue in front of the White House, Thursday, Aug. 28, 2014, in Washington.
The group had boxes of signed petitions on hand that were brought as they walked in the street. (AP
Photo/Alex Brandon)
Attorney General Eric Holder talks with Capt. Ron Johnson of the Missouri State Highway Patrol at
Drake's Place Restaurant, Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2014, in Florrissant, Mo. Holder arrived in Missouri
on Wednesday, as a small group of protesters gathered outside the building where a grand jury
could begin hearing evidence to determine whether a Ferguson police officer who shot 18-year-old
Michael Brown should be charged in his death. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, Pool)
ST. LOUIS, MO - AUGUST 11: : Guests listen to speakers during at a town hall meeting hosted by
the St. Louis County NAACP at Murchison Tabernacle Church to discuss the killing of 18-year-old
Mike Brown and the community unrest that followed his death on August 11, 2014 in St. Louis,
Missouri. Brown, who was reported to be unarmed, was shot and killed by a police officer on
Saturday in suburban Ferguson, Missouri. Yesterday 32 arrests were made after protests over the
shooting turned into rioting and looting in Ferguson. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)
FERGUSON, MO - AUGUST 11: A child uses a rag to shield her face from tear gas being fired by
police who used it to force protestors from the business district into nearby neighborhoods on
August 11, 2014 in Ferguson, Missouri. Police responded with tear gas and rubber bullets as
residents and their supporters protested the shooting by police of an unarmed black teenager named
Michael Brown who was killed Saturday in this suburban St. Louis community. Yesterday 32 arrests
were made after protests turned into rioting and looting in Ferguson. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty
Images)
FERGUSON, MO - AUGUST 13: Police watch over demonstrators protest the shooting death of
teenager Michael Brown on August 13, 2014 in Ferguson, Missouri. Brown was shot and killed by a
Ferguson police officer on Saturday. Ferguson, a St. Louis suburb, has experienced three days of
violent protests since the killing. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)
FERGUSON, MO - AUGUST 13: Police watch over demonstrators protest the shooting death of
teenager Michael Brown on August 13, 2014 in Ferguson, Missouri. Brown was shot and killed by a
Ferguson police officer on Saturday. Ferguson, a St. Louis suburb, has experienced three days of
violent protests since the killing. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)
FERGUSON, MO - AUGUST 13: A police officer watches over demonstrators protesting the shooting
death of teenager Michael Brown on August 13, 2014 in Ferguson, Missouri. Brown was shot and
killed by a Ferguson police officer on Saturday. Ferguson, a St. Louis suburb, has experienced three
days of violent protests since the killing. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)
FERGUSON, MO - AUGUST 13: A Demonstrator protesting the shooting death of teenager Michael
Brown holds up a sign on August 13, 2014 in Ferguson, Missouri. Brown was shot and killed by a
Ferguson police officer on Saturday. Ferguson, a St. Louis suburb, has experienced three days of
violent protests since the killing. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)
FERGUSON, MO - AUGUST 13: Demonstrators protesting the shooting death of teenager Michael
Brown yell at police after they were ordered off the street on August 13, 2014 in Ferguson, Missouri.
3. Brown was shot and killed by a Ferguson police officer on Saturday. Ferguson, a St. Louis suburb,
has experienced three days of violent protests since the killing. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)
FERGUSON, MO - AUGUST 13: Demonstrators, protesting the shooting death of teenager Michael
Brown, hold up signs after they were ordered off the street on August 13, 2014 in Ferguson,
Missouri. Brown was shot and killed by a Ferguson police officer on Saturday. Ferguson, a St. Louis
suburb, has experienced three days of violent protests since the killing. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty
Images)
FERGUSON, MO - AUGUST 13: Demonstrators protesting the shooting death of teenager Michael
Brown yell at police after they were ordered off the street on August 13, 2014 in Ferguson, Missouri.
Brown was shot and killed by a Ferguson police officer on Saturday. Ferguson, a St. Louis suburb,
has experienced three days of violent protests since the killing. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)
FERGUSON, MO - AUGUST 13: A demonstrator, protesting the shooting death of teenager Michael
Brown, walks away after being ordered off the street by police on August 13, 2014 in Ferguson,
Missouri. Brown was shot and killed by a Ferguson police officer on Saturday. Ferguson, a St. Louis
suburb, has experienced three days of violent protests since the killing. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty
Images)
FERGUSON, MO - AUGUST 13: A demonstrator, protesting the shooting death of teenager Michael
Brown, pleads with another to walk away after being ordered off the street by police on August 13,
2014 in Ferguson, Missouri. Brown was shot and killed by a Ferguson police officer on Saturday.
Ferguson, a St. Louis suburb, has experienced three days of violent protests since the killing. (Photo
by Scott Olson/Getty Images)
FERGUSON, MO - AUGUST 13: A child, who was being held by her mother who was protesting the
shooting death of teenager Michael Brown, holds up her hands after police ordered them off the
street by on August 13, 2014 in Ferguson, Missouri. Brown was shot and killed by a Ferguson police
officer on Saturday. Ferguson, a St. Louis suburb, has experienced three days of violent protests
since the killing. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)
FERGUSON, MO - AUGUST 13: Police Chief Thomas Jackson fields questions related to the shooting
death of teenager Michael Brown during a press conference on August 13, 2014 in Ferguson,
Missouri. Brown was shot and killed by a Ferguson police officer on Saturday. Ferguson has
experienced three days of violent protests since the killing. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)
FERGUSON, MO - AUGUST 13: Police Chief Thomas Jackson fields questions related to the shooting
death of teenager Michael Brown during a press conference on August 13, 2014 in Ferguson,
Missouri. Brown was shot and killed by a Ferguson police officer on Saturday. Ferguson has
experienced three days of violent protests since the killing. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)
FERGUSON, MO - AUGUST 13: Police Chief Thomas Jackson fields questions related to the shooting
death of teenager Michael Brown during a press conference on August 13, 2014 in Ferguson,
Missouri. Brown was shot and killed by a Ferguson police officer on Saturday. Ferguson has
experienced three days of violent protests since the killing. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)
FERGUSON, MO - AUGUST 13: Police Chief Thomas Jackson fields questions related to the shooting
death of teenager Michael Brown during a press conference on August 13, 2014 in Ferguson,
Missouri. Brown was shot and killed by a Ferguson police officer on Saturday. Ferguson has
experienced three days of violent protests since the killing. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)
4. FERGUSON, MO - AUGUST 13: A resident wears a button featuring a picture of Michael Brown
during a press conference with Police Chief Thomas Jackson who was fielding questions related to
the shooting death of Brown on August 13, 2014 in Ferguson, Missouri. Brown was shot and killed
by a Ferguson police officer on Saturday. Ferguson has experienced three days of violent protests
since the killing. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)
ST. LOUIS, MO - AUGUST 12: Demonstrators protest the killing of teenager Michael Brown outside
Greater St. Marks Family Church while Browns family along with civil rights leader Rev. Al Sharpton
and a capacity crowd of guests met inside to discuss the killing on August 12, 2014 in St Louis,
Missouri. Brown was shot and killed by a police officer on Saturday in the nearby suburb of
Ferguson. Ferguson has experienced two days of violent protests since the killing but, tonight the
town remained mostly peaceful. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)
CLAYTON, MO - AUGUST 12: A demonstrator holds up a picture of Michael Brown and a young child
during a protest sparked by his death on August 12, 2014 in Clayton, Missouri. Brown was shot and
killed by a police officer on Saturday in Ferguson, Missouri, a suburb of St. Louis. Two days of
unrest including rioting and looting have followed his shooting in Ferguson. Browns parents have
publicly asked for order. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)
ST. LOUIS, MO - AUGUST 12: Demonstrators protest the killing of teenager Michael Brown outside
Greater St. Marks Family Church while Browns family along with civil rights leader Rev. Al Sharpton
and a capacity crowd of guests met inside to discuss the killing on August 12, 2014 in St Louis,
Missouri. Brown was shot and killed by a police officer on Saturday in the nearby suburb of
Ferguson. Ferguson has experienced two days of violent protests since the killing but, tonight the
town remained mostly peaceful. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)
ST. LOUIS, MO - AUGUST 12: Demonstrators protest the killing of teenager Michael Brown outside
Greater St. Marks Family Church while Browns family along with civil rights leader Rev. Al Sharpton
and a capacity crowd of guests met inside to discuss the killing on August 12, 2014 in St Louis,
Missouri. Brown was shot and killed by a police officer on Saturday in the nearby suburb of
Ferguson. Ferguson has experienced two days of violent protests since the killing but, tonight the
town remained mostly peaceful. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)
ST. LOUIS, MO - AUGUST 12: Demonstrators protest the killing of teenager Michael Brown outside
Greater St. Marks Family Church while Browns family along with civil rights leader Rev. Al Sharpton
and a capacity crowd of guests met inside to discuss the killing on August 12, 2014 in St Louis,
Missouri. Brown was shot and killed by a police officer on Saturday in the nearby suburb of
Ferguson. Ferguson has experienced two days of violent protests since the killing but, tonight the
town remained mostly peaceful. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)
ST. LOUIS, MO - AUGUST 12: Demonstrators protest the killing of teenager Michael Brown outside
Greater St. Marks Family Church while Browns family along with civil rights leader Rev. Al Sharpton
and a capacity crowd of guests met inside to discuss the killing on August 12, 2014 in St Louis,
Missouri. Brown was shot and killed by a police officer on Saturday in the nearby suburb of
Ferguson. Ferguson has experienced two days of violent protests since the killing but, tonight the
town remained mostly peaceful. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)
FERGUSON, MO - AUGUST 12: Demonstrators protest the killing of teenager Michael Brown on
August 12, 2014 in Ferguson, Missouri. Brown was shot and killed by a police officer on Saturday in
the St. Louis suburb of Ferguson. Ferguson has experienced two days of violent protests since the
killing but, tonight's protest was peaceful. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)
5. FERGUSON, MO - AUGUST 12: Demonstrators protest the killing of teenager Michael Brown on
August 12, 2014 in Ferguson, Missouri. Brown was shot and killed by a police officer on Saturday in
the St. Louis suburb of Ferguson. Ferguson has experienced two days of violent protests since the
killing but, tonight's protest was peaceful. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)
FERGUSON, MO - AUGUST 12: Demonstrators protest the killing of teenager Michael Brown on
August 12, 2014 in Ferguson, Missouri. Brown was shot and killed by a police officer on Saturday in
the St. Louis suburb of Ferguson. Ferguson has experienced two days of violent protests since the
killing but, tonight's protest was peaceful. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)
FERGUSON, MO - AUGUST 12: Demonstrators protest the killing of teenager Michael Brown on
August 12, 2014 in Ferguson, Missouri. Brown was shot and killed by a police officer on Saturday in
the St. Louis suburb of Ferguson. Ferguson has experienced two days of violent protests since the
killing but, tonight's protest was peaceful. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)
FERGUSON, MO - AUGUST 12: Demonstrators protest the killing of teenager Michael Brown on
August 12, 2014 in Ferguson, Missouri. Brown was shot and killed by a police officer on Saturday in
the St. Louis suburb of Ferguson. Ferguson has experienced two days of violent protests since the
killing but, tonight's protest was peaceful. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)
FERGUSON, MO - AUGUST 12: Police take up position to control demonstrators who were
protesting the killing of teenager Michael Brown on August 12, 2014 in Ferguson, Missouri. Brown
was shot and killed by a police officer on Saturday in the St. Louis suburb of Ferguson. Ferguson has
experienced two days of violent protests since the killing but, tonight's protest was peaceful. (Photo
by Scott Olson/Getty Images)
FERGUSON, MO - AUGUST 12: Police take up position to control demonstrators who were
protesting the killing of teenager Michael Brown on August 12, 2014 in Ferguson, Missouri. Brown
was shot and killed by a police officer on Saturday in the St. Louis suburb of Ferguson. Ferguson has
experienced two days of violent protests since the killing but, tonight's protest was peaceful. (Photo
by Scott Olson/Getty Images)
FERGUSON, MO - AUGUST 12: Demonstrators protest the killing of teenager Michael Brown on
August 12, 2014 in Ferguson, Missouri. Brown was shot and killed by a police officer on Saturday in
the St. Louis suburb of Ferguson. Ferguson has experienced two days of violent protests since the
killing but, tonight's protest was peaceful. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)
FERGUSON, MO - AUGUST 12: Demonstrators protest the killing of teenager Michael Brown on
August 12, 2014 in Ferguson, Missouri. Brown was shot and killed by a police officer on Saturday in
the St. Louis suburb of Ferguson. Ferguson has experienced two days of violent protests since the
killing but, tonight's protest was peaceful. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)
FERGUSON, MO - AUGUST 12: Police take up position to control demonstrators who were
protesting the killing of teenager Michael Brown on August 12, 2014 in Ferguson, Missouri. Brown
was shot and killed by a police officer on Saturday in the St. Louis suburb of Ferguson. Ferguson has
experienced two days of violent protests since the killing but, tonight's protest was peaceful. (Photo
by Scott Olson/Getty Images)
CLAYTON, MO - AUGUST 12: Anthony Shahid leads a peaceful protest over the killing of teenager
6. Michael Brown on August 12, 2014 in Clayton, Missouri. Brown was shot and killed by a police
officer on Saturday in suburban Ferguson, Missouri. Two days of unrest including rioting and looting
have followed the shooting in Ferguson. Browns parents have publicly asked for order. (Photo by
Scott Olson/Getty Images)
CLAYTON, MO - AUGUST 12: Demonstrators raise their hands and chant 'hands up, don't shoot'
during a protest over the killing of Michael Brown on August 12, 2014 in Clayton, Missouri. Some
reports state that Brown hand his hands in the air when he was shot and killed by a police officer on
Saturday in suburban Ferguson, Missouri. Two days of unrest including rioting and looting have
followed the shooting in Ferguson. Browns parents have publicly asked for order. (Photo by Scott
Olson/Getty Images)
ST. LOUIS, MO - AUGUST 12: Civil rights leader Rev. Al Sharpton speaks about the killing of
teenager Michael Brown at a press conference held on the steps of the old courthouse on August 12,
2014 in St. Louis, Missouri. Brown was shot and killed by a police officer on Saturday in suburban
Ferguson, Missouri. Sharpton and Browns family were calling for order following riots and
skirmishes with police over the past two nights in Ferguson by demonstrators angry over the
shooting. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)
ST. LOUIS, MO - AUGUST 12: Civil rights leader Rev. Al Sharpton speaks about the killing of
teenager Michael Brown at a press conference held on the steps of the old courthouse on August 12,
2014 in St. Louis, Missouri. Brown was shot and killed by a police officer on Saturday in suburban
Ferguson, Missouri. Sharpton and Browns family were calling for order following riots and
skirmishes with police over the past two nights in Ferguson by demonstrators angry over the
shooting. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)
ST. LOUIS, MO - AUGUST 12: Lesley McSpadden (C), the mother of slain teenager Michael Brown,
arrives for a press conference on the arm of civil rights leader Rev. Al Sharpton (L) on August 12,
2014 in St. Louis, Missouri. Brown was shot and killed by a police officer on Saturday in suburban
Ferguson, Missouri. Sharpton and Browns family were calling for order following riots and
skirmishes with police over the past two nights in Ferguson by demonstrators angry over the
shooting. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)
7. FERGUSON, MO - AUGUST 11:
Demonstrators protest the killing of 18-yea-
-old Michael Brown who was shot by police on
Saturday on August 11, 2014 in Ferguson,
Missouri. Police responded with tear gas and
rubber bullets as residents and their
supporters protested the shooting by police of
an unarmed black teenager named Michael
Brown who was killed Saturday in this
suburban St. Louis community. Yesterday 32
arrests were made after protests turned into
rioting and looting in Ferguson. (Photo by
Scott Olson/Getty Images)
FERGUSON, MO - AUGUST 11: Police guard
a Quick Trip gas station that was burned
yesterday when protests over the killing of
18-year-old Michael Brown turned to riots and
looting on August 11, 2014 in Ferguson,
Missouri. Police responded with tear gas and rubber bullets as residents and their supporters
protested the shooting by police of an unarmed black teenager named Michael Brown who was killed
Saturday in this suburban St. Louis community. Yesterday 32 arrests were made after protests
turned into rioting and looting in Ferguson. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)
FERGUSON, MO - AUGUST 11: Demonstrators protest the killing of 18-year-old Michael Brown who
was shot by police on Saturday on August 11, 2014 in Ferguson, Missouri. Police responded with
tear gas and rubber bullets as residents and their supporters protested the shooting by police of an
unarmed black teenager named Michael Brown who was killed Saturday in this suburban St. Louis
community. Yesterday 32 arrests were made after protests turned into rioting and looting in
Ferguson. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)
FERGUSON, MO - AUGUST 11: People view a memorial in the street where 18-year-old Michael
Brown was shot by police on Saturday on August 11, 2014 in Ferguson, Missouri. Police responded
with tear gas and rubber bullets as residents and their supporters protested the shooting by police
of an unarmed black teenager named Michael Brown who was killed Saturday in this suburban St.
Louis community. Yesterday 32 arrests were made after protests turned into rioting and looting in
Ferguson. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)
FERGUSON, MO - AUGUST 11: Protesters are forced by police from the business district into nearby
neighborhoods on August 11, 2014 in Ferguson, Missouri. Police responded with tear gas and
rubber bullets as residents and their supporters protested the shooting by police of an unarmed
black teenager named Michael Brown who was killed Saturday in this suburban St. Louis
community. Yesterday 32 arrests were made after protests turned into rioting and looting in
Ferguson. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)
FERGUSON, MO - AUGUST 11: Protesters are forced by police from the business district into nearby
neighborhoods on August 11, 2014 in Ferguson, Missouri. Police responded with tear gas and
rubber bullets as residents and their supporters protested the shooting by police of an unarmed
black teenager named Michael Brown who was killed Saturday in this suburban St. Louis
8. community. Yesterday 32 arrests were made after protests turned into rioting and looting in
Ferguson. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)