Tear Gas Fuels More Anger as Sharpton Rallies Ferguson Residents

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Hundreds of people rallied alongside civil rights activist Al Sharpton in a St. Louis suburb, demanding that the police officer who shot and killed an unarmed black teenager on Aug. 9 be charged with murder.

Yesterday’s gathering, the largest since protests marked by looting and military-style responses began, came as U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder called for a new autopsy of the body of 18-year-old Michael Brown.