FBI Investigating Shooting Death Of Unarmed Missouri Teen

Aaron Coleman, left, joins other protesters marching on Florissant Road in historic downtown Ferguson, Mo., Monday, Aug. 11, 2014. The group marched along the closed street, rallying in front of the town's police hea... Aaron Coleman, left, joins other protesters marching on Florissant Road in historic downtown Ferguson, Mo., Monday, Aug. 11, 2014. The group marched along the closed street, rallying in front of the town's police headquarters to protest the shooting of 18-year-old Michael Brown by Ferguson police officers. Brown, who was killed in a confrontation with police in the St. Louis suburb, was shot Saturday, Aug. 9, 2014, and died following the confrontation with police. (AP Photo/Sid Hastings) MORE LESS
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FERGUSON, Mo. (AP) — The FBI is investigating possible civil rights violations after a suburban St. Louis police officer fatally shot an unarmed teenager.

Cheryl Mimura, a spokeswoman for the FBI’s St. Louis field office, says the agency opened an investigation Monday into possible civil rights violations arising from the death of 18-year-old Michael Brown. Police say Brown was shot multiple times Saturday in a scuffle with an officer in Ferguson.

Mimura says the FBI is monitoring the case and working with St. Louis County police.

A candlelight vigil for Brown was held Sunday, and tensions erupted later that night. Nearly three dozen people were arrested after a crowd looted and burned stores, vandalized vehicles and taunted officers.

Mimura noted that the FBI would be investigating such a shooting regardless of the public attention.

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  1. I am tired of the stories with this theme. It is time for the American people and police officers to stop equating being brown with being bad. Grow up, America!

  2. This seems to be another killed by the cops for being black. He was shot in the back while running away. I don’t know if he did anything wrong, but he was unarmed and not dangerous. Of course, the cops don’t want to admit they did anything wrong. I wonder if it was high fives all around at headquarters.

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