Protests and fundraising party rub shoulders in Ferguson, Missouri


  • World
  • Friday, 28 Nov 2014

FERGUSON, Mo. (Reuters) - After days dealing with racially charged unrest roiling his community, the mayor of Ferguson, Missouri, turned to a more relaxing challenge: a "rock 'em, sock 'em" table boxing tournament for charity.

Just three blocks from where a dozen protesters stood in the snow outside a police station, demanding the arrest of a white officer who fatally shot an unarmed black teen in August, the scene at Marley's bar on Wednesday night could hardly have been more different.

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