Jon Belmar

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Members of the Oath Keepers in Ferguson on Tuesday morning. Photograph: Lucas Jackson/Reuters
Heavily armed ‘Oath Keepers’ inject new unease in Ferguson
  • US
  • August 11, 2015, 12:38

Four civilians carrying automatic rifles and sidearms patrolled a riot-torn street in Ferguson, Missouri, early Tuesday, saying they were there to pr(...)

Police detain a protester in Ferguson on Monday. Photograph: Rick Wilking/Reuters
Ferguson: State of emergency declared as black man shot
  • US
  • August 11, 2015

Police in riot gear contained roughly 200 protesters who had gathered in the streets of Ferguson, Missouri on Monday to mark the anniversary of the po(...)

Courtney Palmer, cousin of Antonio Martin, an armed man fatally shot by police late on Tuesday, kneels with her family in front of a memorial at the site of the shooting in Berkeley, Missouri. Photograph: Kate Munsch/Reuters
St Louis protests after police shooting
  • US
  • December 25, 2014, 12:59

Protests flared into early Thursday in the St Louis suburb where a white policeman fatally shot a black man who allegedly brandished a gun at a gas st(...)

St Louis Rams players hold their hands in the air in a gesture of solidarity with protesters over the shooting of black teenager Michael Brown. Photograph: Dilip Vishwanat/Getty Images
No apology over NFL players' Darren Wilson protest

The repercussions from last week’s grand jury decision not to charge a white police officer over the August 9th shooting of an unarmed black teena(...)

Protesters rally outside the US district courthouse in Brooklyn, New York. Photograph: Chang W Lee/The New York Times
Ferguson counts cost after night of violence

The town of Ferguson in Missouri was counting the cost of a night of violence triggered by Monday night’s announcement that a grand jury decided not (...)

Protesters gather near the police department in Ferguson, Missouri, last night, following clashes between police and demonstrators on Thursday. Photograph: Reuters
Police officer shot in troubled US city of Ferguson
  • US
  • September 28, 2014, 12:47

A police officer from the strife-hit Missouri city of Ferguson was shot last night and authorities are still searching for the shooter, law enforcemen(...)

Riot police move to clear demonstrators from a street in Ferguson, Missouri, last night. Police fired tear gas to disperse protesters on the fourth night of demonstrations over the fatal shooting last weekend of an unarmed black teenager, Michael Brown. Photograph: Mario Anzuoni/Reuters
Unrest continues after shooting of black teenager in US
  • US
  • August 14, 2014, 11:06

Police used tear gas and smoke bombs to repel crowds who threw Molotov cocktails during another violent night on the streets of a St Louis suburb in t(...)

Protesters demonstrate in front of the Ferguson police headquarters after an black teenager was shot by a police officer. Photograph: New York Times
Rioting after black teen shot dead by police in Missouri
  • US
  • August 11, 2014, 11:41

There was rioting and looting in the town of Ferguson, Missouri last night as protests over the killing of a black teenager by a police officer turned(...)