Guest Yahoo! News Posted March 13, 2015 Share Posted March 13, 2015 [attach=full]18814[/attach]By Nick Carey and Jim Young FERGUSON, Mo. (Reuters) - The shooting of two police officers at a protest in Ferguson, Missouri, triggered a sweeping manhunt for suspects on Thursday and ratcheted up tensions in a city at the center of a national debate over race and policing. U.S. President Barack Obama condemned the attack on the officers, who were released from a hospital after being treated for wounds. The pair were hit by gunfire outside the police headquarters in the St. Louis suburb during a rally by protesters demanding sweeping changes after a scathing U.S. Justice Department report detailed deep-rooted racial bias within Ferguson's mostly white police force. The demonstration was the latest of many held in the city since the killing in August of an unarmed black teenager by a white police officer, which also prompted protests around the country, and the federal investigation. Continue reading... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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