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Ferguson, Missouri: Thursday, August 14th
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Police presence in Ferguson on Thursday night was nothing like the heavy-handed show of force from earlier in the week. Only a handful of police were present for demonstrations Thursday evening.
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Everyone in Ferguson, reporters, residents, and visitors, were taking photos with smartphones and tablets.
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Demonstrators rode outside of their vehicles, joining in chants with the crowd.
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Children and families took part in demonstrations.
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One of two anonymous masks spotted Thursday evening
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People recording action out of car windows was a common sight.
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Some bands of people walked up and down the strip engaging crowds in chants and singing.
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A young child looks on as cars covered in demonstrators pass by.
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This man drove his SUV standing halfway out of the door, with one hand on the steering wheel and the other holding an iPad.
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"Stop killing us" was one of several slogans demonstrators wore.
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The median was filled with onlookers who caught both directions of traffic.
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Cars lined up as far as the eye could see down W. Florissant Ave.
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A demonstrator holds her fist to the sky in a passing car.
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:D
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Demonstrators acknowledging the crowd.
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Police stayed away from the main demonstrations in staging areas like this one.
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These officers did not want their photos taken, and shined flashlights in our cameras when we attempted to photograph them.
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In the only police incursion of the evening, an officer reacts to shouting from the crowd.
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Police approached this McDonalds, where two reporters were arrested on Wednesday, but were quickly forced back to their vehicles by an angry crowd. The crowd chased them out of the area.
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Glass sparkles on the street where police cars were parked moments earlier. An unidentified person from the crowd threw a bottle at the police cruisers.
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Many people covered their faces with t-shirts and bandanas.
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Smoke rises from the street as a driver burned rubber. A lone police helicopter observes the situation from above.
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Even some cars had their hands up in protest.
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"O lord God to whom vengance belongeth - stay calm - for the lord will not forsake his people, neither will he forsake his inheritance."
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Towards the end of the night, as the crowd thinned, a few organizers closed off streets to stop the flow of traffic. One organizer walked up and down the street with a megaphone, asking people to go home.
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A small fire burns in the middle of the street as protests came to an end.
