Ferguson extended state of emergency

The St. Louis County authorities extended, at least for a day, the state of emergency in Ferguson, Missouri, where protests took place a year after an unarmed black young man was killed by a white policeman.

District Governor Steve Stenger extended the state of emergency in Ferguson, a suburb of St. Louis, at least until Saturday, his spokeswoman Alison Blood said.

A state of emergency was introduced by Stenger on Monday, after the night before the police seriously injured a man in a shootout, which darkened the day marked by peaceful demonstrations.

The man accused of shooting the police, 18-year-old Tyrone Harris, was taken to a local hospital, and his condition stabilized on Thursday, a spokesman for the St. Louis County police department said.

Starting Monday, protests mostly were peaceful. No arrests were made on Tuesday evening and Wednesday.

The death of 18-year-old Michael Brown 9 August 2014 marked the beginning of a national debate on police interaction with minority representatives. On Thursday, demonstrations against police brutality took place in New York.

Tens of people gathered at the rally in Times Square and went to the police station where members of the Artists 4 Justice activist group suggested people chanting “I Can't Breathe” - the last words of Eric Garner, a black man who died after a white policeman used a choke on him. The incident occurred in the New York district of Steten Island.