article_snippet: Ferguson hit the headlines in August when a white policeman fatally shot unarmed black teenager Michael Brown, setting off protests that spread to major cities across the United States and triggered a national debate about police tactics, especially in relation to African Americans.
article_snippet: Last week a scathing US Justice Department report faulted Ferguson for using a scathing US Justice Department report police and municipal court to generate revenue by targeting the African-American majority in the St. Louis suburb of 21,000.
article_snippet: Wednesday night's shooting came hours after Ferguson's embattled police chief Thomas Jackson resigned.
article_snippet: Tense: Wednesday night's shooting came hours after Ferguson's embattled police chief Thomas Jackson resigned, setting off a protest outside the town's police headquarters .
article_snippet: President Barack Obama condemned Wednesday's shooting during an appearance on the Jimmy Kimmel Live late-night TV talk show. '
article_snippet: What had been happening in Ferguson was oppressive and objectionable and was worthy of protest,' President Barack Obama said, referring to Brown's death and the findings that black Americans were targeted by overzealous policing in the town, where most of the force is white. '
article_snippet: But there was no excuse for criminal acts," Ferguson said.
article_snippet: Calls for Knowles to resign have been growing, but Ferguson told CNN that Ferguson intends to remain in the office that Ferguson won by acclamation last year, prior to Brown's shooting. '
article_snippet: Knowles told National Public Radio that Ferguson remains tense. '