Thousands Attend Funeral of Black Teenager Killed in Controversial Police Shooting

Thousands of people from across the country gathered Monday in the U.S. Midwestern city of St. Louis to say goodbye to the African American teenager fatally shot by a white police officer during a street confrontation in nearby Ferguson, Missouri. Michael Brown's shooting, of which eyewitnesses give differing accounts, touched off days of violent demonstrations, resulting in more than 100 arrests. VOA's Chris Simkins reports from St. Louis.

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