Missouri Governor. Jay Nixon ordered a curfew Saturday in the city of Ferguson and declared a state of emergency after fresh violence erupted overnight amid public anger over the shooting death of an unarmed young black man by a white police officer. The curfew will run from midnight to 5 a.m., starting Saturday night.
“This is a test,” Nixon said at a news conference, saying “the eyes of the world” are watching to see how the city handles the aftermath of the Aug. 9 death of Michael Brown, 18. Nixon said the looting and vandalism to at least three businesses overnight was "not acceptable" and characterized it as the actions of small groups who "took the street with the intent of committing crimes and endangering citizens."He said he enacted the curfew because he can't allow the "ill will of a few to undermine the goodwill of many."
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