As the sun began to set on the first day after the grand jury indictment was announced, protesters grew in numbers and blocked a major highway.
Actress Rosario Dawson sent out this tweet with the Brown Family’s official response to the grand jury’s verdict.
The Wall Street Journal tweeted out this infograph it put together about the protests initially following the grand jury’s decision not to indict officer Darren Wilson for killing Michael Brown.
In his Ferguson tweet, this user chose to reference the Tom Hank’s movie “Castaway,” where Hank’s character had a soccer ball friend named Wilson.
Vice News reporter Alice Speri tweeted out this image of kids emulating the media protected in body armor.
Protests spread in support of Michael Brown and against the grand jury verdict that spared police officer Darren Wilson from punishment. Major cities across the U.S. including Philadelphia, pictured here, hosted mostly peaceful protests.
More than 2,000 miles west, protests also blocked streets in downtown Seattle.
This tweet shows LA is also ready for protests.
This user questions the prosecuting attorney’s integrity.
On Tuesday afternoon, I-70 heading into St Louis was blocked by protesters, as shown in this tweet.
Police were investigating a homicide Tuesday after a man was found shot to death in a car near the site of Michael Brown’s death following Monday night’s protests.
This tweet shows the financial impact of violent protesters, who, sadly, ended up hurting small business owners in an already cash-strapped town.
Politico soberly summed up the situation with this tweet.
@WillyFarrell asked the question we all wanted to ask with the above tweet.
Not everyone was protesting. Others rushed to help the ransacked businesses, as ABC News reports in this tweet.
