After Violent Night in Ferguson, State Triples National Guard Presence

New York Times ^ | November 25, 2014 | MONICA DAVEY and MANNY FERNANDEZ

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Gov. Jay Nixon of Missouri said on Tuesday that he would triple the number of National Guard troops in this suburban St. Louis city and broadly expand their role in keeping the peace, after a night of arson, looting and rampaging demonstrators showed that weeks of preparation for a grand jury decision in the fatal shooting of Michael Brown had failed to prevent violence.

In Washington, St. Louis and Ferguson itself, an array of public officials, community leaders and clergy were deeply critical of one another as they sought to explain how protests over the grand jury’s decision not to indict the white police officer in the shooting had spun further out of control than the unrest that followed the death in August of Mr. Brown, who was black.

Michael Brown Sr. at a news conference Tuesday, the day after it was announced that a grand jury had decided that Darren Wilson, the officer who fatally shot his son, would not face any charges.Mixed Motives Seen in Prosecutor’s Decision to Release Ferguson Grand Jury MaterialsNOV. 25, 2014 Amid Violence, Ferguson Police React With Restraint Not Shown After August KillingNOV. 25, 2014 video Michael Brown’s Mother ReactsNOV. 25, 2014 “What they’ve gone through is unacceptable,” Mr. Nixon said, appearing frustrated at a news conference in St. Louis as business owners along two commercial strips in Ferguson began sweeping up broken glass and trying to assess losses. One of the streets, West Florissant Avenue, a main thoroughfare not far from where the shooting took place, was still smoky on Tuesday and cordoned off by police.

Officials had been unwilling to provide details about the number of troops when Mr. Nixon first called up the Missouri National Guard last week in advance of the grand jury announcement

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