THE SPARK FOR WHAT WOULD

BECOME DAILY STREET PROTESTS WAS

THE KILLING OF AN UNARMED

AFRICAN AMERICAN TEENAGER.

18-YEAR-OLD MICHAEL BROWN WAS

GUNNED DOWN BY A WHITE POLICE

OFFICER ON AUGUST THE 9TH.

IN THE DAYS THAT FOLLOWED,

THE POLICE RESPONDED

TO THE DEMONSTRATIONS

WITH MASSIVE FORCE.

>> It's an uprising.

We are tired of the police.

>> We're sick of being

tear-gassed.

We're sick of being shot at.

All of these young people

deserve respect and justice

>> Force is their message.

We will shoot,

we will kill,

if necessary.

>> AN AUTOPSY WOULD SHOW THAT

BROWN WAS SHOT AT LEAST SIX

TIMES - TWICE IN THE HEAD.

HE WAS THE FOURTH UNARMED BLACK

MAN TO BE KILLED IN THE UNITED

STATES BY POLICE IN THE SPAN OF

A MONTH...

THE STREET PROTESTS AND POLICE

TACTICS BROUGHT FERGUSON INTO

THE NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL

SPOTLIGHT.

THINGS QUICKLY SPIRALED -

REPORTS OF GUNSHOTS FIRED FROM

THE CROWD,

A STATE OF EMERGENCY WAS

DECLARED,

THE NATIONAL GUARD WAS DEPLOYED,

AND THE US ATTORNEY GENERAL

LAUNCHED A FEDERAL INVESTIGATION

INTO THE KILLING.

FAULT LINES WAS IN FERGUSON TO

WITNESS HOW MICHAEL BROWN'S

KILLING IGNITED SOMETHING

BIGGER,

EXPOSING TENSIONS THAT HAD BEEN

BUBBLING BENEATH THE SURFACE FOR

YEARS.

>> On his knees.

Hands up.

>> This is more than Michael

Brown.

This is about civilians against

law enforcement.

Corrupt law enforcement.