Violence as police officer is cleared of shooting black teen

Missouri state police are taking over security from local officers in the St Louis suburb that has been the scene of violent protests since an unarmed black teenager was shot dead by white police officer.

Police used tear gas and smoke bombs to repel crowds who threw Molotov cocktails during another violent night on the streets of a St Louis suburb in the wake of the shooting of the unarmed 18-year-old Michael Brown.

Police used tear gas and smoke bombs to repel crowds who threw Molotov cocktails during another violent night on the streets of a St Louis suburb in the wake of the shooting of unarmed 18-year-old Michael Brown.

Rioters looted and burned shops, vandalised vehicles and taunted riot police who tried to block access to parts of a predominantly black suburb of St Louis after a candlelight vigil for an unarmed man who was fatally shot by an officer turned ugly.

There was vandalism after thousands of people attended a vigil for an unarmed black US teenager who was shot and killed by a police officer.