Bid to calm tensions in Ferguson

Police, political leaders and civil rights activists have sought to tamp down tensions after two police officers were shot in front of the police department during a protest in Ferguson, which has become a symbol of tensions between police and African Americans.

The shootings took place early yesterday morning during a protest that unfolded following the resignation of police chief Tom Jackson in the wake of a damning US Justice Department report. The gunfire began just as the small crowd of protesters began to break up.