Ferguson shooting: Protests spread across US

More than 38 US States and over 140 cities have seen new protests over the decision not to charge a white policeman who shot a black teenager in Ferguson, Missouri.

Demonstrations from New York to Seattle were mostly peaceful but rioting broke out in Oakland, California.

There was some unrest in Ferguson itself, with police making 44 arrests, but the town did not see rioting on the scale of Monday night.

The  Police Officer Darren Wilson, who shot the 18-year-old Michael Brown on 9 August, said  in the struggle which preceded the shooting, he had felt like a five-year-old holding on to US wrestler, Hulk Hogan but had a clean conscience". 

In neighbouring Canada, several protest marches and rallies have been staged in Toronto and Ottawa under the banner ''Black Lives Matter''.

Thousands participated in the rallies braving cold weather.

BBC