Protesters returned to the streets of Ferguson on Tuesday night, facing a National Guard presence that had been tripled by Gov. Jay Nixon earlier in the day. While many of the protesters were peaceful, some managed to overturn a police cruiser and set it ablaze , prompting police to use tear gas. Others in the crowd broke windows at Ferguson City Hall. Large protests also took place in New York City; Washington, D.C.; Atlanta; Pittsburgh; New Orleans; Portland; Minneapolis; Los Angeles; and Durham, North Carolina—including instances of protesters shutting down highways .
Police confront demonstrators during a protest on Nov. 25, 2014, in Ferguson, Missouri.
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Protesters chant outside the Los Angeles police headquarters on Nov. 25, 2014, during demonstrations against a decision by a Ferguson, Missouri, grand jury not to indict a white police officer in the shooting of black teenager Michael Brown.
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A row of cars burn at a used car lot during a demonstration on Nov. 25, 2014, in Ferguson, Missouri.
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A protester videos a police car set on fire by protesters in Ferguson, Missouri, Nov. 25, 2014.
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Police stand guard at City Hall during protests on Nov. 25, 2014, in Ferguson, Missouri.
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California Highway Patrol officers walk to clear the 101 freeway from protesters in Los Angeles on Nov. 25, 2014.
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Police officers try to prevent protesters from removing barricades outside Police Department headquarters on Nov. 25, 2014, in Los Angeles.
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A man helps a protester who was pepper-sprayed as the protesters block Fifth Avenue during protests in New York City on Nov. 25, 2014.
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More than 1,000 demonstrators chant “Hands up, don’t shoot!” in protest on the steps of the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C., a day after the Ferguson grand jury decision to not indict officer Darren Wilson in the Michael Brown case.
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Protestors demonstrate in front of the Ferguson police station Tuesday. More than 2,000 Missouri national guardsmen were deployed a day after demonstrators caused extensive damage in Ferguson and surrounding areas.
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People protest in Times Square in New York City on Tuesday.
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A protester holding a flare runs on Highway 580 in Oakland, California, during a demonstration Tuesday.
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A man enters a burning Walgreens drugstore Tuesday in Ferguson.
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Protesters flip over a police car Tuesday night in Ferguson.
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A resident, lying shirtless, keeps warm as another approaches the blazing skeleton of Juanita’s Fashions R Boutique after it was burned to the ground in Ferguson in the early morning hours of Tuesday.
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Police form a line in the street under a holiday sign Monday after a grand jury returned no indictment in the shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson.
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Protesters demonstrate in front of the White House on Monday night after the grand jury decision.
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People protest Tuesday in Times Square over the Ferguson grand jury decision.
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New York City Police officers attempt to detain a demonstrator in Times Square on Tuesday.
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Protesters lie in an intersection in Los Angeles during a demonstration Tuesday.
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