Live updates: Ferguson protests, Day 10
City officials call for 'nighttime quiet' after another night of chaos, arrests
It was another episode of chaos and unrest in Ferguson, Missouri, on Monday night and early Tuesday as two people were shot and 78 people arrested — including several journalists — during clashes between police and protesters just hours after President Barack Obama called for calm and Gov. Jay Nixon lifted a curfew in the hopes that National Guard troops could maintain order. Below are updates from Day 10 of the protests.
4:30 p.m. ET: Ferguson Mayor James Knowles said he is concerned Tuesday's fatal shooting in north St. Louis will give "agitators" another reason to riot.
"The slightest thing can inflame people's anger," the mayor said on CNN.
Earlier on MSNBC, Knowles said racial tensions are not present in Ferguson.
“I don’t believe that’s the case," Knowles said. "There’s not a racial divide in the city of Ferguson."
“According to whom?” MSNBC's Tamron Hall replied. “Is that your perspective, or do you believe that is the perspective of African-Americans in your community?”
“That is the perspective of all residents in our city, absolutely,” Knowles said.
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