State of emergency: Protesters, police face off following Mike Brown's death anniversary

The Black Lives Matter movement was triggered by a tragic death of an unarmed black teenager, who was killed by a white officer in Ferguson, Missouri, last August. As the year passed, the country was shattered by waves of unrest that exposed the tensions between the police and the public, fighting for social and racial justice and against police brutality.
Here you can find a timeline of the events unfolding a year ago: RT’s Year of Protest, part 1 and part 2.

Hundreds of people took to the streets of Ferguson to commemorate the death of Michael Brown in a peaceful demonstration. The demonstrators were mostly black people, and one of the participants told RT’s video agency Ruptly that “We talk out of control and out of rage because you people have pushed us to this point where the only way we can express ourselves is by letting you know how we feel.”

Michael Brown’s father, who led the march, told the people who gathered at the site of his son’s death that he sees “things moving in a positive way, but I don’t see enough,” as cited by The Guardian. “I hurt every day,” Brown added. “I have to stay moving, going, running, just to keep me from going insane.”

The protesters at the Saturday’s peaceful rally in Ferguson could have a taste of a special roasted pig. It was dressed as a police officer, in a reference to officer Darren Wilson, who shot and killed an unarmed black teen a year ago. Only a pig’s head was left, and at nightfall protesters took it to the police department building, a meeting point for hundreds of people.

Three rallies, including a die-in, were held in New York City to protest police brutality and commemorate the anniversary of Michael Brown’s death. People were chanting “All lives will matter when black lives matter!” and held banners reading “Black Lives Matter.”

Two white doves were released above the spot where Michael Brown died a year ago at the end of several minutes of silence, representing the four and a half hour's time that the teenager's body lay in the sreet after his death, during the protest in Ferguson.

The silent march of hundreds of people in Ferguson was interrupted by approximately six gunshots. However, the police said that the shooting was unrelated to the memorial event.

Social media users reported about tear gas being fired at Ferguson protesters.

As the march carried on, one man was injured by police shooting. The local police chief said that he is in a "critical, unstable" condition in hospital and undergoing surgery. He added that several people were detained during the protests, with no specification of their number.

About 20 shots apparently shocked Ferguson's acting police chief, Andre Anderson, who was telling CNN reporters that police “just want to be as patient as possible.”