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The US town of Ferguson has seen rioting and looting after a jury decided not to bring charges over the killing of a black teenager.
Michael Brown was shot by a white police officer, Darren Wilson, on 9 August, sparking protests.
A police chief said the latest violence in the suburb of St Louis, Missouri, was “probably much worse” than on any night since the teenager’s death.
St Louis County police chief Jon Belmar said rioters had fired 150 shots.
Many in the African-American community had called for Mr Wilson to be charged with murder, but after three months of deliberation a Missouri grand jury – of nine white and three black members – made no recommendation of charges.
President Barack Obama joined the teenager’s family on Monday in appealing for calm, urging Americans to accept the decision was “the grand jury’s to make”.
The BBC’s Aleem Maqbool reported seeing more vandalism and looting after Monday’s ruling than on any night in August.
Some demonstrators celebrated as businesses burned in Ferguson
Police say they did not use their firearms during the rioting
Pepper spray was fired by police
As shops burned, protesters demanded “justice for Mike Brown”
‘Torn apart’Authorities said more than 80 people were arrested amid chaos in several areas of St Louis overnight. Sixty-one of those arrests were in Ferguson, with charges including burglary and trespassing.
The fabric of the community, Mr Belmar, had been “torn apart” in Ferguson, which is a predominantly black community patrolled by a mainly white police force.
BBC