David Carson

Ferguson protester Cheyenne Green struggles to hold onto an American flag as a football fan makes a grab for it outside the Edward Jones Dome after a St. Louis Rams game.

A driver grabs a gun while keeping an eye on protesters who broke out the rear window of his minivan. Moments earlier, the man struck protesters who came from Ferguson to protest in St. Louis. They were blocking an intersection and climbed onto the hood of his car before they were flung off as he drove away. The demonstrators then chased him and surrounded his vehicle, at which point the driver pulled out the gun. Police later arrested the man.

A looter armed with a gun in his waistband steals items from a QuikTrip after riots broke out at the end of a candlelight vigil for Michael Brown. The store was later set afire.

"Don't shoot us!" yelled residents taunting police officers who were arriving to break up an angry crowd on Canfield Drive in Ferguson, hours after an officer killed Michael Brown. Rumors state that Brown had his hands up when he was shot by officer Darren Wilson. The night was the genesis of the "Hands up, don't shoot!" movement that spread across the country.

A protester shields himself from exploding tear gas canisters. On this night, protesters attempted to throw Molotov cocktails, rocks and bottles at police. It was the fourth consecutive night police used tear gas to disperse the crowd.

Joshua Williams, center, and Nicholas Austin Jackson shout at St. Louis Police Chief Sam Dotson as he attempts to speak at a meeting of the Ferguson Commission, a special advisory board appointed by Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon to recommend governing solutions. Some in the crowd stood and turned their back on Dotson as he spoke, others heckled him.