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Northwesterners Protest Ferguson Decision

NWNews | By Chris Lehman
Published November 25, 2014 at 3:41 PM PST
A rally was held in Salem to protest the grand jury's decision in the Michael Brown case.
Chris Lehman
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Northwest News Network
A rally was held in Salem to protest the grand jury's decision in the Michael Brown case.

People in several Northwest cities raised their voices in protest Tuesday over a grand jury's decision not to indict a Ferguson, Missouri, Missouri police officer Darren Wilson in the fatal shooting of Michael Brown an unarmed black 18-year-old.

In Salem, about 50 people marched and chanted over the noon hour in front of the police department.

The peaceful demonstration ended without incident.

Demonstrations and vigils were also held in Portland, Seattle, Medford, Eugene and Spokane.

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Chris Lehman
Chris Lehman graduated from Temple University with a journalism degree in 1997. He landed his first job less than a month later, producing arts stories for Red River Public Radio in Shreveport, Louisiana. Three years later he headed north to DeKalb, Illinois, where he worked as a reporter and announcer for NPR–affiliate WNIJ–FM. In 2006 he headed west to become the Salem Correspondent for the Northwest News Network.
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