Thousands protest police shootings in St. Louis

ST. LOUIS (AP) -- Thousands have gathered in St. Louis for a second day of rallies and marches protesting Michael Brown's death and other fatal police shootings.

Vietnam-era peace activists, New York City seminarians and hundreds of fast-food workers bused in from Chicago, Nashville and other cities joined local residents and activists Saturday.

Michael Brown, a black, unarmed 18-year-old, was shot and killed Aug. 9 by Darren Wilson, a white officer in the St. Louis suburb of Ferguson.

Four days of events are planned in the St. Louis area. They started Friday afternoon with a march outside the St. Louis county prosecutor's office in Clayton.

Saturday's march in downtown St. Louis came hours before the Cardinals were set to host the San Francisco Giants in the first game of the National League Championship Series.

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