A grand jury decided not to indict a Ferguson police officer in the death of Michael Brown, the unarmed, black 18-year-old whose fatal shooting sparked weeks of sometimes violent protests. Thousands of people protested in U.S. cities including Los Angeles and New York against the verdict.

Here are the LIVE updates from the event:- 

- The Federal Aviation Administration posted on Twitter that only inbound planes, not departures, are affected. The facility remains open.

- Outside the White House, a few hundred people protested peacefully, holding up signs reading “Justice for Michael Brown” and chanting “Hands up, don’t shoot”.

- Activists had been planning to protest even before the nighttime announcement that Officer Darren Wilson will not be charged in the shooting death of Michael Brown.

- Law enforcement personnel must frequently make split-second and difficult decisions – statement from Wilson’s attorney

- Planes were being rerouted out of an at least 3-mile (4.8-kilometer) area near Ferguson.

- The Federal Aviation Administration is restricting the path of some flights into Lambert-St. Louis International Airport amid the unrest in Ferguson.

- Several businesses burned, looting and violence on the streets of Ferguson. - A police car’s window were smashed and protesters tried to topple it before it was set ablaze. - Police in Ferguson Missouri resorted to tear gas to disperse protesters. 

- St Louis County Police report heavy automatic gunfire in one area of Ferguson after grand jury decision. 

(Indian Express)