Masked individuals carry items out of a store, during on-going demonstrations to protest against the shooting of Michael Brown, in Ferguson, Missouri

Masked individuals carry items out of a store, during on-going demonstrations to protest against the shooting of Michael Brown, in Ferguson, Missouri, August 16, 2014. Protesters in Ferguson said late on Friday on Twitter that police had fired tear gas at a crowd protesting over the police shooting death of Brown, an unarmed black teen. The reported outbreak late Friday evening came after almost a week of nighttime clashes between local police and protesters saw a 24-hour break as those police forces were replaced by state police led by an African-American captain. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson (UNITED STATES – Tags: CIVIL UNREST CRIME LAW)