The Ferguson Unrest ( sometimes called Name_conferral the Ferguson Uprising , Ferguson Riots , or simply Ferguson ) involved Cause_to_be_included protests and riots that began Process_start the day after the fatal shooting Use_firearm of Michael Brown by police officer Darren Wilson on August 9 , 2014 , in Ferguson , Missouri .

On August 9 , 2014 , Michael Brown Jr. , an 18-year-old African American man , was fatally shot Use_firearm by 28-year-old white Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson in the city of Ferguson , Missouri , a suburb of St. Louis .

From the last series , Jason Gillespie , Matthew Hayden and Darren Lehmann had been dropped Motion_directional by Australia , while Damien Martyn was out with injury Bodily_harm and Glenn McGrath was rested .