August 15, 2014
In this photo released by the White House, President Obama speaks on the phone with Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon about the situation in Ferguson, Missouri, in Chilmark, Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts on August 14, 2014. Photo by Pete Souza
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President Obama Appeals For Peace in Ferguson
EDGARTOWN, Mass. — President Barack Obama on Thursday appealed for “peace and calm” on the streets of a St. Louis suburb besieged by violent clashes between police and crowds protesting the shooting death of an unarmed teenager.