Obama calls for peace after Ferguson shooting ruling
He said anger is an understandable reaction but violence is not the answer
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US President Barack Obama has called for peace after a grand jury decided not to indict a Ferguson police officer in Michael Brown shooting death case.
"We are a nation built on the rule of law, and so we need to accept that this decision was the grand jury's to make," Xinhua quoted from a White House statement Monday.
He said anger is an understandable reaction but violence is not the answer.
Michael Brown was shot dead by a policeman Aug 9 this year in Ferguson, Missouri, a suburb of St.Louis.
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First Published: Nov 25 2014 | 12:25 PM IST