Ferguson takes comfort in Thanksgiving

For the first time this week, there were no signs of any major protests in the St Louis suburb, which reeled from the decision by a Missouri grand jury not to charge a white policeman who shot dead black teenager Michael Brown on Aug 9. A man walks around yellow police tape at the local business section of West Florissant Avenue near a sign with a message displayed outside a church in Ferguson, Missouri on Nov 27. FERGUSON: A peaceful Ferguson came together on Thursday to celebrate Thanksgiving and recover from violent protests that erupted when a police officer was not charged in the shooting death of an unarmed black teenager.

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