A diverse group of protesters, many of them children, marched peacefully as calm prevailed for a fourth straight day in the St Louis suburb where an unarmed black 18-year-old was shot by a white police officer, setting off more than a week of unrest.
Several community activists walked side-by-side with police officers in uniform down one of the main streets in Ferguson that had been filled with armoured vehicles and officers in riot gear less than a week ago.
"I think some of the frustration is dying down because more information is coming out," said Alana Ramey, 25, a St Louis resident who joined the afternoon march.
Images of well-armed police confronting protesters with tear gas and rubber bullets after the August 10 shooting of Michael Brown prompted widespread criticism of how local law enforcement agencies have used federal grants to obtain military gear from the Pentagon.
