The 2015 Pulitzer Prize-winning photographs from the Post-Dispatch
The ºüÀêÊÓƵ photo staff was awarded the 2015 Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News Photography for its coverage of the protests in Ferguson. The entry consists of 19 photographs and supplemental material that records the impact of the photographic coverage.
On Aug. 9, 2014, Michael Brown, an 18-year-old unarmed African-American, was shot and killed by Darren Wilson. The photography staff covered the story nonstop from that first day through November’s grand jury decision not to indict Wilson. As the protests fueled a debate over race and policing tactics, the staff’s images from months of demonstrations and police actions were shared globally.
Ferguson Protests
Edward Crawford returns a tear gas canister fired by police who were trying to disperse protesters in Ferguson on Aug. 13, 2014. Four days earlier, unarmed black teenager Michael Brown was shot to death by police officer Darren Wilson. The killing ignited riots and unrest in the ºüÀêÊÓƵ area and across the nation. Photo by Robert Cohen, rcohen@post-dispatch.com
Ferguson Protests
Lesley McSpadden is comforted by her husband, Louis Head, hours after the fatal police shooting of her son Michael Brown in the Canfield Green Apartments in Ferguson. (Huy Mach, ºüÀêÊÓƵ - August 9, 2014)
A mother grieves
Lesley McSpadden dropped rose petals onto the street in Ferguson on Aug. 9, 2014, where her son’s body had been left for more than four hours after he was killed by a police officer. Photo by Huy Mach of ºüÀêÊÓƵ.
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"All of my friends have been killed! I'm sick of it," yelled protester Jamell Spann at police officers dressed in riot gear who cleared hundreds of demonstrators to prevent them from surrounding the Ferguson Police Department. (Robert Cohen, ºüÀêÊÓƵ - August 11, 2014)
Ferguson Protests
"Don't shoot us!," yell residents taunting police officers who were arriving to break up an angry crowd on Canfield Drive in Ferguson, hours after an officer killed Michael Brown. Rumors state that Michael Brown had his hands up when he was shot by officer Darren Wilson. The night was the genesis of the "Hand up, don't shoot!" movement that spread across the country. (David Carson, ºüÀêÊÓƵ - August 9, 2014)
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A looter armed with a gun in his waistband steals items from a QuikTrip after riots broke out at the end of a candlelight vigil for Michael Brown. The store was later set afire. (David Carson, ºüÀêÊÓƵ - August 10, 2014)
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The emotional toll of a week of protesting appears on the face of a ºüÀêÊÓƵ County police officer as marchers yell profanity at the officers on West Florissant Avenue in Ferguson. (J.B. Forbes, ºüÀêÊÓƵ - August 17, 2014)
Ferguson Protests
A member of the ºüÀêÊÓƵ County Police tactical team fires tear gas into a crowd of people in response to a series of gunshots fired at police during demonstrations in Ferguson. For more than two weeks, police and protesters clashed nightly. (David Carson, ºüÀêÊÓƵ - August 18, 2014)
Ferguson Protests
A protester shields himself from exploding tear gas canisters. On this night protesters attempted to throw Molotov cocktails, rocks and bottles at police. It was the fourth consecutive night police used tear gas to disperse the crowd. (David Carson, ºüÀêÊÓƵ - August 13, 2014)
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Helped by a stranger, Cassandra Roberts has tear gas cleared from her eyes as she sits outside a McDonald's. "We thought it could be a peaceful night," said Roberts, who was marching in Ferguson for the first time. "What the hell is going on in this world?" (Robert Cohen, ºüÀêÊÓƵ - August 17, 2014)
Ferguson Protests
Roses stretch more than 60 yards through the Canfield Green Apartments to the Michael Brown memorial as Theo Murphy and his brother Jordan Marshall light candles. (Christian Gooden, ºüÀêÊÓƵ - August 21, 2014)
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The casket of Michael Brown exits Friendly Temple Missionary Baptist Church at the end of his ºüÀêÊÓƵ funeral. Thousands of mourners filled the church and lined the streets for Brown's farewell. (Robert Cohen, ºüÀêÊÓƵ - August 25, 2014)
Ferguson Protests
Michael Brown, Sr. wipes fingerprints from the vault containing the casket of his son before it was lowered into the ground at St. Peter's Cemetery. (Robert Cohen, ºüÀêÊÓƵ - August 25, 2014)
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Asher Kolieboi operates a puppet of Michael Brown as thousands of people march against police violence in downtown ºüÀêÊÓƵ during a weekend series of demonstrations called 'Ferguson October'. (Robert Cohen, ºüÀêÊÓƵ - October 11, 2014)
Ferguson Protests
Joshua Williams (center) and Nicholas Austin Jackson shout at ºüÀêÊÓƵ Police Chief Sam Dotson as he attempts to speak at a meeting of the Ferguson Commission, a special advisory board appointed by Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon to recommend governing solutions. Some in the crowd stood and turned their back on Dotson as he spoke, others heckled him. (David Carson, ºüÀêÊÓƵ - December 8, 2014)
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Ferguson protester Cheyenne Green struggles to hold onto an American flag as a football fan makes a grab for it outside the Edward Jones Dome after a ºüÀêÊÓƵ Rams game. (David Carson, ºüÀêÊÓƵ - October 19, 2014)
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A driver grabs a gun while keeping an eye on protesters who broke out the rear window of his minivan. Moments earlier, the man had struck several protesters who had come from Ferguson to protest in ºüÀêÊÓƵ. They were blocking an intersection and climbed onto the hood of his car when they were flung off as he drove away. The demonstrators then chased him and surrounded his vehicle, at which point the driver pulled out the gun. Police later arrested the man. (David Carson, ºüÀêÊÓƵ - December 3, 2014)
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Protesters take pictures in front of Juanita's Fashion R Boutique on West Florissant Avenue in Ferguson, hours after a grand jury declined to indict police officer Darren Wilson in the shooting death of Michael Brown. Twelve businesses along a stretch of roadway more than a mile long were burned to the ground. (Robert Cohen, ºüÀêÊÓƵ - November 24, 2014)
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A Missouri National Guardsman stands over the rubble of Prime Beauty Supply in Ferguson. Though Gov. Jay Nixon had activated the guardsmen several days before the grand jury's verdict was announced, they were kept out of Ferguson until the following day. (Robert Cohen, ºüÀêÊÓƵ - November 26 2014)
The board honored the photo staff for "stunning photojournalism that served the community while informing the country."
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