Mayor James Knowles

As the hunt for suspects in the shooting of two police officers in Ferguson, Missouri, extended into a third day, activists took the first steps on Saturday to force the mayor out of office while residents awaited signs of progress in the investigation.

Five Ferguson residents have taken a first step toward ousting the city's mayor in the wake of a federal probe into the police killing of unarmed black youth Michael Brown, activists said Saturday.

The mayor of Ferguson rejected growing calls yesterday to resign in the aftermath of a blistering US government report into the fatal police shooting of unarmed black teenager Michael Brown.

The white police officer who shot and killed an unarmed black teenager in Ferguson, Missouri, this summer, got no severance deal when he resigned from the force, the mayor of the St Louis suburb said on Sunday.

The mayor of the US suburb at the center of a deadly police shooting that sparked repeated nights of racially charged unrest pledged Sunday to rebuild the riot-hit town.

As the hunt for suspects in the shooting of two police officers in Ferguson, Missouri, extended into a third day, activists took the first steps on Saturday to force the mayor out of office while residents awaited signs of progress in the investigation.

Five Ferguson residents have taken a first step toward ousting the city's mayor in the wake of a federal probe into the police killing of unarmed black youth Michael Brown, activists said Saturday.

The mayor of Ferguson rejected growing calls yesterday to resign in the aftermath of a blistering US government report into the fatal police shooting of unarmed black teenager Michael Brown.

The white police officer who shot and killed an unarmed black teenager in Ferguson, Missouri, this summer, got no severance deal when he resigned from the force, the mayor of the St Louis suburb said on Sunday.

The mayor of the US suburb at the center of a deadly police shooting that sparked repeated nights of racially charged unrest pledged Sunday to rebuild the riot-hit town.