40 Most Powerful Images Of 2014

9. Black Lives Matter

On August 9, 2014, in Ferguson, Missouri, a suburb of St. Louis, 18-year-old black man Michael Brown was fatally shot by Darren Wilson, 28, a white Ferguson police officer.

Causing racial tensions to erupt throughout the state, 23 year old Rasheed Davis (pictured above) was caught up in the protests throughout the St Louis area and was arrested that night.

Campaigners holding banners emblazoned with 'Black Lives Matter' marched throughout the US.