A Look at the Destruction After Ferguson Riots

What it looks like the morning after Darren Wilson is cleared.

ByABC News
November 25, 2014, 10:38 AM

— -- As the sun came up this morning in Ferguson, Missouri, it revealed destroyed businesses, burnt cars and wreckage from the riots that erupted after a grand jury cleared Officer Darren Wilson in the shooting death of teenager Michael Brown.

A row of scorched cars covered in soot sat in a parking lot in nearby Dellwood, a manager surveyed the burned down building of the gas station where she works, and business owners assessed smashed windows and rubble from the fires.

"I know that there's at least a dozen buildings that have been set on fire," St. Louis County Police Chief Jon Belmar said at a press conference today. "Most of those are total losses. I know that I have two St. Louis County police cars that are basically melted on Florissant Road, just to the north of Suburban [Avenue]."

PHOTO: A worker cleans up glass at a building that was damaged during a demonstration on Nov. 25, 2014 in Dellwood, Mo.
A worker cleans up glass at a building that was damaged during a demonstration on Nov. 25, 2014 in Dellwood, Mo. Demonstrators caused extensive damage in Ferguson and surrounding areas last night after a St. Louis County grand jury decided to not indict Ferguson police Officer Darren Wilson in the shooting of Michael Brown.

PHOTO: One of the buildings burned to the ground during protests after a grand jurt decided not to indict a police officer in the killing of an unarmed teenager, Nov. 25, 2014, Dellwood, Mo.
One of the buildings burned to the ground during protests after a grand jurt decided not to indict a police officer in the killing of an unarmed teenager, Nov. 25, 2014, Dellwood, Mo.

Many of the businesses were looted, just days before Thanksgiving.

St. Louis police arrested 61 people overnight for various charges including arson, unlawful assembly, assault, unlawful possession of a firearm, burglary, trespassing and more.

PHOTO: Property manager Terri Willits looks over a gas station she manages that was set on fire when rioting erupted following the grand jury announcement in the Michael Brown case, Nov. 25, 2014 in Dellword, Mo.
Property manager Terri Willits looks over a gas station she manages that was set on fire when rioting erupted following the grand jury announcement in the Michael Brown case, Nov. 25, 2014 in Dellword, Mo.

PHOTO: Police officers walk past the smoldering remains of a beauty supply store at the corner of Chambers Road and West Florissant Avenue, Nov. 25, 2014, in Ferguson, Mo.
Police officers walk past the smoldering remains of a beauty supply store at the corner of Chambers Road and West Florissant Avenue, Nov. 25, 2014, in Ferguson, Mo.

The riots came after news that Wilson was not indicted in the death of Brown, the unarmed teen Wilson shot and killed in August.

"Unfortunately, this spun out of control and frankly, what I'm seeing tonight -- and I've been out there all evening right in the middle of it along with Captain Johnson -- what I've seen tonight is probably much worse than the worst night we ever had in August," Belmar said.

PHOTO: Workers board up a window of a restaurant after it was smashed when rioting erupted following the grand jury announcement in the Michael Brown case, Nov. 25, 2014 in Ferguson, Mo.
Workers board up a window of a restaurant after it was smashed when rioting erupted following the grand jury announcement in the Michael Brown case, Nov. 25, 2014 in Ferguson, Mo.

At least a dozen people in Ferguson who were injured in the violence were treated at hospitals.

Protests also erupted in New York, Seattle, Oakland and other cities, demanding justice for Brown's family.

PHOTO: Cars which were set on fire when rioting erupted following the grand jury announcement in the Michael Brown case sit on a lot, Nov. 25, 2014 in Dellword Mo.
Cars which were set on fire when rioting erupted following the grand jury announcement in the Michael Brown case sit on a lot, Nov. 25, 2014 in Dellword Mo.

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