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President Obama appealed for calm and restraint in Ferguson, Mo., on Monday night, saying distrust of police and racial discrimination cant be resolved by throwing bottles.

Obama spoke minutes after a prosecuting attorney in suburban St. Louis announced that a grand jury decided not to indict police Officer Darren Wilson, who is white, in the shooting death of Michael Brown, an unarmed black man.

Obama repeated pleas for peace from Browns parents, saying they have lost more than anyone.

We should be honoring their wishes, Obama said.

The president has made several calls for calm and restraint in Ferguson, both immediately after the shooting and in the weeks leading to the grand jury announcement.

The White House said Monday that Justice Department officials had been in touch with local law enforcement agencies across the country to try to prevent the sort of violent clashes between protesters and police that made the case a symbol of racial divisions.

Still, as Obama spoke, police in Ferguson released tear gas on the crowd as protesters grew violent.

Thoughsome black leaders and lawmakers have condemned Wilson and cast the case as a clear example of racial inequities in policing, Obama has walked a finer line, saying he did not want to prejudge the case.

On Monday, he tried to address the larger issues.

Obama suggested he sympathized with the anger, calling it an understandable reaction. He attributed it to a long history of deep distrust between police and communities of color and a legacy of racial discrimination.

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