--- title: 'Am I Next?': Through the Eyes of a Ferguson Protester description: Follow young protesters in Ferguson trying to make a difference. canonical: https://time.com/3126991/ferguson-missouri-protests-michael-brown/ author: TIME Video article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-08-16T22:43:53.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-21T09:42:33.373Z article:section: U.S. og:title: Follow Protesters in Ferguson as They Try to Make a Difference og:description: These kids want to know, are they next. og:url: https://time.com/3126991/ferguson-missouri-protests-michael-brown/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5149a1ca285c07f0/69869fe0cd68485fae09616a/ferguson-protester-flowers.png?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: ferguson-protester-flowers og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Follow Protesters in Ferguson as They Try to Make a Difference twitter:description: These kids want to know, are they next. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5149a1ca285c07f0/69869fe0cd68485fae09616a/ferguson-protester-flowers.png?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # 'Am I Next?': Ferguson's Protests Through the Eyes of a Teenager by [TIME Video](/author/time-video/) ## TIME Video Aug 16, 2014 10:43 PM CUT  TIME by [TIME Video](/author/time-video/) ## TIME Video Aug 16, 2014 10:43 PM CUT Looting, chanting, tear gas, rubber bullets – these are the images from Ferguson, Mo. entering American homes. But some protesters are armed with little more than chalk and paper signs, hoping simply to create a simple memorial for Michael Brown, the teenager killed by a police officer in the St Louis suburb on Aug. 9\. TIME followed Shane Flowers as he weaved through the largely peaceful protests on the evening of Aug. 16, attempting to let his voice be heard with darkness slowly falling on Florissant Avenue. **Video Producer** Nicholas Weissman Jeremy Levine **Staff Writer/People Magazine** Jeff Truesdell **Production Assistant** Jordan Jones ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3126991/ferguson-missouri-protests-michael-brown/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3126991/ferguson-missouri-protests-michael-brown/"},"headline":"'Am I Next?': Ferguson's Protests Through the Eyes of a Teenager","datePublished":"2014-08-16T22:43:53.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T09:42:33.373Z","description":"TIME followed a teenager as residents of Ferguson, Mo. turned out to protest peacefully on Aug. 16","url":"https://time.com/3126991/ferguson-missouri-protests-michael-brown/","keywords":["Crime","Ferguson topic"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5149a1ca285c07f0/69869fe0cd68485fae09616a/ferguson-protester-flowers.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Video","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-video/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5149a1ca285c07f0/69869fe0cd68485fae09616a/ferguson-protester-flowers.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"ferguson-protester-flowers","caption":"","creditText":"TIME","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3126991/ferguson-missouri-protests-michael-brown/","name":"'Am I Next?': Ferguson's Protests Through the Eyes of a Teenager"}}]}] ```