i've given it a try i tried to integrate it with what was already there i'd welcome any changes a canadian toker the disputed circumstances of the shooting of an unarmed man and the resultant protests and civil disorder unrest received considerable attention in the united states and abroad in response to protests governor nixon changed policing tactics by having the local police department cede authority to the highway patrol and ordering the reduction of the use of the national guard in crowd control this helped to de escalate the civil unrest and allowed mainly peaceful protests to continue for the next weeks in ferguson the incident began when brown and dorian johnson were walking down the middle of the street when wilson drove up and ordered them to move