UPDATE: Fires and Looting in Ferguson After Grand Jury Returns No Indictment Against Ferguson Police Officer in Michael Brown Shooting Death

A Missouri grand jury has decided not to indict Ferguson police Officer Darren Wilson in the August 9 shooting death of Michael Brown, St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney Robert McCulloch made the announcement Monday night.

 Police in Ferguson and many other cities are on high alert. Large crowds are flowing into the streets of Ferguson. 

Protestors try to flip a Ferguson police car:

A statement from Michael Brown's family:

Some raw video of citizens' reactions to the grand-jury announcement:

President Obama's remarks:

Brown's father is "devastated" that Wilson will not face charges, a spokeswoman for Michael Brown Sr. told CNN's Evan Perez.

"While we understand that many others share our pain, we ask that you channel your frustration in ways that will make a positive change. We need to work together to fix the system that allowed this to happen," the family said in a statement.