Despite President Barack Obama's calls for calm and restraint, protesters took to the streets in mass numbers across the country after a grand jury decided not to indict a white officer in the death of black teenager Michael Brown.

Social media lit up after the announcement, but so did many city streets in America.

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In Los Angeles, a crowd of about 100 people marched down Crenshaw and Martin Luther King Jr. boulevards, slowing traffic and shouting for people to get out of their cars. 

Officials said a few protesters briefly blocked part of the 10 Freeway but that California Highway Patrol officers got them off. Overall, the LAPD described the protests as peaceful.

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Protesters in Washington D.C. were also seen in front of the White House and TV images showed protesters blocking lanes of traffic on the 580 Freeway in Oakland.

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