Mistrust fills the air as National Guard and protesters face off in Ferguson

By Nick O'Malley
Updated November 27 2014 - 8:18am, first published November 26 2014 - 5:10pm

Ferguson, Missouri: As protests spread around the United States on Wednesday night, reinforced National Guard and police engaged in a tense stand-off in Ferguson, sparing the township much of the violence that tore through its streets on Monday.