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(CNN)The Missouri city where the death of a black teen set off
weeks of nationwide protests and outrage in 2014 elected its
first woman and first black mayor Tuesday night, according to
CNN affiliate KMOV.

Returns from the St. Louis County Board of Elections show Ella
Jones took 54% of the vote in the race for mayor of Ferguson
versus Heather Robinett with 46%.

Nearly six years after a white police officer shot and killed
unarmed teenager Michael Brown, the mayor-elect defeated her
opponent as protests across the US continued over the death of
George Floyd.

Jones is both the city's first black mayor and the first woman
in that office, according to KMOV.

Jones has worked as a chemist and church pastor, according to
her campaign biography. She has served on the Ferguson city
council since 2015, when she was elected as its first African-
American member.

Jones succeeds James Knowles III, who was prohibited by term
limits from running for reelection after nine years in office.
Ferguson was at the center of a movement that brought national
attention to race and policing in the United States. The
protests after Brown's death helped solidify the Black Lives
Matter movement.

In 2014, a grand jury declined to indict the white officer who
fatally shot the 18-year-old Brown. His family settled a
wrongful death lawsuit against the City of Ferguson three years
later.

Brown was walking with a friend when he encountered former
officer Darren Wilson, who told authorities he approached the
men because they were blocking traffic. In a matter of minutes,
Wilson fatally shot Brown, who several said had his hands up.

With cases of unarmed black men being fatally shot by police
preceding and following, Brown's death sparked protests and an
online movement over the treatment by police of African-American
communities.

CNN's Madeline Holcombe contributed to this report.

https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/03/politics/ferguson-first-black- mayor-ella-jones/index.html

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