Syracuse

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SYRACUSE, N.Y. -- The youth chapter of the NAACP of Syracuse and Onondaga County will gather at 7:45 p.m. today in Clinton Square to protest police brutality and violence against young black men.

The Syracuse demonstration will coincide with vigils in dozens of cities across the nation tonight that were quickly organized to express sorrow and outrage over the shooting death of Michael Brown and the subsequent unrest and police crackdown in Ferguson, Mo.

Organizers are sponsoring a National Moment of Silence at 7 p.m. in many cities. Brown, an unarmed black teenager, was shot to death Saturday by a police officer in the St. Louis suburb of Ferguson. The shooting sparked five nights of protests in Ferguson.

We will provide an update from the Syracuse event later tonight.