AdvertisementAfter Shooting, LAPD Uses Friendlier Face To Avoid Ferguson's WoesAugust 15, 2014Frank StoltzefacebookEmailProtesters hold their hands up as an LAPD officer talks on Aug. 14 in the aftermath of the shooting of a 25-year-old African-American man. The department says confidence in the LAPD has helped head off the kind of unrest seen in Ferguson, Mo., over the shooting of 18-year-old Michael Brown. (AP)