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 "Over the past week, we've seen students getting back to school,
businesses reopening their doors and folks getting back to their
normal routines," Nixon said in a statement.
Nixon had declared a state of emergency on Aug. 16 due to unrest in
the St. Louis suburb following the Aug. 9 shooting of Michael Brown,
18, by Ferguson Police Officer Darren Wilson.
Demonstrators have continued to protest in Ferguson, calling for
prosecutors to charge Wilson in Brown's death and for police to
change tactics. There have been no violent clashes in about two
weeks like those in which police in riot gear fired tear gas to
quell crowds and made scores of arrests.
Nixon said a return of peace to Ferguson streets was a testament to
efforts by community and faith leaders, working alongside state and
local law enforcement officers.
Brown's death focused global attention on the state of race
relations in the United States and evoked memories of other racially
charged cases, including the fatal shooting of Trayvon Martin, a
17-year-old African American, in Florida in 2012.
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Law enforcement and witness accounts of the shooting have differed.
Police have said Brown struggled with Wilson and other witnesses
have said Brown held up his hands and was surrendering when he was
shot multiple times.
A county grand jury has begun hearing evidence about the police
shooting and the U.S. Justice Department has opened a separate
investigation.
(Reporting by David Bailey in Minneapolis; Editing by Doina Chiacu)
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