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Nov 25, 2014 12:01 PM EST

As protests continue in Ferguson and other parts of the country in response to the grand jury's decision to not indict Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson in the August shooting death of an unarmed black 18-year-old, a rally has been planned on the campus of Western Michigan University.

The rally, which is scheduled for noon at WMU's flagpoles, will "demand justice" for the Michael Brown, mlive.com reported.

"We want to bring awareness to the injustice that is being watched by the world - and showing that the United States has failed its people," Jordan Barnett-Drummer, event coordinator of the rally, said in a statement.

St. Louis county prosecutor Robert McCulloch announced the grand jury's decision to not indict Wilson, 28, in Brown's death Monday around 9:30 p.m. ET. This decision means the police officer will not face any state charges for Brown's death.  However, the U.S. Justice Department is conducting a federal civil rights investigation, which could lead to a separate prosecution.

The news triggered confrontations between protestors and police in the city. Protests that began peacefully in the wake of the announcement " took a nasty turn as looters plundered local stores and protesters flipped cars and set buildings and police vehicles ablaze."

Brown's family issued a statement immediately following the verdict.

"We are profoundly disappointed that the killer of our child will not face the consequence of his actions. While we understand that many others share our pain, we ask that you channel your frustration in ways that will make a positive change. We need to work together to fix the system that allowed this to happen."

Organizers of the rally at Western Michigan University are encouraging participants to wear all black to the event.

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