Demonstrators protest outside the police station Nov. 28, 2014, in Ferguson, Mo. The Ferguson area has been struggling to return to normal since the Aug. 9 shooting of Michael Brown, an 18-year-old black man, who was killed by Darren Wilson, a white Ferguson police officer.(Photo: Scott Olson, Getty Images)
The protesters who have continued to keep national attention focused on the decision of a St. Louis County grand jury to not prosecute a white police officer have climbed to the lead in
Time magazine's balloting for "Person of the Year.''
They lead a field that includes the new prime minister of India, a Nobel Prize winner and Russian President Vladimir Putin.
With only a week remaining before the balloting ends, the protesters have captured 10.7% of the votes cast on the magazine's website and Facebook page.
Time editors, who make the final selection, noted that the protests disrupted Black Friday shopping in major cities, such as New York, Chicago, San Francisco and Seattle.
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"Since 1927,
Time has named a person who for better or worse has most influenced the news and our lives in the past year,'' the news magazine notes on its website.
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is currently in second place with 10% of the vote followed by student activist Joshua Wong of Hong Kong at 7.3%, Nobel Prize winner Malala Yousafzai of Pakistan at 5.3%, and Putin at 4.7%.
Ebola doctors and nurses are No. 6 with 4.4% of the vote.
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