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ByMaeAnderson The Associated Press NEW YORK Cyber Mon- day is turning into Cyber Month. Retailers rolled out dis- counts and free shipping deals on Cyber Monday, with millions of Americans expected to log on and shop on their work computers, laptops and tablets after the busy holiday shopping weekend. But with retailers extend- ing their online deals into "Cyber Week" and even "Cy- ber Month," early reports indicated shopping was less robust online on Mon- day compared with prior years. As of 3 p.m. ET, on- line sales rose just 8.7 per- cent compared with last year, according to IBM Dig- ital Analytics. The figures don't take into account the many shoppers who plan to head online after work or in the evening. But a year ago, Cyber Monday sales jumped 20.6 percent, according to IBM. It is still expected to be the biggest online shop- ping day again, as it has been each year since 2010. That is good news for re- tailers after a Thanksgiv- ing weekend that saw fewer shoppers and lower spend- ing than last year, accord- ing to some estimates. Mo- bile traffic, which includes smartphones and tablets, has accounted for nearly 39 percent of all online traf- fic, compared with 30 per- cent a year ago. Average or- der value was $133.07, flat with 2013. Forrester analyst Sucha- rita Mulpuru said retailers could be playing it safe on deal offers since shoppers have been conditioned to head online to look for sales on Monday. "Cyber Monday offers aren't super compelling, but don't need to be," she said. "It's been the biggest shopping day of the year for the last few years, so they know that people are going to come." Courtney Lane Greenley, 25, from Alexandria, Vir- ginia, was feeling regret Monday that she didn't buy a knife block and cutlery earlier in the week, when she saw better deals on- line. Amazon was running a limited-time "lightning of- fer" for some Rachael Ray cookware on Friday under $100, but on Monday the same products cost more than $100. CYBER MONDAY Online shoppers give retailers sales bump By Nedra Pickler Associated Press WASHINGTON President Barack Obama wants to see more police wearing cam- eras to record events like the shooting death of un- armed 18-year-old Michael Brown, but is not seeking to pull back federal pro- grams that provide the type of military-style equipment used to dispel the resulting racially charged protests in Ferguson, Missouri. The White House an- nounced the conclusions of a three-month review Monday as the president was holding a series of meetings with his Cabinet, civil rights leaders, law en- forcement officials and oth- ers to go over the findings. At least for now, Obama is staying away from Fergu- son in the wake of the up- roar over a grand jury's decision last week not to charge the police officer who fatally shot Brown. "This challenge of strengthening trust be- tween law enforcement agencies and the commu- nities they serve has been laid bare in Ferguson in a pretty dramatic way," said White House press secre- tary Josh Earnest. But he wouldn't say if additional training of Ferguson police would have resulted in dif- ferent outcome there. Obama is proposing a three-year, $263 million spending package to in- crease use of body-worn cameras, expand training for law enforcement and add more resources for po- lice department reform. The package includes $75 million for to help pay for 50,000 of the small, lapel- mounted cameras to record police on the job, with state and local governments pay- ing half the cost. The FBI estimates there were just under 700,000 law enforce- ment officers in the US in 2011. Brown's family wants to see every police officer working the streets wear- ing a body camera. The White House has said the cameras could help bridge deep mistrust between law enforcement and the pub- lic. It also potentially could help resolve the type of dis- putes between police and witnesses that arose in the Ferguson shooting. Some witnesses have said Brown had his hands up when Wilson shot him. The offi- cer who shot him said he feared for his life when Brown hit him and reached for his gun. After the shooting and resulting protests in Au- gust, Obama ordered a re- view of federal programs that fund military gear for local police after crit- ics questioned why police in full body armor with ar- mored trucks responded to dispel demonstrators. Obama seemed to sympa- thize when announcing the review over the summer. "There is a big difference between our military and our local law enforcement and we don't want those lines blurred," Obama said at the time. The White House re- view shows the wide scope of the programs — $18 bil- lion in the past five years from five federal agencies, including the departments of Defense, Justice, Home- land Security and Treasury, plus the Office of National Drug Control Policy. The re- port says most of the equip- ment the programs provide are routine — like office furniture, computers and basic firearms — but about 460,000 pieces of con- trolled property have been provided to local police, in- cluding 92,442 small arms, 44,275 night-vision devices, 5,235 Humvees, 617 mine- resistant vehicles and 616 aircraft. FERGUSON Obama wants more police with body cameras SETHWENIG—THEASSOCIATEDPRESS Lesley McSpadden, mother of Michael Brown, second from right, prays with other families and Al Sharpton, le , at the National Action Network headquarters in New York Wednesday. By Jim Salter and Jim Suhr Associated Press ST. LOUIS Five St. Louis Rams players entered the football field with their hands raised. A day later, people walked out of work or school showing the same gesture of solidarity with Ferguson protesters. The pose has come to symbolize a movement, even though witnesses of- fered conflicting accounts of whether 18-year-old Mi- chael Brown had his hands up in surrender when he was killed by Ferguson of- ficer Darren Wilson in Au- gust. The power of the symbol was evident again Monday. Protesters across the coun- try walked off the job or away from class in support of the Ferguson protest- ers. Walkouts took place in New York, Chicago, San Francisco and elsewhere. At the University of Mis- souri-St. Louis, not far from Ferguson, sophomore Am- ber Whitaker was among about 30 students who chanted "Hands up. Don't shoot!" Whitaker, who is white, said the symbolism is what matters, not whether Brown literally had his hands in the air. "There are black men and women who are shot with their hands up," Whitaker said. "There are black men and women who are shot unarmed. It may not apply exactly to Mike Brown, but it still hap- pens." The exact circumstances surrounding Brown's death will forever be in dis- pute. Wilson, who is white, shot and killed Brown, who was black and unarmed, on Aug. 9. A grand jury's deci- sion last week not to indict Wilson set off renewed pro- tests, some of which turned violent. Wilson told the grand jury that he shot Brown in self-defense. But several witnesses said Brown had his hands up in surrender. Within hours, "Hands Up. Don't Shoot!" became the rallying cry for protesters. Witness accounts con- tained in thousands of pages of grand jury doc- uments reviewed by The Associated Press showed many variations about whether Brown's hands were actually raised — and if so, how high. Some people were of- fended by the hands-up gesture. The St. Louis Police Of- ficers Association said the display by Rams players Tavon Austin, Kenny Britt, Stedman Bailey, Jared Cook and Chris Givens was "tasteless, offensive and in- flammatory." In Springfield, Missouri, Rodney Shetler, watched the players' action from his home. He said the move was "in pretty poor taste" and was divisive and dis- respectful to law enforce- ment. "It's a gesture proven by the grand jury not to be appropriate or accurate," said Shetler, the 44-year- old owner of a copying and printing business. A similar episode un- folded more than four de- cades ago at the 1968 Olym- pics in Mexico City. John Carlos, the Amer- ican 200-meter bronze medalist, set off a politi- cal firestorm on the medal stand when he and team- mate Tommie Smith gave the black power salute. He stood by the Rams players. "If they choose to come out and raise their hands in support of whatever their emotions are, they have the right to do that," Carlos told The Associated Press. 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