Police order crowds to disperse after dozens arrested at weekend during protests over acquittal of Jason Stockley A largely peaceful rally in St Louis turned rowdy on Sunday as a handful of demonstrators protesting at the acquittal of a white police officer over the fatal shooting of a black man in 2011 threw bottles in response to police making arrests.
Hundreds of people gathered for the third night in a row in the Missouri city of almost 320000 people. Violence erupted the preceding two nights,evoking memories of the riots following the 2014 shooting of a black teenager by a white officer in nearby Ferguson, Missouri. Officers in personal protection gear beget arrived on the scene in Downtown to disperse unruly crowd. #STLVerdict Related: Police arrest 32 protesters in St Louis after acquittal of Jason Stockley Related: U2 and Ed Sheeran cancel St Louis shows due to security concerns Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com