Dozens arrested on 4th day of St. Louis protests
Source: AP-EXCITE
By ALAN SCHER ZAGIER and JIM SALTER
FERGUSON, Mo. (AP) Police arrested dozens of protesters during the final of four days of rallies and civil disturbance to express anger at the fatal shooting of Michael Brown, a black 18-year-old, by a white police officer in a St. Louis suburb.
Organizers of the Ferguson October protests dubbed the day "Moral Monday" and committed acts of civil disobedience in and around St. Louis. More than 50 people were arrested.
Hundreds of protesters marched on Ferguson police headquarters where they stayed for almost four hours despite torrential rain and tornado watches to mark how long Brown's body was left in a Ferguson street after he was killed.
Some protesters used a bullhorn to read the names of people killed by police nationwide. Christian, Jewish and Muslim clergy members some of whom were among the first arrested led a prayer service before marching to the police station two blocks away.
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Ferguson October protesters hold up banners in the Edward Jones Dome in St. Louis during the San Francisco 49er's St. Louis Rams game on Monday, Oct. 13, 2014. Police around the St. Louis made more than 50 arrests on Monday as protesters stage a series of civil disobedience actions around the area as part of the Ferguson October protests. (AP Photo/St. Louis Post-Dispatch, David Carson)
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Great photo!
Brigid
(17,621 posts)When people are ignored. They *will* find a way to make themselves heard.
Bragi
(7,650 posts)I remain baffled as to how, two months after the3 shooting, there has been no published police report on the shooting, nor anything coming yet out of the grand jury.
Seriously, why would anyone think this isn't a coverup? Why is this two-month delay in anything resembling police accountability acceptable to anyone?
Far as I can see, rage is the only rational response to this situation by anyone who cares about the rights that are to be accorded US citizens under the constitution.