The St. Louis County Police Department on Wednesday released footage of more than 180 people looting a small market following a grand jury’s November decision not to indict a white Ferguson, Mo., police officer in the fatal shooting of an unarmed black teen, CNN reported.
The surveillance video showed dozens of people pouring through a smashed display window into the family-owned Dellwood Market near Ferguson, many of them leaving with stolen goods. Owner Jan Lalani told CNN that the business sustained an estimated $300,000 in losses.
The police department also released nearly 200 still images captured by security cameras in the building, St. Louis television station KTVI reported.
Dellwood Market was one of several businesses targeted the night of Nov. 24, when a St. Louis County grand jury announced that it would not indict the officer in the shooting of unarmed 18-year-old Michael Brown. Some 20 buildings and 12 vehicles in the area were torched, and dozens of people were arrested. (Area protests grew more peaceful as the week progressed.)
Missouri officials later estimated that protest-related security costs set the state back $12.5 million.
The police were asking for the public’s help in identifying the looters captured on film, CNN reported.
Watch the video released by the St. Louis County Police Department below:
