FERGUSON, Mo. (AP) — Several hundred people, led by clergy members, marched from a Ferguson church to the city’s police headquarters on Monday, part of a four-day weekend of rallies and marches.
The rally included a listing of names of people killed across the country by police officers. It was among many events since Friday.
Protests have been common in Ferguson since 18-year-old Michael Brown was killed by a white Ferguson officer on Aug. 9. Tensions escalated last week when a white police officer in St. Louis shot and killed 18-year-old Vonderrit Myers Jr. Police say Myers shot at the officer first.
Earlier Monday, hundreds of people marched to St. Louis University.
Organizers promised civil disobedience on Monday, but by midday, no arrests had been made.
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If the pro-cop prosecutor’s strategy is to wait until the snow flies to let Wilson go because he thinks the blacks will be too cold to protest, I think the he is going to be sadly mistaken.
If the prosecutor can’t do the job, he should resign and find somebody with the character needed to enforce the law.
The pic used with this article is from a protest in the City of St. Louis which included St. Louis University, which is a couple miles from Ferguson.
Also I have no respect for Cornel West as he appeared in the terrible Matrix sequels.
I had no respect for West before and if it’s possible I have even less than that now. Apparently he was there and encouraged protesters not to vote.
This guy has an agenda and I strongly suspect he is being paid for his efforts.
On another note; it is good people are standing up and protesting against the brutality of the police. I don’t know if the cop was justified in firing over 15 times at the dead guy but I do know there is serious distrust of the police and that is a serious problem that needs to be addressed.
Word on the street is that he just got arrested at a protest this morning.
I heard about that.
If it was anyone else, I would be impressed at the willingness to civilly disobey and bring more attention to the cause.
With Cornell, I think this is a publicity stunt meant to bring attention to HIM.
Hopefully not too many fell for his dramatics.