Police Report Arrests in 3rd Night of Demonstrations
A man yells at police in riot gear before a crowd turned violent on Sept. 16.
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St. Louis (AP) -- St. Louis police made several arrests and one officer was injured Sunday night after an afternoon of nonviolent protest over the acquittal of a white former police officer charged in the shooting death of a black man gave way to broken windows and a police response of several hundred officers in full riot gear.
Following the same pattern as the previous two days, Sunday's protests began as marches of hundreds of people chanting in opposition to the verdict released Friday. But after organizers declared the demonstration a success and urged participants to head home, several dozen remained and grew increasingly agitated as the evening wore on.