--- description: At least two protesters were arrested on Tuesday night after a crowd gathered in Ferguson, Mo. following a fire at a Michael Brown memorial. title: Ferguson Protests Erupt After Fire at Michael Brown Memorial image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1007acc448d9744e/6986a50c3617602a6890e085/police-shooting-misso_raym.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [U.S.](/section/us/) ## U.S. Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [cities](/tag/cities/) ## cities Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Ferguson Protests Erupt Again After Fire at Michael Brown Memorial  by [Eliana Dockterman](/author/eliana-dockterman/)  ## Eliana Dockterman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Correspondent Sep 24, 2014 1:30 PM CUT  A Missouri Highway Patrol trooper looks inside the vandalized Beauty Town store on West Florissant Avenue in Ferguson late Tuesday, Sept. 23. A Missouri Highway Patrol trooper looks inside the vandalized Beauty Town store on West Florissant Avenue in Ferguson late Tuesday, Sept. 23.Robert Cohen—AP  by [Eliana Dockterman](/author/eliana-dockterman/)  ## Eliana Dockterman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Correspondent Sep 24, 2014 1:30 PM CUT At least two [protesters were arrested](http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/09/24/break-in-reported-protesters-gather-in-ferguson/16138611/ "undefined") Tuesday night after protests returned to Ferguson, Mo. following a fire at a memorial to the unarmed teenager shot by police there in August. The unrest harked back to sometimes violent demonstrations that took place amid days of protests over the summer in the St. Louis suburb after a police officer shot 19-year-old Michael Brown on Aug. 9\. Police Tuesday responded to a reported break-in of a beauty supply store in the area, and witnesses reported hearing gunshots, USA Today reports. About 200 people had gathered in the area where regular demonstrations were held in the wake of the shooting, and some said they were in the streets to protest the burning of the memorial, which they said they believe was intentional. The fire started around 6:45 a.m. on Tuesday on the street where Brown was shot. Firefighters investigating how the fire started found candles used at the memorial in the debris. \[[_USA Today_](http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/09/24/break-in-reported-protesters-gather-in-ferguson/16138611/ "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3425181/ferguson-protests-fire-michael-brown-memorial/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3425181/ferguson-protests-fire-michael-brown-memorial/"},"headline":"Ferguson Protests Erupt Again After Fire at Michael Brown Memorial","datePublished":"2014-09-24T13:30:49.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T10:22:52.573Z","description":"Gunshots reported at gathering that formed after memorial was destroyed in blaze","url":"https://time.com/3425181/ferguson-protests-fire-michael-brown-memorial/","keywords":["cities","Race","shooting","Civil Rights","Michael Brown"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1007acc448d9744e/6986a50c3617602a6890e085/police-shooting-misso_raym.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Eliana Dockterman","jobTitle":"Correspondent","url":"https://time.com/author/eliana-dockterman/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1007acc448d9744e/6986a50c3617602a6890e085/police-shooting-misso_raym.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Looting resumes in Ferguson","caption":"Looting resumes in Ferguson","creditText":"Robert Cohen—AP","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/cities/","name":"cities"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3425181/ferguson-protests-fire-michael-brown-memorial/","name":"Ferguson Protests Erupt Again After Fire at Michael Brown Memorial"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Missouri Unrest Resemble Pages Straight Out Of History","description":"Frustration in Ferguson County after the shooting of a black teen has led to unrest. 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