--- description: A new round of clashes after nightly taunts be demonstrators title: Police Arrest Protestors in Ferguson image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7e14d93672bc0f85/6986a6cdcd6848ff7e096ce0/ferguson-missouri.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 * [justice](/tag/justice/) ## justice Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Ferguson Protesters Arrested in First Confrontation With Police in Weeks  by [Denver Nicks](/author/denver-nicks/)  ## Denver Nicks Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Oct 3, 2014 11:38 AM CUT  A police officer observes the crowd gathered in protest the police shooting of teenager Mike Brown, Ferguson, Missouri, Sept. 29, 2014. A police officer observes the crowd gathered in protest the police shooting of teenager Mike Brown, Ferguson, Missouri, Sept. 29, 2014.James Cooper—Demotix/Corbis  by [Denver Nicks](/author/denver-nicks/)  ## Denver Nicks Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Oct 3, 2014 11:38 AM CUT Police in Ferguson, Missouri [arrested](http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/ferguson-police-arrest-protesters-freelance-journalist/2014/10/03/d77f389e-4aba-11e4-b72e-d60a9229cc10%5Fstory.html "undefined") about half a dozen protesters Thursday night after days of late-night demonstrations and repeated acts of civil disobedience, marking an end to a period of relative calm after weeks of violent clashes between demonstrators and law enforcement after the August shooting of unarmed teenager Michael Brown by police officer Darren Wilson. Those arrested included members of an activist group known as the Millennials as well as a freelance journalist for CNN, The Washington _Post_ reports. It’s not clear on what charges the protesters were arrested, but according to the _Post,_ the demonstrators had been staging confrontations with the police for days, linking arms to block the street or loudly chanting in the streets well past an 11 p.m. noise ordinance. On Thursday, police reportedly asked the group to quiet down, which sparked only louder chants and an eventual clash between law enforcement and demonstrators, reports the _Post_. \[[The Washington _Post_](http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/ferguson-police-arrest-protesters-freelance-journalist/2014/10/03/d77f389e-4aba-11e4-b72e-d60a9229cc10%5Fstory.html "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3460275/ferguson-arrests-police/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3460275/ferguson-arrests-police/"},"headline":"Ferguson Protesters Arrested in First Confrontation With Police in Weeks","datePublished":"2014-10-03T11:38:49.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T10:34:11.116Z","description":"A new round of clashes after nightly taunts by demonstrators","url":"https://time.com/3460275/ferguson-arrests-police/","keywords":["justice","protest","police","Missouri","Ferguson topic"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7e14d93672bc0f85/6986a6cdcd6848ff7e096ce0/ferguson-missouri.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Denver Nicks","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/denver-nicks/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7e14d93672bc0f85/6986a6cdcd6848ff7e096ce0/ferguson-missouri.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Ferguson police arrests Rev. praying at protest outside police station","caption":"A police officer observes the crowd gathered in protest the police shooting of teenager Mike Brown, Ferguson, Missouri, Sept. 29, 2014.","creditText":"James Cooper—Demotix/Corbis","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/justice/","name":"justice"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3460275/ferguson-arrests-police/","name":"Ferguson Protesters Arrested in First Confrontation With Police in Weeks"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Dick Gregory on Race and Ferguson","description":"St. Louis native and Civil Rights activist describes the pain coming from the Ferguson community","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/S6qcoMx5/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2014-08-20T20:35:08.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/S6qcoMx5.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/3460275/ferguson-arrests-police/","duration":"PT3M27S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/3460275/ferguson-arrests-police/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```