See Pictures of the Weekend of Protests Around St. Louis
See Pictures of the Weekend of Protests Around St. Louis
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Demonstrators participate at a rally on the campus of St. Louis University on Oct. 13, 2014. Citizens around St. Louis continued to demonstrate throughout October, including during a performance by the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra and at a St. Louis Cardinals baseball game.Scott Olson—Getty Images
Hundreds of protesters took to the streets in and around St. Louis over the weekend, calling for justice after two racially charged police shootings since August.
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that several days of demonstrations called “Ferguson October,” which marked just over two months since unarmed black teenager Michael Brown was shot and killed by a white police officer, gave way to a sit-in at St. Louis University during a rally for Vonderrit Myers Jr., another black teenager who was fatally shot on Oct. 8. Police say Myers fired at them first, but his family insists he was unarmed. Additional acts of civil disobedience are planned beginning on Monday.
Demonstrators participate at a rally on the campus of St. Louis University on Oct. 13, 2014. Citizens around St. Louis continued to demonstrate throughout October, including during a performance by the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra and at a St. Louis Cardinals baseball game.Scott Olson—Getty ImagesDemonstrators march through the streets of St. Louis on Oct. 13, 2014.Scott Olson—Getty ImagesPolice stand guard as demonstrators march through the streets of St. Louis on Oct. 13, 2014.Scott Olson—Getty ImagesA protester poses for a photo after while protesting at the Ferguson Police Department in Ferguson, Mo. on Oct. 12, 2014.Sait Serkan Gurbuz—CorbisProtesters drop a mirrored casket in front of a line of police officers in front of the Ferguson Police Department in Ferguson, Mo. on Oct. 10, 2014. Robert Cohen—St. Louis Post-Dispatch/Zuma PressA protester yells at a Missouri State Police officer during a protest at the Ferguson Police Department in Ferguson, Mo. on Oct. 10, 2014.Charles Rex Arbogast—APProtesters arrive at the Ferguson Police Department for a rally in Ferguson, Mo. on Oct. 11, 2014. Charles Rex Arbogast—APA protester marches through the streets during a demonstration in Clayton, Mo. on Oct. 10, 2014.Jim Young—ReutersNine-year-old Bill Jackson joins demonstrators in St. Louis on Oct. 11, 2014. Scott Olson—Getty ImagesDemonstrators listen to speakers during a rally on the campus of St. Louis University in St. Louis on Oct. 13, 2014.Scott Olson—Getty ImagesPolice arrest demonstrators protesting the killings of 18-year-olds Michael Brown and Vonderrit Myers Jr. in St. Louis on Oct. 12, 2014. Scott Olson—Getty ImagesDemonstrator protesting the shooting death of Michael Brown and Vonderrit Myers Jr. kneel as they face police officers in riot gear in St. Louis on Oct. 12, 2014. Joshua Lott—AFP/Getty ImagesA demonstrator gets help after being maced by police in St. Louis on Oct. 12, 2014.Scott Olson—Getty ImagesProtesters hold hands and demonstrate across the street from the Ferguson Police Department in Ferguson, Mo. on Oct. 10, 2014. Jim Young—ReutersPolice officers in riot gear hold a line as they watch demonstrators protest in St. Louis on Oct. 12, 2014. Joshua Lott—AFP/Getty ImagesDemonstrators hold a candlelight vigil in memory of Michael Brown and other young minorities killed by gunfire, in Ferguson, Mo. on Oct. 10, 2014.Scott Olson—Getty Images
