--- description: A state senator was arrested during a protest in Ferguson Monday night following continued outrage over the shooting of Michael Brown title: Ferguson Michael Brown: State Senator Arrested During Protest image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [U.S.](/section/us/) ## U.S. Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # State Senator Arrested in Ferguson Protest  by [Justin Worland](/author/justin-worland/)  ## Justin Worland Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Senior Correspondent Oct 21, 2014 11:42 AM CUT  by [Justin Worland](/author/justin-worland/)  ## Justin Worland Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Senior Correspondent Oct 21, 2014 11:42 AM CUT A Missouri state senator was [arrested](http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/10/21/us-usa-missouri-shooting-idUSKCN0IA0AM20141021 "undefined") during a protest in Ferguson Monday night following the continued outrage over a white officer’s shooting of an unarmed black teen in August. State Senator Jamilah Nasheed, who represents sections of St. Louis, can be seen leading a protest chant in footage aired on local news channel KSDK, [Reuters](http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/10/21/us-usa-missouri-shooting-idUSKCN0IA0AM20141021 "undefined") reports. “No Justice,” she yells in the [video](http://www.ksdk.com/story/news/local/2014/10/20/missouri-state-senator-jamilah-nasheed-arrested-in-ferguson/17646165/ "undefined"). The crowd replies, “No peace.” On Aug. 9, police officer Darren Wilson shot multiple times and killed 18-year-old Michael Brown. The town has been on edge with near-daily protests since news first broke, but tensions have run especially high in recent days as a [grand jury](http://time.com/3144915/ferguson-michael-brown-grand-july/ "undefined") weighs whether to indict Wilson. \[[_Reuters_](http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/10/21/us-usa-missouri-shooting-idUSKCN0IA0AM20141021 "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3528031/ferguson-state-senator/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3528031/ferguson-state-senator/"},"headline":"State Senator Arrested in Ferguson Protest","datePublished":"2014-10-21T11:42:17.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T10:54:42.865Z","description":"Video shows her leading protest chants","url":"https://time.com/3528031/ferguson-state-senator/","keywords":["Crime","Race","Missouri","Ferguson topic","Michael Brown"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Justin Worland","jobTitle":"Senior Correspondent","url":"https://time.com/author/justin-worland/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[],"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":"https://time.com/3528031/ferguson-state-senator/","name":"State Senator Arrested in Ferguson Protest"}}]}] ```