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But demonstrators in Los Angeles, Oakland and elsewhere across the country again took to protesting by blocking roads and, in some cases, clashing with police. Police arrested about 130 demonstrators who had been marching through downtown Los Angeles after police determined the protesters were becoming a hazard to motorists. Police declared an unlawful assembly and later surrounded the group to begin making arrests … [Read the rest of the story from our partners at NBC News](http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/michael-brown-shooting/calm-ferguson-while-police-arrest-130-plus-l-oakland-n257151?cid=par-time-article%5F20141127 "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3608690/calm-in-ferguson-while-police-arrest-130-plus-in-l-a-and-oakland/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3608690/calm-in-ferguson-while-police-arrest-130-plus-in-l-a-and-oakland/"},"headline":"Calm in Ferguson While Police Arrest 130-Plus in L.A. and Oakland","datePublished":"2014-11-27T10:02:25.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T02:25:38.151Z","description":"Cold and calm descended on Ferguson, Missouri, late Wednesday after two nights of violent protests against a grand jury's decision not to indict Officer Darren...","url":"https://time.com/3608690/calm-in-ferguson-while-police-arrest-130-plus-in-l-a-and-oakland/","keywords":["Crime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4b1a90171fe064b1/69876b58e53aba5c8b4d62d3/rtr4fscu.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"NBC News","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/nbc-news/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4b1a90171fe064b1/69876b58e53aba5c8b4d62d3/rtr4fscu.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Police detain protesters during a march in Los Angeles, California","caption":"Police detain protesters during a march in Los Angeles, California","creditText":"Lucy Nicholson—Reuters","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":"https://time.com/3608690/calm-in-ferguson-while-police-arrest-130-plus-in-l-a-and-oakland/","name":"Calm in Ferguson While Police Arrest 130-Plus in L.A. and Oakland"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Images of Ferguson Protest","description":"Reuters Images Ferguson Protest","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/Mwd1puU8/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2014-11-25T04:36:16.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/Mwd1puU8.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/3608690/calm-in-ferguson-while-police-arrest-130-plus-in-l-a-and-oakland/","duration":"PT50S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/3608690/calm-in-ferguson-while-police-arrest-130-plus-in-l-a-and-oakland/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```