Rasheen Aldridge, second left, listens to President Barack Obama at the conclusion of a meeting with New York Mayor Bill de Blasio, Philadelphia Police Department Commissioner Charles Ramsey and other elected officials, community and faith leaders and law enforcement officials on Dec. 1, 2014 in Washington D.C.Chip Somodevilla—Getty Images
A young Ferguson protester who has been tapped to help study the issues afflicting the city was charged with assault on Thursday over an incident outside St. Louis’s city hall last week.
Rasheen Aldridge is accused of pushing a city marshal during a demonstration in which protesters squared off against law enforcement as they tried to enter the building, the St. Louis Dispatch reports. Aldridge has said that he didn’t see the marshal get pushed by any of the protesters.
Aldridge, 20, faces a misdemeanor charge for the incident, which was caught on video. He’s the youngest member of the Ferguson Commission, a group of community members assembled by Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon to study the social issues in the city that have contributed to the protests. The members of the commission, including Aldridge, visited Washington Monday to meet President Obama.
Protesters climb up a hill, onto the 110 Freeway to halt traffic, as they protest the grand jury's decision to not charge Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson, in Los Angeles on Nov. 25, 2014. Marcus Yam—Los Angeles Times/PolarisThousands of protestors take to the streets to protest the grand jury decision, in New York City on Nov. 25, 2014. Rodrigo Jard—Demotix/CorbisCrowds fill 3rd Avenue and Main Street during a protest in Portland, Ore. on Nov. 25, 2014. John Rudoff—Demotix/CorbisProtesters raise their hands and sit on the ground to block traffic on the 110 Freeway in Los Angeles on Nov. 25, 2014. Marcus Yam—Los Angeles Times/PolarisA woman wears a U.S. flag in front of her face during a rally at Los Angeles Police Department headquarters in downtown Los Angeles on Nov. 25, 2014. Nick Ut—APProtesters hold up their hands in protest in Oakland, Calif. on Nov. 25, 2014. Leah Millis—San Francisco Chronicle/PolarisSaul Loeb—AFP/Getty ImagesThousands protest on the steps of the National Portrait Gallery in Washington on Nov. 25, 2014. Paul J. Richards—AFP/Getty ImagesA demonstrator is arrested during a protest against the grand jury's decision, in New York City on Nov. 25, 2014. John Minchillo—APSekou Goff, middle, participates in a peaceful protest in the plaza on Foster Street in downtown Durham, N.C., on Nov. 25, 2014.Robert Willett—TNS /LandovA law enforcement officer watches over Morehouse College students protesting the grand jury decision to not indict Darren Wilson, in front of the CNN Center in Atlanta on Nov. 25, 2014. Curtis Compton—TNS /Landov
