Oct 14, 2014

Protesters have numbered in the thousands at some events since Friday in the St. Louis area in demonstrations aimed at drawing attention to what they say is police mistreatment of blacks.
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: Family members attend a candlelight vigil for 18-year-old Vonderrit Myers Jr. on October 9, 2014 in St Louis, Missouri. Meyers was shot and killed yesterday by an off duty St. Louis police officer. The St. Louis area has been struggling to heal since riots erupted in suburban Ferguson, Missouri after the shooting death of 18-year-old Michael Brown by a Ferguson police officer on August 9. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)

: The grandmother of 18-year-old Vonderrit Myers Jr. stands near the spot where he was killed during a candlelight vigil on October 9, 2014 in St Louis, Missouri. Meyers was shot and killed yesterday by an off duty St. Louis police officer. The St. Louis area has been struggling to heal since riots erupted in suburban Ferguson, Missouri after the shooting death of 18-year-old Michael Brown by a Ferguson police officer on August 9. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)

: CLAYTON, MO – OCTOBER 10: Protestors call for St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney Robert McCulloch to withdraw from the investigation surrounding the death 18-year-old Michael Brown who was shot and killed by Darren Wilson, a Ferguson, Missouri police officer on October 9, 2014 in Clayton, Missouri. Brown’s August 9 death sparked several days of sometimes violent protests in Ferguson. The shooting death of another 18-year-old, Vonderrit Myers Jr., by a St. Louis police officer on October 8 has sparked a new round of protests. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)

: A demonstrator takes a selfie in front of a police line during a protest outside the Ferguson police department on October 10, 2014 in Ferguson, Missouri. Ferguson has been plagued with protests since the death of 18-year-old Michael Brown who was shot and killed by Darren Wilson, a Ferguson police officer on August 9. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)

: Demonstrators protest outside the Ferguson police department on October 10, 2014 in Ferguson, Missouri. Ferguson has been plagued with protests which have sometimes turned violent since the death of 18-year-old Michael Brown who was shot and killed by Darren Wilson, a Ferguson police officer, on August 9. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)

: Inspired by the August 9 death of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, demonstrators march through downtown to protest racial injustice on October 11, 2014 in St. Louis, Missouri. Brown, an 18-year-old black man, was not armed when he was shot and killed by Darren Wilson, a white Ferguson police officer. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)

: Demonstrators protest outside the Ferguson police department on October 11, 2014 in Ferguson, Missouri. Ferguson has been plagued with protests which have sometimes turned violent since the death of 18-year-old Michael Brown who was shot and killed by Darren Wilson, a Ferguson police officer, on August 9. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)

: Demonstrators protesting the killings of 18-year-olds Michael Brown by a Ferguson, Missouri Police officer and Vonderrit Myers Jr. by an off duty St. Louis police officer are confronted by police wearing riot gear on October 12, 2014 in St Louis, Missouri. The St. Louis area has been struggling to heal since riots erupted in suburban Ferguson following Brown’s death. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)

: A demonstrator protesting the killings of 18-year-olds Michael Brown by a Ferguson, Missouri Police officer and Vonderrit Myers Jr. by an off duty St. Louis police officer gets help after being maced by police on October 12, 2014 in St Louis, Missouri. The St. Louis area has been struggling to heal since riots erupted in suburban Ferguson following Brown’s death. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)

: Police arrest demonstrators protesting the killings of 18-year-olds Michael Brown by a Ferguson, Missouri Police officer and Vonderrit Myers Jr. by an off duty St. Louis police officer on October 12, 2014 in St Louis, Missouri. The St. Louis area has been struggling to heal since riots erupted in suburban Ferguson following Brown’s death. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)

: Two men watch as demonstrators march through the streets on October 13, 2014 in St Louis, Missouri. The St. Louis area has been struggling to heal since riots erupted following the August 9, killing of 18-year-old Michael Brown by a police officer in suburban Ferguson. Another teenager, Vonderrit Myers Jr., Was killed by a St. Louis police officer on October 8. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)

: Demonstrators march through the streets on October 13, 2014 in St Louis, Missouri. The St. Louis area has been struggling to heal since riots erupted following the August 9, killing of 18-year-old Michael Brown by a police officer in suburban Ferguson. Another teenager, Vonderrit Myers Jr., Was killed by a St. Louis police officer on October 8. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)

: A member of the clergy sobs during a prayer calling for an end to racial injustice during a protest outside the Ferguson police station on October 13, 2014 in Ferguson, Missouri. Ferguson has been struggling to heal since riots erupted following the August 9 killing of 18-year-old Michael Brown by a police officer in suburban Ferguson. Another teenager, Vonderrit Myers Jr., was killed by a St. Louis police officer on October 8. Several demonstrators and members of the clergy were arrested at the protest after a show of civil disobedience. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)

: Demonstrators confront police outside the Ferguson police station on October 13, 2014 in Ferguson, Missouri. Ferguson has been struggling to heal since riots erupted following the August 9, killing of 18-year-old Michael Brown by a police officer in suburban Ferguson. Another teenager, Vonderrit Myers Jr., was killed by a St. Louis police officer on October 8. Several demonstrators and members of the clergy were arrested at the protest after a show of civil disobedience. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)

: Demonstrators protest the shooting death of Michael Brown on October, 11 2014 in St. Louis, Missouri. Civil rights organizations, protest groups and people from around the country were protesting the August 9 shooting of Brown, 18, which involved Ferguson Police officer Darren Wilson in the suburban town of Ferguson near St. Louis. (Joshua Lott/AFP/Getty Images)

: Demonstrators protest the shooting death of Michael Brown October, 11 2014 in St. Louis, Missouri. Civil rights organizations, protest groups and people from around the country were protesting the August 9 shooting of Brown, which involved Ferguson Police officer Darren Wilson in the suburban town of Ferguson near St. Louis. (Joshua Lott/AFP/Getty Images)

: Demonstrators protest the shooting of Michael Brown outside the Ferguson Police Station October, 13 2014 in Ferguson, Missouri. Civil rights organizations, protest groups and people from around the country were protesting the August 9 shooting of Brown, which involved Ferguson Police officer Darren Wilson and other killings of black youths at the hands of police officers. (Joshua Lott/AFP/Getty Images)

: Nigel Jones-Mack, 3, waits for protesters to catch up during a Ferguson October march in downtown St. Louis on Saturday, Oct. 11, 2014. He was there with family and had been trying to encourage the marchers on with a whistle and an exaggerated marching step. He stopped after getting ahead of his grandmother, Beverly Jones, who called for him to wait. (Koran Addo/St. Louis Post-Dispatch/MCT)

: Protesters lock arms as they stand before a line of Missouri State Highway Patrol troopers in front of the Ferguson Police Department on Friday, Oct. 10, 2014. (Robert Cohen/St. Louis Post-Dispatch/MCT)

: A protester holds up a sign on the street across from the police station during a protest in Ferguson, Missouri October 10, 2014. Civil rights organizations and protest groups have invited people from around the country to join vigils and marches from Friday to Monday over the Aug. 9 shooting of Michael Brown. (Jim Young/Reuters)

: A protester marches through the streets during a demonstration in Clayton, Missouri October 10, 2014 in the wake of the fatal shooting of a black teenager, 18-year-old Vonderrit Myers Jr., by an off-duty white St. Louis police officer working for a private security firm on October 8 in what police described as a firefight. Relatives of Myers said he did not have a gun, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported. The incident follows the fatal shooting in Ferguson, Missouri in August 2014 of unarmed black teenager Michael Brown. (Jim Young/Reuters)

: A protester demonstrates outside the prosecutor’s office in Clayton, Missouri October 10, 2014 in the wake of the fatal shooting of a black teenager, 18-year-old Vonderrit Myers Jr., by a white St. Louis police officer on October 8. The incident follows the fatal shooting in Ferguson, Missouri in August 2014 of unarmed black teenager Michael Brown. (Jim Young/Reuters)

: A memorial set up for Michael Brown is seen in Ferguson, Missouri, October 10, 2014. Brown was killed by Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson. Brown was unarmed when he was shot at least six times, and outrage over his death has fuelled weeks of sometimes violent protests. (Jim Young/Reuters)

: Protesters rally during a demonstration outside the Ferguson police department in Ferguson, Missouri October 13, 2014. Hundreds of civil rights activists and protesters applauded speakers, preachers and poets on Sunday in a an arena in St. Louis, Missouri, capping a weekend of protests against police violence that included 17 arrests earlier in the day. (Shannon Stapleton/Reuters)

: Police officers are reflected in a mirror held by a protestor during a demonstration at the Ferguson Police Department in Ferguson, Missouri, October 13, 2014. Hundreds of protesters converged in the pouring rain on the Ferguson, Missouri, police department on Monday as they launched another day of demonstrations over the August killing by police of an unarmed black teenager. (Jim Young/Reuters)

: Activist Cornel West is knocked over during a scuffle with police during a protest at the Ferguson Police Department in Ferguson, Missouri, October 13, 2014. Hundreds of protesters converged in the pouring rain on the Ferguson, Missouri, police department on Monday as they launched another day of demonstrations over the August killing by police of an unarmed black teenager. (Jim Young/Reuters)

: Protesters participate in a sit-in during a rally for Michael Brown outside the police department in Ferguson, Missouri, October 11, 2014. The mother of an unarmed black teenager shot dead by a white officer in Ferguson, Missouri, walked with hundreds of protesters on Saturday in the St. Louis suburb, part of a weekend of protests against police violence. (Jim Young/Reuters)

: Protesters stand-off against police during a protest in Ferguson, Missouri October 10, 2014. Civil rights organizations and protest groups have invited people from around the country to join vigils and marches from Friday to Monday over the Aug. 9 shooting of Michael Brown. (Jim Young/Reuters)

: Protesters hold an American flag upside-down during a protest in Ferguson, Missouri October 10, 2014. Civil rights organizations and protest groups have invited people from around the country to join vigils and marches from Friday to Monday over the Aug. 9 shooting of Michael Brown. (Jim Young/Reuters)

: Protesters hold hands and demonstrate across the street from the police station in Ferguson, Missouri October 10, 2014. Civil rights organizations and protest groups have invited people from around the country to join vigils and marches from Friday to Monday over the Aug. 9 shooting of Michael Brown. (Jim Young/Reuters)

: A protestor kneels down on the ground in prayer during a demonstration at the Ferguson Police Department in Ferguson, Missouri, October 13, 2014. Hundreds of protesters converged in the pouring rain on the Ferguson, Missouri, police department on Monday as they launched another day of demonstrations over the August killing by police of an unarmed black teenager. (Jim Young/Reuters)

Chanting “black lives matter” and other slogans, protesters joined in prayer at a local church before marching to the nearby police department, a target for many who have expressed outrage over the Aug. 9 killing of Michael Brown, 18, by Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson.

Tensions escalated in recent days after a white officer in St. Louis shot and killed another 18-year-old black man, Vonderrit Myers Jr., on Oct. 8. – Tribune wire reports

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Peter J. Chilos
Oct 14, 2014 @ 09:09:34

If Ferguson Police Dept. continue to arrest and incarcerate Protestors there will not be Protestors left to Protest the Verdict when is comes down Justifiable Homicide.

In Ferguson, a new wave of protests against police

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