Police in riot gear used pepper spray and arrested the demonstrators who had defied orders to disperse following a larger, peaceful protest. Officers tackled some protesters who defied police orders and used pepper spray before starting the mass arrests. “This is no longer a peaceful protest,” St. Louis police said on Twitter earlier. The protests began on Friday shortly after the acquittal on Friday, when 33 people were arrested and 10 officers injured. The Ferguson protests gave rise to Black Lives Matter, a movement that has staged protests across the United States.

Source: bd News24 September 18, 2017 06:45 UTC