Demonstrators were expected to reconvene near St Louis on Sunday afternoon for a third day of protests following the acquittal of a white former police officer in the fatal shooting of a black man. The confrontation took place in the Delmar Loop area of University City, a suburb about 10 miles west of St Louis near Washington University. Protesters also broke a window and spattered red paint on the home of St Louis Mayor Lyda Krewson. U2 and Ed Sheeran cancel St Louis shows due to security concerns Read moreOrganizers hoped to spread the impact of the protests beyond predominantly black neighborhoods to those that are mainly white. St Louis Circuit Judge Timothy Wilson, who said prosecutors didn’t prove beyond a reasonable doubt that Stockley murdered Smith, said the statement could be ambiguous.

Source: The Guardian September 17, 2017 12:00 UTC