Five Protesters Arrested in Ferguson During 'Liberation Party'

By Sarah Fenske on Sat, Oct 14, 2017 at 8:33 am

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Five Protesters Arrested in Ferguson During 'Liberation Party'

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Four weeks after protesters first took to the streets to express their anger over the acquittal of former St. Louis officer Jason Stockley, a demonstration in Ferguson led to five arrests.

The arrests happened around 8:40 p.m. last night during what had been billed as a "Liberation Party." Officers swept up five people out of a group of approximately 50 that had been blocking South Florissant Road.

Freelance photographer Daniel Shular captured four of the arrests on video.

Four arrests so far at protest in #Ferguson #stockleyprotest #AnthonyLamarSmith #stlouisprotest pic.twitter.com/JUbz2aqLoT
— Daniel Shular (@xshularx) October 14, 2017

St. Louis Public Radio reported that police gave three orders to disperse before moving in for the arrests. The five were reportedly charged with "impeding traffic."

Organizer Cori Bush expressed her outrage on Twitter.

My heart hurts! NO Ferguson police u can’t brutalize people just because u have a badge and want to show u are tough! TREAT PEOPLE RIGHT!!!
— Cori Bush (@CoriBush) October 14, 2017

Livestreamer Heather De Mian tweeted just after midnight that the five had been released from the St. Ann jail.

5 people arrested by the #Ferguson Police earlier have now been released from the St Ann jail.#STLProtests #STLVerdict pic.twitter.com/VVHNahtr1P
— Heather ♿📷📱🔭 (@MissJupiter1957) October 14, 2017

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Sarah Fenske

Sarah Fenske is the executive editor of Euclid Media Group, overseeing publications in eight cities. She is the former host of St. Louis on the Air and was previously editor-in-chief of the RFT and the LA Weekly. She lives in St. Louis.