Authorities in a suburb of the US city of St Louis, Missouri, where an unarmed black teen was shot and killed by a police officer, have used tear gas to try to disperse protesters after flaming projectiles were thrown from the crowd.
Police also used smoke bombs on Wednesday night, after directing people to go home. Helicopters circled overhead and smoke hung in the air.
St Louis County police spokesman, Brian Schellman, said he had no immediate information about the situation.
Michael Brown, 18, was shot dead in the mostly black suburb of Ferguson on Saturday after what police said was a struggle with a gun in a police car.
A witness in the case told local media that Brown had raised his arms to police to show that he was unarmed before being killed.
Protesters have gathered in the St Louis suburb every night since in tense standoffs with heavily armed police.
“I’ve had enough of being pushed around because of the color of my skin, I’m sick of this police brutality and I’m angry [be]cause of what they done to Michael Brown,” said one protester, 18, who would identify himself only by his first name, Terrell.
“I’m going to keep coming back here night after night until we get justice,” he said.
Police also used smoke bombs on Wednesday night, after directing people to go home. Helicopters circled overhead and smoke hung in the air.
St Louis County police spokesman, Brian Schellman, said he had no immediate information about the situation.
Michael Brown, 18, was shot dead in the mostly black suburb of Ferguson on Saturday after what police said was a struggle with a gun in a police car.
A witness in the case told local media that Brown had raised his arms to police to show that he was unarmed before being killed.
Protesters have gathered in the St Louis suburb every night since in tense standoffs with heavily armed police.
“I’ve had enough of being pushed around because of the color of my skin, I’m sick of this police brutality and I’m angry [be]cause of what they done to Michael Brown,” said one protester, 18, who would identify himself only by his first name, Terrell.
“I’m going to keep coming back here night after night until we get justice,” he said.
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