St. Louis County declared a state of emergency Monday as authorities arrested dozens of demonstrators here and charged an 18-year-old black man who had been critically wounded by police with assaulting law enforcement officers.
One year after Michael Brown died by police gunfire and violent clashes shook this suburb of St. Louis, Ferguson was again rocked by fear, anger and the threat of growing violence.
By late Monday, police, protesters and residents were bracing for another night of tense demonstrations and uncertainty.
Some of the unrest was related to the anniversary of Brown’s death, including the arrest of nearly 60 people during a “day of resistance” Monday in St. Louis. Police jailed some of the most prominent leaders of the Black Lives Matter movement — DeRay Mckesson, Johnetta Elzie and Kayla Reed — as well as Princeton University professor Cornel West.
“Between the continuous death of unarmed teenagers at the hands of police [and] tear gassing on Canfield Drive . . . we see that not enough has changed in Ferguson,” said Brittany Packnett, an activist who works closely with Mckesson, Elzie and Reed. “It is August 2014 all over again.”
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