Posted on

‘HOPE AND CHANGE’ TURNS TO RAGE

article-2724528-20843B3100000578-979_634x424

‘HOPE AND CHANGE’ TURNS TO RAGE

A city ripped apart: Heavily-armed SWAT teams fire tear gas on demonstrators and arrest two journalists in FOURTH night of clashes over the shooting of unarmed 18-year-old Michael Brown

Ferguson, Missouri, endured a fourth night of pitched battles between police and protestors
SWAT officers and 500 protestors faced-off in St. Louis suburb
Tear gas was then fired as the crowd chanted ‘Hands Up! Don’t Shoot’
Smoke bombs were also lobbed into the crowd after dark
Protestors responded by attempting to throw Molotov cocktails
Earlier two reporters were arrested and then released without charge
Demonstrations in the St Louis suburb were sparked by police shooting of an unarmed teenager Michael Brown on Saturday night
Missouri Governor Jay Nixon cancelled all appearances on Wednesday night and said he would visit Ferguson on Thursday

By JAMES NYE FOR MAILONLINE and ASSOCIATED PRESS REPORTER

PUBLISHED: 20:38 EST, 13 August 2014 | UPDATED: 16:36 EST, 14 August 2014

Heavily armed SWAT police trained their guns on the public and fired tear gas in Ferguson, Missouri, last night as racial unrest over the fatal shooting of an unarmed black teen rocked the St. Louis suburb for the fourth night running.

An estimated 500 people, who had been protesting 18-year-old Michael Brown’s death on Saturday, ignored the night curfew imposed by police and instead faced-off against officers chanting ‘Hands Up! Don’t Shoot!’

After repeatedly asking them to disperse, the riot police then fired tear gas into the crowd to break it up, causing scenes that resembled a war zone as another night of clashes was sparked between authorities and furious protestors.

The protestors that remained entered into pitched street battles with police and lobbed Molotov cocktails at the camouflage-clad officers who responded with more tears gas and smoke bombs although there were no immediate reports of injuries but at least 18 arrests.

Read more: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2724528/A-city-ripped-apart-Heavily-armed-SWAT-teams-fire-tear-gas-demonstrators-arrest-two-journalists-FOURTH-night-clashes-shooting-unarmed-18-year-old-Michael-Brown.html#ixzz3ARksSlDF