FERGUSON, Mo. — Six months after unarmed teenager Michael Brown was killed by Ferguson Police Officer Darren Wilson, the tensions between police and demonstrators have not eased, as seven protesters (including one 14-year-old) were arrested Monday night.
“They tried to say I hit them with my cell phone holder. I am a pacifist. I have never hit anyone in my whole life,” said Heather De Mian, 44, who was livestreaming the demonstration and was arrested and charged with third-degree assault and failure to obey.
After a candlelight vigil on Canfield Drive to mark six months since the shooting, several activists moved toward the nearby police station to demonstrate. The majority of the protesters, including those arrested, were across the street from the station, in the parking lot of Andy Wurm’s Tire & Wheel and on the adjoining sidewalk. The parking lot has served as a designated site for protests since the owners gave permission for demonstrators to congregate there.
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Lala Moore, 34, was in the police department waiting room late Monday, along with almost 50 protesters, as she waited for her brother and sister to be released.
“I’m pissed off. When is this going to stop?” Moore asked. “They pulled a Taser out on my brother and told him if he moves, he was going to get tased.”
This story was published as part of a partnership between The Huffington Post and The St. Louis American, which covers the St. Louis region’s African-American community.
