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Dozens Arrested in Ferguson at Highway Protest

HeadlineSep 11, 2014

Dozens of people have been arrested in Ferguson, Missouri, in a protest over the police shooting of Michael Brown. A crowd of more than 100 gathered Wednesday to block a state highway in a call for the replacement of St. Louis County Attorney Robert McCulloch in favor of a special prosecutor.

Unidentified: “Our problem ain’t in Afghanistan. It’s right here with these racist police officers. That’s where our problem is. Our problem ain’t in no other country. Our black folk problem is right here in America with these racist white folks.”

The demonstrators were blocked from entering the highway by a larger number of police in riot gear, who arrested around 35 people for failure to disperse. A handful of demonstrators threw objects at police. Organizers say they plan to stage more blockades until the officer who killed Brown, Darren Wilson, is indicted.

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