In St. Louis, a brawl broke out at a public meeting last night as local residents gathered to discuss a plan to set up a board to review complaints against the police. The proposal was drawn up after 18-year-old Michael Brown was fatally shot by a police officer in nearby Ferguson, Missouri, last August. People angry at what they say is mistreatment at the hands of the police began shouting and scuffling when a member of the police officers’ union began speaking out against the proposal.

Jeff Roorda, St. Louis Police Officers Association: “Who wants to be the next Darren Wilson, hung in effigy in the town square because of defending his life?”

Antonio French, St. Louis alderman: “What citizens want, especially in the wake of what we’ve seen in St. Louis in the last few months, is a new level of accountability.”