Protests Continue in Ferguson After Police Officers Are Shot
Protesters gathered near the Ferguson, Missouri, police headquarters and chanted slogans like “the whole damn system is guilty as hell” in what appeared to be a peaceful demonstration one night after two police officers were shot.
Demonstrators briefly blocked a road during the protest on Thursday night. About 100 protesters and 20 police officers were visible, NBC affiliate KSDK reported.
Earlier, religious leaders and demonstrators held a candlelight vigil and prayed not only for the wounded officers and their families but for protesters and the nation.
“Whoever was the culprit last night did not come from this community,” Rev. Traci Blackmon said, noting that no police officers were shot during months of protests, even when anger over the fatal police shooting of Michael Brown was at its height. “We will not be moved. We will not give up.”
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