2 Shot, 31 Arrested During Protests In Ferguson

SMH…arrest Darren Wilson already!

2 Shot, 31 Arrested During Protests In Ferguson

Protests are continuing over the unarmed shooting death of Mike Brown. On Monday at least 2 people were shot and 31 were arrested in Ferguson, Missouri by the national guard.

Politico reports:

Violence continued in Ferguson, Missouri, late Monday night and into Tuesday morning, as two men were shot during demonstrations and the police again used tear gas in the wake of the fatal shooting of unarmed 18-year-old Michael Brown.

During a news conference early Tuesday morning, Missouri Highway Patrol Capt. Ron Johnson said “officers came under heavy fire” Monday evening. Johnson, who has overseen security operations during the Ferguson protests since Thursday night, said a “tiny minority of lawbreakers” threw bottles and Molotov cocktails at the police, set two fires in the streets and opened fire on officers, according to video of Johnson’s news conference from NBC News.

He added that “not a single bullet was fired by officers Monday night.”

Thirty-one people were arrested on Monday evening, Johnson said, including at least one individual from California and one from New York.

During his news conference, the captain displayed two confiscated handguns and a Molotov cocktail obtained by the police after the weapons had been used by a “small number of violent agitators” trying to create “chaos” in an otherwise peaceful demonstration.

Police officials acknowledged that officers used tear gas against the crowd.

The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported that police used at least three canisters of tear gas against protesters when they refused to leave the parking lot of a QuikTrip.

SMH….Darren Wilson needs to be arrested ASAP or is this just gonna get worse…