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The protest began near Chicago police headquarters Tuesday.

His family and friends denied that he had a weapon, but police say he was armed with a pistol reported stolen past year. “It is because of their ability to maintain order that I find it prudent to continue the state of emergency for at least the next 24 hours”,...

He is being held on a $250,000 cash bond. Suddenly, shots are fired and there is a lot of movement in the video.

McGuire says several bottles, frozen water bottles and rocks were thrown at officers throughout the night. “We’re going to see what happens tonight, see how things go”.

Despite the arrests, there were no reports of injuries or violence. Stenger added that under the executive order, Chief Belmar will be in charge of police operations in Ferguson and the surrounding areas. His bond was set at $250,000.

The Associated Press reported that St. Louis County police chief Jon Belmar has been trying to maintain a state of calm between the force and the protesters.

But on Monday night, no smoke or tear gas was used, and no police or civilians reported injuries, McGuire said in a statement.

The appearance of the four men, all white, quickly drew stares in the mostly black neighborhood, which exploded into violence again Sunday night as protesters marked the police killing of an unarmed black teen a year ago. Mr Brown died on August 9 last year at the hands of...

Union Theological Seminary professor Cornel West was also arrested, The Associated Press reported. “That’s not going to happen”.

In the statement, Stenger said St. Louis County Police Chief Jon Belmar shall immediately take over the operation of police emergency management in Ferguson and the surrounding areas.

The shootings come as the St. Louis suburb marks the anniversary of the killing of Brown, a black 18-year-old, by a white Ferguson police officer.