A state of emergency was declared in Ferguson as American police made further arrests as protests marking the anniversary of the death of unarmed black teenager Michael Brown continued into the night on Monday.
During the day police arrested 50 protestors, as protests blocked high ways. Prominent civil rights activist Cornell West was arrested during a sit-in outside the main courthouse in St Louis.
The state of emergency was declared on Monday afternoon by St Louis County Executive Steve Stenger in response to gunfights that broke out in the region, reports the BBC.
Police Chief Belmar said that those that had opened fire on police officers “were criminals they weren’t protesters.”