Tag: Racial tension erupts in St Louis

• Thursday, November 27th 2014 - 07:15 UTC

  Racial relations becomes political debate in the US following the Ferguson trial and verdict

  

  More National Guard troops and police have been sent to Ferguson, Missouri to head off a third night of violence, as over 400 people have been arrested in the St. Louis suburb and around the United States in unrest after a white policeman was cleared in the killing of an unarmed black teenager.

• Monday, October 13th 2014 - 07:10 UTC

  Racial tension erupts in St Louis as heavy handed police arrest demonstrators

  

  Riot-gear clad police arrested at least 17 people on Sunday after they refused orders to disperse from a spontaneous sit-in outside a convenience store in St. Louis during a weekend of otherwise peaceful protests against police violence.