Several hundred people gathered Tuesday afternoon near the 3rd Precinct police outpost to show solidarity with Brown. Helicopter footage from KSTP-TV showed the car pushing through protesters and driving over at least one. A woman suffered minor injuries.
OAKLAND
Police braced for more demonstrations in Oakland, where cleanup continued after scores of people hurled bottles, broke windows, set small fires and vandalized a police car Monday night.
Forty-three people were arrested in the melee that escalated after some protesters shut down traffic on a major highway, police Chief Sean Whent said Tuesday.
He said three officers were injured, including one who suffered a cut to the head and a minor concussion after being hit by a brick.
“We will not tolerate assaults on our staff or vandalism and destruction,” he said.
CLEVELAND
Several hundred people marched down a freeway exit ramp to block rush-hour traffic while protesting the Missouri developments and Saturday’s fatal shooting by an officer of 12-year-old Tamir Rice of Cleveland, who had a pellet gun that looked like a real firearm.
“The system wasn’t made to protect us,” said one of the protesters, 17-year-old Naesha Pierce, who stayed up until 3 a.m. watching television coverage from Ferguson. “To get justice, the people themselves have to be justice.”
ELSEWHERE
In New York, police noted protests have been large but mostly peaceful, with just two arrests, including that of a man who threw a jar of fake blood that struck Police Commissioner William Bratton.
Several hundred protesters also marched peacefully through nearby Newark, New Jersey, on Tuesday.
After a night of rallies in Chicago, dozens of protesters upset with the grand jury’s decision camped out at the doors of Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s office and planned to remain through the night.
