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Protests in St Louis over the acquittal of a white policeman who had shot a black man turned violent for a third night running on Sunday as police in riot gear used pepper spray and arrested dozens of demonstrators who had failed to disperse.
Demonstrators gathered in the city centre for a protest that started peacefully but turned disorderly after dark, following the pattern seen on Friday and Saturday.
Protesters smashed windows and attempted to block a ramp to an interstate highway, police and witnesses said.
Most police and protesters left the area after about two hours however some of the demonstrators did not disperse.
‘My people are tired of this’: protesters fill St Louis streets after police officer acquitted of murdering black man

Officers tackled some protesters who defied police orders, and about 30 people were arrested.
The protests in St Louis followed the acquittal on Friday of former police officer Jason Stockley, 36, of first-degree murder in the 2011 shooting death of Anthony Lamar Smith, 24.
The violence evoked memories of the riots following the 2014 shooting of a black teenager by a white officer in nearby Ferguson, Missouri.
Police reported confiscating weapons including handguns, and recovered plastic spray bottles containing an unknown chemical that hit officers, who were then decontaminated.
“This is no longer a peaceful protest,” St Louis police said on Twitter, adding that one officer was injured.

“Police continue to make arrests after property damage in Downtown #STL,” another tweet said. Later they said they were making numerous arrests “after giving multiple warnings”.
Protesters broke large flowerpots and threw chunks of the ceramic at shop windows.
Sunday’s gathering was the largest of the three nights with more 1,000 protesters. Police in turn deployed their largest show of force. Officers in riot gear marched through the streets. Others in large vehicles using loud speakers ordered people to leave.

“Do they think this will make us feel safe?” said Keisha Lee of Ferguson, shaking her head.
Police ordered a group of news photographers to stand up against a wall. Reuters photographer Kenny Bahr posted the incident live on Facebook until he was placed in handcuffs. The photographers were released after about 30 minutes.
Earlier in the evening a handful of demonstrators threw bottles in response to a police officer making arrests.
As people converged on an unmarked police car holding one suspect, an officer drove through the crowd in reverse to escape, police said. No injuries were reported.


The protests began on Friday soon after the acquittal, when 33 people were arrested and 10 officers injured. Violence flared again on Saturday night when about 100 protesters, some holding bats or hammers, shattered windows and skirmished with police in riot gear, resulting in at least nine arrests.
More serious clashes broke out in 2014 in Ferguson, a suburb of St Louis, following the killing of 18-year-old Michael Brown by a white police officer who was not indicted.

The Ferguson protests gave rise to Black Lives Matter, a movement that has staged protests across the United States.
An informal group known as the Ferguson frontline has organised the protests, focusing on what it describes as institutional racism that has allowed police to be cleared of criminal wrongdoing in several shootings of unarmed black men.
“Windows can be replaced. Lives can’t,” said Missy Gunn, a member of Ferguson frontline and mother of three including a college-age son. She said she feared for him every night.
Smith was shot in his car after Stockley and his partner chased him following what authorities said was a drug deal. Prosecutors argued that Stockley planted a weapon in Smith’s car, but the judge believed the gun belonged to Smith.


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‘Windows can be replaced. Lives can’t’: Riot police break up St Louis protest over officer’s acquittal in 2011 shooting

Police officers arrest a man during protests in St Louis. Photo: TNS

People continue to march after the not guilty verdict in the murder trial of Jason Stockley, a former St. Louis police officer, charged with the 2011 shooting of Anthony Lamar Smith, who was black, in St. Louis, Missouri, U.S., September 17, 2017. REUTERS/Joshua Lott

People destroy a planter as they continue to march after the not guilty verdict in the murder trial of Jason Stockley, a former St. Louis police officer charged with the 2011 shooting of Anthony Lamar Smith, who was black, in St. Louis, Missouri, U.S. September 17, 2017. REUTERS/Joshua Lott

A protester smashes a window with his foot as demonstrators continue to march after the not guilty verdict in the murder trial of Jason Stockley, a former St. Louis police officer, charged with the 2011 shooting of Anthony Lamar Smith, who was black, in St. Louis, Missouri, U.S., September 17, 2017. REUTERS/Joshua Lott

Police officers line up with shields along Delmar Boulevard in University City on Saturday, Sept. 16, 2017. Earlier in the night, a large peaceful protest blocked traffic and filled the streets with people. The earlier protest had no property damage and no arrests. But after many of those protesters had left a second more confrontational protest start along Delmar Boulevard. Some people in the crowd threw objects at the police. (David Carson/St. Louis Post-Dispatch/TNS)

A man is loaded into an ambulance after multiple arrests were made following a protest in response to a not guilty verdict in the trial of former St. Louis police officer Jason Stockley Sunday, Sept. 17, 2017, in St. Louis. Stockley was acquitted on Friday in the 2011 killing of a black man following a high-speed chase. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)

Protesters occupy Olive Street in front of the St. Louis Police Department headquarters on Sunday, Sept. 17, 2017. Hundreds are marching for the third day following the not guilty verdict of former St. Louis Police officer Jason Stockley in the shooting death of Anthony Lamar Smith. (David Carson/St. Louis Post-Dispatch/TNS)

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Demonstrators gathered in the city centre for a protest that started peacefully but turned disorderly after dark, following the pattern seen on Friday and Saturday


‘Windows can be replaced. Lives can’t’: Riot police break up St Louis protest over officer’s acquittal in 2011 shooting

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Demonstrators gathered in the city centre for a protest that started peacefully but turned disorderly after dark, following the pattern seen on Friday and Saturday