The Latest on Ferguson: Nearly 2 dozen arrests at protest

1FERGUSON, Mo.
2A St. Louis County Police spokesman says about two dozen people were arrested during a protest along West Florissant Avenue in Ferguson.
3Officer Shawn McGuire said early Tuesday that approximately 23 arrests were made, although police were still confirming official totals.
4Hundreds of people gathered along West Florissant, the thoroughfare that was the site of massive protests and rioting after 18-year-old Michael Brown was fatally shot last year in a confrontation with a Ferguson police officer.
5The crowd marched, chanted and at times confronted police.
6McGuire says several bottles, frozen water bottles and rocks were thrown at officers throughout the night.
7He says no one was injured.
8Protests also spilled outside of Ferguson earlier Monday.
9Almost 60 people were arrested around midday for blocking the entrance to the federal courthouse in downtown St. Louis.