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