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. |