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St. Louis protest turns violent, kicking off a weekend of demonstrations in U.S. cities
St. Louis protest turns violent, kicking off a weekend of demonstrations in U.S. cities - هوتسبوت الخليج
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Protesters fill the streets of St. Louis on Friday after ex-St. Louis cop Jason Stockley was found not guilty of murdering Anthony Lamar Smith in 2011.
Protesters filled the streets of St. Louis Friday night after the white police officer who shot and killed a 24-year-old black man in 2011 was found not guilty of first-degree murder earlier in the day.
Jason Stockley, who resigned from the St. Louis police department in 2013, killed Anthony Lamar Smith in December 2011 because he believed the father of one was reaching for a gun.
Prosecutors said that Smith was unarmed and that Stockley had planted a gun in his rented Buick after shooting him five times at close range following a high-speed pursuit over a suspected drug deal.
The protest began soon after the not-guilty verdict and was initially peaceful, CNN reported, with demonstrators chanting “no justice, no peace!” as they marched through the city’s downtown.
But the demonstration turned violent, with some protesters hurling water bottles at law enforcement and throwing rocks at the home of Mayor Lyda Krewson, police said.
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