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| Protests, Looting in US City After |
| Protests, Looting in US City After Police Shoot Unarmed Teen
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| UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
, 11-August-2014
9:59:31 AM |
| Protesters clashed with police and looted stores in the midwestern US suburb of St Louis, a day after an officer shot dead an unarmed black teen, local media reported on Monday.
Police armed with clubs hurled tear gas and deployed officers with dogs to curb the violence which erupted late on Sunday in the suburb in Missouri, media reported.
But local law enforcement officers were quickly overwhelmed and had to urgently call for backup from nearby communities, KSDK TV 5 said.
Video posted by the St Louis Post-Dispatch showed a QuikTrip gas station convenience store plundered and set on fire.
Looters also raided Walmart and several other smaller stores, and set fires elsewhere, the newspaper reported.
The violence broke out after large crowds of mostly African-American protesters gathered on Sunday for a vigil at the spot where police shot and killed 18-year-old Michael Brown a day ago.
Details of Brown's death differ. A witness identified as Dorian Johnson told KMOV News 4 that he was walking with Brown when a police officer confronted them and drew his weapon.
The officer shot Brown, who "turned around and put his hands in the air," Johnson said. "He started to get down and the officer still approached with his weapon drawn and fired several more shots."
St. Louis County Police Chief Jon Belmar however said at a televised press conference that Brown was killed after physically assaulting a police officer and struggling to get his weapon.
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