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Michael Brown: Ferguson protest push enters second day Ferguson weekend protests: Police arrest 17
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More than 1,000 people have joined a second day of planned rallies in the US city of St Louis to protest against police shootings. US police have arrested at least 17 people in the city of St Louis, Missouri, during a weekend of planned protests against police shootings.
Police said several arrests were made for "illegal behaviour" and that rocks had been thrown by protesters. Demonstrators were held for unlawful assembly after staging a sit-in outside a convenience store early on Sunday.
The four-day event, named Ferguson October, began on Friday with a march outside the local prosecutor's office. Thousands have taken part in rallies and vigils as part of a four-day event named Ferguson October.
Weeks of protests were sparked by the killing of unarmed black teenager Michael Brown in nearby Ferguson. Weeks of protests have been sparked by the killing of unarmed black teenager Michael Brown in nearby Ferguson.
Tensions in St Louis are high after another black teenager, Vonderrit D Myers, was shot dead by a police officer on Wednesday. Several demonstrators gathered outside a QuikTrip petrol station and convenience store in St Louis on Sunday morning, refusing to disperse.
Officers in riot gear used pepper spray to try to dispel angry demonstrators after Myers' shooting last week. Riot police used pepper spray to clear the protest.
St Louis police chief Sam Dotson said on his Twitter account that the protesters were "attempting to storm" the store and had thrown rocks at police officers.
Protesters denied throwing rocks at the police.
A QuikTrip store in Ferguson was wrecked during violent protests in the aftermath of Michael Brown's killing, and later became a gathering point for protesters.
Tensions in St Louis are also high after another black teenager, Vonderrit D Myers, was shot dead by a police officer on Wednesday.
Police said 18-year-old Myers shot at an officer, but the victim's parents say he was unarmed and racially profiled.Police said 18-year-old Myers shot at an officer, but the victim's parents say he was unarmed and racially profiled.
'Civil disobedience''Civil disobedience'
Saturday's demonstrations began with a peaceful march through the centre of St Louis to the Keiner Plaza park. The crowd was larger than the day before, according to the Associated Press. Ferguson October began on Friday, when hundreds of demonstrators lined up outside the office of the local prosecutor, Robert McCulloch.
"This isn't going to stop until there is change with police and black youth," Tory Russell, one of the organisers, told the news agency.
In the early hours of Sunday, St Louis chief of police Sam Dotson tweeted that arrests had been made and said protestors had thrown rocks at police.
The first Ferguson October protest on Friday saw hundreds of demonstrators line up against police in riot gear outside the office of the St Louis prosecutor Robert McCulloch.
Demonstrators chanted slogans calling for Mr McCulloch to charge Darren Wilson, the officer who shot Mr Brown in August.Demonstrators chanted slogans calling for Mr McCulloch to charge Darren Wilson, the officer who shot Mr Brown in August.
On Saturday, there was a peaceful march through the centre of St Louis to the Keiner Plaza park. The crowd was larger than the day before, according to the Associated Press.
"This isn't going to stop until there is change with police and black youth," Tory Russell, one of the protest organisers, said.
Protest organisers said the weekend of events was intended "to build momentum for a nationwide movement against police violence".Protest organisers said the weekend of events was intended "to build momentum for a nationwide movement against police violence".
"We are here to bring peace, to bring restoration, to lift our banners in the name of those who've been sacrificed," said another protest organiser, Montague Simmons."We are here to bring peace, to bring restoration, to lift our banners in the name of those who've been sacrificed," said another protest organiser, Montague Simmons.
The events will include street protests as well as a music event and a day of "civil disobedience". Planned events include street protests as well as a music event and a day of "civil disobedience".
Organisers have urged people from across the US to attend.Organisers have urged people from across the US to attend.
A US justice department investigation into the shooting of Michael Brown in August is continuing.A US justice department investigation into the shooting of Michael Brown in August is continuing.