Ferguson Police said more than 100 people gathered at the department, and police eventually arrested four protesters for not spreading.
Brown’s death sparked protests in Ferguson and across the country as Black citizens called for an end to police violence and racism, leading to violent confrontations with heavily armed police.
“Six years ago to this day, this community was robbed,” Ferguson Police Chief Jason P. Armstrong told those on the site. “This nation was robbed.”
Democratic Congress candidate Cori Bush was also available for the meeting.
“This is where I started, fighting for justice. We have to stand up for Black lives every day,” Bush told KMOV.
Police arrested 4 for not distributing
Later in the evening, officers wearing helmets and shields stood in rows in the parking lot in front of the crowd of protesters at the police department, according to video footage from branch KMOV.
Police erected a barricade made of bicycle racks attached to each other and set up the barricade in front of the parking lot of the police department. They also blocked S. Florissant Road after traffic for cars to protect the Protestants, police said in a press release.
According to police, some members of the crowd removed the barricades, made hostile and threatening remarks against the officers and tried to enter the property.
The Ferguson police department received support from some surrounding agencies to help keep the public safe, who police said threw bottles, metal screws and wooden sticks at officers. Some protesters ripped letters across the sign from the building and spray-painted a signpost and the road, police said.
After repeated announcements to the crowd not to throw objects or enter the parking lot, police declared an unfair meeting and ordered the public to leave. Handheld pepper spray was used to disperse the public, police said.
Four St Louis residents were arrested and charged with not distributing. One of the four accused also had an arrest warrant from St. Louis, they said. Two officers from an assisting bureau sustained minor injuries and were treated at the scene, according to police.
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