Tensions remain high in St. Louis after officer is acquitted of killing unarmed black man
by By Kurtis Lee, Los Angeles Times
Sep 16, 2017
3 minutes
They carried signs that read "Black Lives Matter," held fists in the air and marched together as one - blacks, whites, Latinos.
A day after a former St. Louis police officer was acquitted in the shooting death of an unarmed black man, tensions remained high in the city and surrounding suburbs on Saturday as protesters gathered in parks and shopping malls.
"This is tiring, absolutely tiring," said state Rep. Bruce Franks Jr., who participated in the protests and whose district spans portions of St. Louis.
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