Hundreds of protesters and locals took to the street Wednesday on Page and Walton after an 18 year-old man was shot by St. Louis police officers.
The suspect, Mansur Ball-Bey, was fleeing a crack house and fired on police before he was shot dead.
Here was the scene last night in North St. Louis—
Protesters chucked water bottles and rocks at police during the riot.
Wqterbottles thrown. pic.twitter.com/1ipRsV5D3b
— Search4Swag (@search4swag) August 19, 2015
The mob hurled bricks at the police.
Bricks, tear gas… pic.twitter.com/IjX7A8zZeM
— Search4Swag (@search4swag) August 20, 2015
The St. Louis Metro Police released their own video of attacks on police.
Protesters throwing rocks, bricks and water bottles at officers on Page & Walton 08/19/15
Late at night a car and buildings were set on fire on Page and Walton.
There is a car on fire. No one but a fire-fighter should go near it. Im told there is a fire station one block away pic.twitter.com/uyOZvXSZ4F
— ChuckModi (@POPSspotSports) August 20, 2015
Firefighters refused to move in without police escort.
This upset the locals.
18. A woman started running too. The kids' mom. Dad handed one kid to mom. Then a baby. They carried them to safety. pic.twitter.com/W7j2EkKrB7
— Antonio French (@AntonioFrench) August 20, 2015
The community wanted firefighters but the situation was too dangerous.
21. We waited and waited. The fire grew. A woman began filling up water buckets and wetting the ground in front of her house.
— Antonio French (@AntonioFrench) August 20, 2015
There was a lot of outrage on Twitter that firefighters would not come put out the fire. It did not occur to them that the situation was too dangerous for firefighters without police escort. And now they want to blame the firefighters. It’s a continual spiral of violence and insanity.
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