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Protests in St. Louis after police shooting of suspect, 18

Chief Sam Dotson said at a press conference late Wednesday night that a group of protesters who had blocked an intersection threw glass bottles and bricks at officers and refused orders to clear the roadway. 

Inert gas was used and when that had no effect on the crowd, police turned to tear gas to clear the intersection, Dotson said. Those arrested face charges of impeding the flow of traffic and resisting arrest, he said. A vacant building and at least one car were burned.

Grand juror in Michael Brown case appeals gag order on panel

That woman, identified only as "Grand Juror Doe," wants the St. Louis-based 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to overturn U.S. District Judge Rodney Sippel's May decision to toss her bid to speak out about her time on the panel.

Sippel sided with lawyers for St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney Robert McCulloch in ruling the former grand juror needs to go to a state court for permission to talk publicly. Her lawsuit in state court is scheduled for a hearing Tuesday.

VIDEO: More than a dozen arrested in clashes with police in Ferguson

It came after a morning demonstration along West Florissant Avenue that was interrupted by gunfire and a police shooting that left an 18-year-old critically injured, setting the St. Louis suburb on edge.

A state of emergency is in force in Ferguson.

Police: Man shot near Ferguson protest critically injured

Chief Jon Belmar said at a news conference that officers had been tracking the man, who they believed was armed, during a protest marking the death of Brown, the black, unarmed 18-year-old whose killing by a white Ferguson police officer touched off a national "Black Lives Matter" movement.

The man approached the officers, who were in an unmarked police van, and opened fire, Belmar said. The officers returned fire from inside the vehicle and then pursued the man on foot when he ran.

March, moment of silence mark anniversary in Ferguson

The march late Sunday morning begins at the site where Brown, who was black and unarmed, was fatally shot by Ferguson officer Darren Wilson on Aug. 9, 2014. A grand jury and the U.S. Department of Justice declined to prosecute Wilson, who resigned in November, but the shooting touched off a national "Black Lives Matter" movement.

Ferguson hires black police commander as interim chief

     

The announcement came nearly a year since Michael Brown's death roiled racial tensions.

Andre Anderson, a 50-year-old with a quarter century in law enforcement, starts in Ferguson on Thursday, essentially on six-month loan from the Phoenix suburb of Glendale, Arizona. Anderson had an inside track for his new, albeit interim gig — Ed Beasley, a black man recently hired as Ferguson's interim city manager — had been Glendale's city manager.

Federal report faults police actions during Ferguson unrest

The Associated Press obtained the summary, which cites "vague and arbitrary" orders to keep protesters moving that violated their rights of assembly and free speech.

It is part of a longer "after-action" report that looked at the way police in Ferguson, St. Louis city and county and the Missouri State Highway Patrol responded in the first 16 days after 18-year-old Michael Brown was shot and killed by a Ferguson officer last August.