This weekend protest and looting in Ferguson, St Louis, Missouri, left broken glass and at least one burned-out building.<\/p>\n
Officer Brian Schellman of the St. Louis County police said two officers were injured overnight Sunday \u2014 one was hit by a brick and one suffered knee injuries. Police arrested 32 people for theft, assault or burglary.<\/p>\n
The protests followed the fatal shooting on Saturday of Michael Brown, 18, by police. Authorities said Sunday that a police officer shot Brown, who was unarmed, after the teen attacked the Ferguson officer. After protests and a vigil earlier in the day, some people broke into stores and looted them, setting fire to a QuikTrip and leaving glass and other debris strewn about.<\/p>\n
Schellman said the looting and destruction stopped and the area had quieted a down about 3:30 a.m. Monday.<\/p>\n
He said the police helicopter was shot at once or twice, but was not hit. He said the night was a scary situation for even veteran officers.<\/p>\n
Jennings school district canceled the first day of school today, saying it was concerned for student safety in the wake of Sunday night’s violence.<\/p>\n
“Safety is our uppermost concern,” a Jennings release said. “At this time we do not feel it’s safe for our students to walk to school.”<\/p>\n
Officials said they hoped classes could begin Tuesday.<\/p>\n
On the lot of a QuikTrip that was looted and burned Sunday night, some men who said they had been there last night defended the damage as a response to injustice. <\/p>\n
DeAndre Smith, 30, of Ferguson was happy to justify the looting when a reporter asked him about it Monday morning.<\/p>\n
“This is exactly what is supposed to be happening when an injustice is happening in your community,” he said, adding: “You have kids getting killed for nothing.”<\/p>\n
Smith, who moved to St. Louis from New York in December, said there could be more to come.<\/p>\n
“I don’t think it’s over honestly,” he said. “I just think they got a taste of what fighting back means.”<\/p>\n
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