Protesters Demand Improved Police Accountability at Downtown Demonstration
Approximately 150 protesters rallied in downtown St. Louis Tuesday afternoon to protest police brutality and announce a set of demands they want enacted by officials at the local and national level.
The demands announced by protesters centered largely on police reform and accountability. But they also included several direct demands related to the investigation of the Michael Brown shooting, including the "immediate arrest" of Darren Wilson, the Ferguson police officer who fatally shot the 18-year-old August 9.
"We are going to bring that gunman to justice, and I mean that," said rapper Tef Poe, a Riverfront Times contributor and a constant presence at the Ferguson protests since they began the day after the Brown shooting.
Other demands related to the investigation include St. Louis County Prosecutor Bob McCulloch to stand down and allow a special prosecutor to handle the investigation into the Brown shooting, as well as the firing of Ferguson Police Chief Thomas Jackson."
* The protesters also demanded broad reform measures to be taken into how police shootings are investigated, including civilian review of those shootings, and a rapid de-escalation of militarized policing during protests."
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