Police responded to reports of gunfire but had found no evidence that anyone had been struck, said Ferguson spokesman Jeff Small, who declined to speculate about why the shots were fired. Multiple persons described a night of chaos that saw at least one person in a wheelchair tasered by police.
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Men can then be heard yelling “move, move” and swearing as they try to stop the vehicle from driving away.
And on the anniversary of his death, protesters reportedly were forced to duck behind cars as gunfire broke out, panicking the crowd of people.
Heather DeMian, a protester who filmed the incident, told the newspaper: “I just started screaming, and the bullets started flying, and I started screaming some more”.
Other events held throughout the city marking the Brown shooting anniversary were peaceful, NBC News reported.
The man seemed badly injured and was put into a private vehicle to be taken to a hospital, Cowan said.
Witnesses say the Muny delayed the performance of Aida.
Crowds ducked for cover when the gunshots rang out after a auto hit a protester who was at the demonstration to remember the unarmed black teenager who was killed by a white police officer in 2014. Two protesters in that area were arrested, and two arrests were made outside the theater. The shooting sparked months of often violent protests and brought the topics of excessive force and police racism into the national conversation. It also paved the way for the establishment of “Black Lives Matter” movement admonishes the treatment meted out to the minorities by the state police.
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The Tuesday night protest took place near and in the street, and the demonstrators sometimes impeded traffic, but retreated from the roadway when warned by police. Michael Brown Sr. reflected on his son’s death and stated to media, “My son built families up, opened the eyes of the world and let them know this ain’t right”.
