Shots were reportedly fired after the auto drove away, with police on the scene responding to the gunfire stating they were unable to find evidence someone had been hit by a auto – an incident witnesses said resulted in the man being driven to hospital in a private vehicle for treatment at a nearby hospital.
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The demonstrations spread to other USA cities after a jury decided not to charge police officer Darren Wilson over the killing. Small said there were bullet holes in the auto that hit the protestor, but that no one in the vehicle was injured.
The driver, a woman who was not publicly identified, was “very, very cooperative”, authorities said.
The man who was struck by the vehicle was escorted away in a private auto.
The incident occurred during a peaceful memorial for Brown, who was shot by a police officer at the age of 18 in August 2014.
Videos filmed by protesters show a fast auto hitting a man who had walked onto the street.
People at the protest, estimated to number about 75, can be heard saying: “the auto just hit him”.
Less than a minute later, gunfire was heard and people began screaming.
The man injured by the auto was taken to the hospital in a private vehicle.
At least 20 rounds of bullets erupted around 9:15 p.m., within 30 seconds of the collision along W. Florissant Ave. The officer, who resigned, was cleared by a state grand jury and the U.S. Justice Department. Brown’s death sparked local protests that spread around the world and breathed live into the Black Lives Matter movement.
Brown’s death “opened the eyes of the world” to concerns about law enforcement’s treatment of black people, Brown’s father said Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2016, during a memorial service marking the two-year anniversary of the shooting.
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The shooting led to a Justice Department investigation which found patterns of racial bias in Ferguson’s police department and court system. This color is handsome. The federal agency and the city agreed this year to make sweeping changes.
