Friday, March 13, 2015

Protests Continue in Ferguson After Police Officers Are Shot - NBC News.com

Protests Continue in Ferguson After Police Officers Are Shot - NBC News.com: ""Whoever was the culprit last night did not come from this community," Rev. Traci Blackmon said at the vigil, noting that no police officers were shot during months of protests, even when anger over the fatal police shooting of Michael Brown was at its height. "We will not be moved. We will not give up," she added.

A St. Louis County police officer was shot in the shoulder and a police officer from the St. Louis suburb of Webster Groves was shot in the face at around midnight local time (1 a.m. ET) outside Ferguson police headquarters, as protests began to wind down, police said.

Both officers were released from the hospital Thursday. St. Louis County Police Chief Jon Belmar said three or four shots were fired at a group of police from about 125 yards away. He called the shooting an "ambush" and said the officers are lucky to be alive."



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