St. Louis area police arrest at least 17 during weekend of protests

Riot gear-clad police arrested at least 17 people on Sunday after they refused orders to disperse from a spontaneous sit-in outside a convenience store in St. Louis during a weekend of otherwise peaceful protests against police violence.

Thousands of people staged protest marches, vigils and other demonstrations in the St. Louis area on the weekend, calling for the arrest of a white police officer who shot dead an unarmed black teenager in August .... http://www.reuters.com