Filed under: Live Coverage, Midwest, Police
Originally posted to It’s Going Down
#US: St. Louis after police shot a young black man today on one-year anniversary of police murder of #KajiemePowell. pic.twitter.com/R8HNSwzzwa
— ѕyndιcalιѕт (@syndicalisms) August 20, 2015
At least 9 people were arrested after St. Louis police shot and killed an African-American man, Mansur Ball Bey, who was fleeing police while they attempted to serve a search warrant in the northern party of the city. In the wake of the killing, crowds poured into the street, where they were met with military police tanks and tear-gas. People cursed the police, burned American flags, erected barricades, and chanted “Black Lives Matter.”
This latest killing happens on the one-year anniversary of the St. Louis police killing of Kajieme Powell, 25, who was killed by police on August 19th, 2014, only 10 days after Mike Brown was shot and killed by Darren Wilson in Ferguson.
After the shooting, people poured into the streets as police responded with military tanks and later tear-gas and projectiles.
Page Blvd pic.twitter.com/e5bK7N1ey6
— Jesse Bogan (@JesseBogan) August 19, 2015
They are moving towards protesters pic.twitter.com/NAOqH2sLXT
— Search4Swag (@search4swag) August 19, 2015
#STL
Page & Walton#MansurBallBey pic.twitter.com/FKO2SsjKFE— Heather ♿📷 (@MissJupiter1957) August 19, 2015
Second arrest pic.twitter.com/oqWDZpWzMj
— Search4Swag (@search4swag) August 19, 2015
— Search4Swag (@search4swag) August 20, 2015
This is one of the smoke bombs #STLPD shot at me smh #FTP pic.twitter.com/T1Qy4DZeBS
— King D Seals (@KingDSeals) August 20, 2015
In response, barricades were set on fire in the street.
Page is blocked. Pain is real. pic.twitter.com/dhZb2LE2ey
— ChuckModi (@ChuckModi1) August 20, 2015
Shutting shit down with a flaming barricade across page & walton #stl pic.twitter.com/B0Wm9VDcfX
— natalie solidarity (@constantnatalie) August 20, 2015
Scene right now. Gun shots went off …. #FightBack #WaltonAndPage #BlackLiberationMovement pic.twitter.com/vaotZtVVGx
— Ohun Ashe 🌻🌼🌞 (@Ohun_Ashe) August 20, 2015
People later set fire to a vacant building and a car.
Protecting an abandoned property pic.twitter.com/JswvvASyqr
— Search4Swag (@search4swag) August 20, 2015
A building is on fire bc @stlpd shot another person today #stl pic.twitter.com/pD1W9bpTTO
— natalie solidarity (@constantnatalie) August 20, 2015
Local man says they should burn down all the vacant houses here by page & bayard #stl #MansurBallBey pic.twitter.com/7FJKnn8h9s
— natalie solidarity (@constantnatalie) August 20, 2015
Tear gas, gunshots, explosions and fires in North St. Louis tonight after @SLMPD shoot and kill #MansurBallBey pic.twitter.com/suxI9f2KyN
— Anonymous (@TheAnonMovement) August 20, 2015
Car on fire on WALTON pic.twitter.com/kgNQaDE14s
— Search4Swag (@search4swag) August 20, 2015
Meanwhile…
Meanwhile, @ the floodwall along the Mississippi riverfront in downtown #StL#FTP #ACAB #Fuck12 #SaintLouis #StLouis pic.twitter.com/dcpkoo2rWJ
— ReWyldStL (@ReWyldStL) August 20, 2015
Tags: St. Louis