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Clergy, activist arrested at Ferguson protests

Monday, October 13, 2014

Ferguson protestors linked arm-in-arm, participating in an act of civil disobedience to protest the shooting of Michael Brown. About a dozen, including Cornel West, were arrested.

A police officer looking for help as he attempts to stop protestors from advancing futher into the police station.

A protestor sharing a hug with an officer at the rally.

A group of protestors broke through a police line during the rally on Monday.

Activist and philosopher Cornel West was arrested during Ferguson protests on Monday morning.

The academic has been a long known advocate of racial equality.

Hundreds of people turned up for the Ferguson October rally on Monday.

Over 1,000 people turned up for the Ferguson October rally on Monday.

West also spoke at gatherings in St. Louis on Sunday night.

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Clergy, activist arrested at Ferguson protestsFerguson protestors linked arm-in-arm, participating in an act of civil disobedience to protest the shooting of Michael Brown. About a dozen, including Cornel West, were arrested.

Charles Rex Arbogast / AP

As protestors continue to express their outrage over the police shooting death of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, about a dozen protestors were arrested, including clergy member and notable activist Cornel West.

Over 1,000 people turned up for the Ferguson October rally on Monday.
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The protestors were taking place in a "Ferguson October" rally which had drawn in hundreds of attendees. Protestors marched towards the Ferguson police station in an act of civil disobedience, demanding justice for the death of Michael Brown.

The academic has been a long known advocate of racial equality.
Charles Rex Arbogast / AP

Eighteen-year-old Michael Brown was shot and killed on August 9 by a police officer named Darren Wilson in Ferguson, Missouri. The shooting then prompted a wave of protests in the following days, demanding justice over Brown's shooting.