Prominent activist, Netta Elzie, being arrested for filming the protest
At least 160 people were arrested in massive acts of civil disobedience throughout St. Louis on Monday afternoon, including several prominent activists of the Black Lives Matter Movement.
Cornel West, DeRay Mckesson, Johnetta “Netta” Elzie and Kayla Reed, were among 57 protesters who were arrested during a sit-in at the federal courthouse in St. Louis. The protesters blocked the entrance to the federal building as part of a series of planned acts of civil disobedience to commemorate the one year anniversary of the death of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Mo.
And the arrests begin. STL. https://t.co/3GUSZiMOmn
— deray mckesson (@deray) August 10, 2015
And the arrests continue. STL. DOJ. https://t.co/ZRbEISA0pG
— deray mckesson (@deray) August 10, 2015
— deray mckesson (@deray) August 10, 2015
.@deray now in custody. #FergusonAction pic.twitter.com/zt3Fp9TC9n
— Nicholas J.C. Pistor (@nickpistor) August 10, 2015
Later in the afternoon, another group of protesters, lead by youth activist group, Millennial Activists United, shutdown highway I-70 in both directions.
Complete Highway shut down 70 east and west bound traffic pic.twitter.com/VKIHZPp8W8
— Search4Swag (@search4swag) August 10, 2015
There were a total of 110 protesters arrested during the demonstration, although some were immediately released according to sources.
They let me go because they couldn’t identify who arrested me.
— no. (@wavyblackwoman) August 11, 2015
Additional acts of protests occurred throughout the night.
