Gunshots at Ferguson anniversary protests for Michael Brown

   Smoke/gas grenades used in dispersing protesters   (C)Twitter/@jonswaine

There has been an exchange of gunshots between the police and a man the police said opened fire on them. This and many more protests took place in Fergusson, Missouri, where protesters gathered en mass on the anniversary of Michael Brown’s death.

If you recall, 18-year-old Michael brown was shot by Darren Wilson, a 28-year-old white Fergusson police officer on August 9, 2014. Brown was said to have stolen items from a convenience store and shoved the owner who tried to stop him on the morning of Aug. 9, 2014. Moments later, he and a friend were walking on Canfield Drive when Wilson, who is white, told them to move to the sidewalk. That led to a confrontation inside Wilson's police car. It spilled outside, and Wilson claimed that Brown came at him, menacingly, leading to the fatal shooting. Some witnesses claimed Brown had his hands up in surrender. Federal officials concluded there was no evidence to disprove testimony by Wilson that he feared for his safety, nor was there reliable evidence that Brown had his hands up in surrender when he was shot. The disputed circumstances of the shooting and the resultant protests and civil unrest received considerable attention in the U.S. and abroad, sparking a vigorous debate about the relationship between law enforcement and African Americans.

Unmarked cars took shots during the gunfire      (C)Twitter/@stlcountypd

In a written statement, the county police spokesman Shawn McGuire said, “The St. Louis County Police Department was involved in an officer-involved shooting, after officers came under heavy gunfire. We are working as quickly as possible to get details of the incident.”
The identity and condition of the person shot by police was not immediately known.