On Friday, a judge in St. Louis found Jason Stockley, a white former St. Louis police officer, not guilty of first-degree murder in the death of a black man named Anthony Lamar Smith. Smith was shot and killed by Stockley after a high-speed chase in 2011. Throughout the weekend, groups of protesters took to the streets of St. Louis, voicing their anger with the decision. At night, as most of the peaceful demonstrators dispersed, others took their anger out on police cars and nearby businesses, smashing dozens of windows. More than 80 arrests were reported on Sunday alone.
A Weekend of Protest in St. Louis
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Read moreDemonstrators confront police while protesting the acquittal of former St. Louis police officer Jason Stockley, in St. Louis, Missouri, on September 16, 2017. Dozens of business windows were smashed and at least two police cars were damaged during a second day of protests following the acquittal of Stockley, who was charged with first-degree murder last year following the 2011 on-duty shooting of Anthony Lamar Smith. #
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Read moreProtesters react after being pepper-sprayed by St. Louis Police Department officers after a not guilty verdict in the murder trial of Jason Stockley, in St. Louis, Missouri, on September 15, 2017. #
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Read morePolice disembark from a bus as protesters lock arms preventing the bus from moving during a standoff with protesters on Tucker Boulevard in downtown St. Louis, on September 15, 2017. #
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Read moreA woman reacts as she is pushed by police in riot gear during a protest after the not-guilty verdict in the murder trial of former St. Louis police officer Jason Stockley, in St. Louis, on September 15, 2017. #
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Read moreProtesters gather on September 15, 2017, in St. Louis, after a judge found Jason Stockley not guilty of first-degree murder in the death of Anthony Lamar Smith. #
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Read moreLaw enforcement officials line a residential street in St. Louis, where people protested after Jason Stockley was acquitted of murder, on September 15, 2017. #
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Read moreSt. Louis Police Department officers stand on the street in riot gear during a protest on September 15, 2017. #
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Read moreA Black Lives Matter protester stands in front of St. Louis Police Department officers equipped with riot gear in St. Louis on September 15, 2017. #
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Read morePeaceful protesters take to the streets during the second day of demonstrations after a not-guilty verdict in the murder trial of former St. Louis police officer Jason Stockley, in St. Louis, on September 16, 2017. #
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Read moreDemonstrators march in response to the not-guilty verdict in the trial of former St. Louis police officer Jason Stockley on September 16, 2017, in St. Louis. #
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Read moreDemonstrators march through University City on September 16, 2017, in St. Louis. #
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Read morePeople march the day after Jason Stockley was acquitted, in St. Louis, on September 16, 2017. #
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Read moreDemonstrators march through University City on September 16, 2017. #
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Read moreDemonstrators protesting the acquittal of former St. Louis police officer Jason Stockley march through the University City neighborhood on September 16, 2017. #
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Read moreDemonstrators confront police while protesting on September 16, 2017, in St. Louis. #
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Read moreRed paint is splattered on the shield of a policeman during the second night of demonstrations in St. Louis, on September 16, 2017. #
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Read moreA protester uses a small projector to project images on a house while marching on September 16, 2017, in St. Louis. #
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Read moreDemonstrators confront police on September 16, 2017, in St. Louis. #
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Read morePolice arrest a man as they try to clear a violent crowd on September 16, 2017, in University City, Missouri. Earlier, protesters had marched peacefully in response to a not-guilty verdict in the trial of former St. Louis police officer Jason Stockley. #
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Read moreGlass shatters as a protester throws a brick through a window of a restaurant filled with patrons during the second night of demonstrations in St. Louis on September 16, 2017. #
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Read moreA protester is sprayed with mace by riot police after throwing a chair through a window of a business during the second night of demonstrations in St. Louis, on September 16, 2017. #
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Read morePolice officers arrest a demonstrator who was pepper-sprayed in the face after breaking a window of a business on September 16, 2017, in St. Louis. #
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Read moreA worker cleans up broken glass from a window smashed during a protest of the acquittal of former St. Louis police officer Jason Stockley, on September 16, 2017. #
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Read morePolice detain protesters arrested for causing damage to local businesses during the second night of demonstrations in St. Louis, on September 16, 2017. #
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Read moreShopkeepers clean up shattered glass in St. Louis on September 16, 2017. #
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Read morePeople continue to march for a third day in St. Louis on September 17, 2017. #
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Read moreProtesters stage a "die-in" during a peaceful rally outside the police headquarters in St. Louis on September 17, 2017. #
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Read moreDemonstrators protest the acquittal of former St. Louis police officer Jason Stockley on September 17, 2017, in St. Louis. #
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Read moreThe father (left), mother (center), and grandmother of Anthony Lamar Smith march with demonstrators protesting the acquittal of former St. Louis police officer Jason Stockley on September 17, 2017, in St. Louis. #
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Read moreDemonstrators protesting the acquittal of former St. Louis police officer Jason Stockley march on September 17, 2017, in St. Louis. #
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Read morePolice officers, ordering the last remaining protesters on the street to get on the ground, spray a chemical agent at those not complying, in St. Louis, Missouri, on September 17, 2017. #
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Read morePeople run after vandalizing property in St. Louis on September 17, 2017. #
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Read moreA man kicks in a shop window in St. Louis on September 17, 2017. #
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Read morePolice arrest a man as demonstrators march on September 17, 2017, in St. Louis. #
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Read moreBill Monroe poses as he protests the not-guilty verdict in the murder trial of Jason Stockley, a former St. Louis police officer charged with the 2011 shooting of Anthony Lamar Smith, in St. Louis, Missouri, on September 17, 2017. #
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