Protesters, police again facing off in Ferguson : News
The situation along West Florissant Avenue remains tense but calm with approximately 200 demonstrators keeping a distance of 25-feet from police.
"you may keep your right to assemble and continue your peaceful protest if you back away," police warn protesters that inch forward.
Stephen Deere and Paul Hampel at 8:25 p.m.
A march down West Florissant Avenue from Chambers Road ended at the corner of Canfield Drive, not far from where Michael Brown was shot.
A crowd of about 100 people congregated at the corner. They were surrounded on three sides by police who were keeping their distance.
Many were calmly repeating the now-familiar chant, "No justice, no peace."
Among them, a group of about seven young men were angrily yelling and demanding that police officials release the name of the police officer who shot Michael Brown.
Later three armored vehicles approached the crowd, which had been largely quiet and peaceful. Some members of the crowd grew agitated.
One of the armored trucks had a St. Louis County police officer on top of it with a long rifle on a tripod.
The two other trucks arrived with about 6 officers in military fatigues hanging off the sides of both armored vehicles. The officers got off the trucks and were on the street. They appeared to be carrying rifles.
A police official said they brought in the armored vehicles because the crowd was supposed to disperse at 5:30 p.m. to open up the road to traffic.
A line of 20 St. Louis County and Ferguson police officers faced an agitated crowd as the 6 o'clock hour neared.
Police at one point conferred with the Rev. Rev. Spencer Lamar Booker of St. Paul AME Church, the organizer of the clergy-led parade, where demonstrators have been gathering throughout the day.
The conversation ended with Booker announcing “the parade is over. Let's all move on now.”
It proved easier said than done as the crowd hurled insults at officers .
One young man shouted, “We're not dogs, so what the hell you've got those whipping sticks for? Because you want to whip us like dogs.”
A huge man in a muscle t-shirt, jeans and a Ralph Lauren cap pointed a finger at an officer and warned, “If I'm going to go, I'm taking one of you with me.”
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