Detroit Man Arrested In Ferguson, Missouri During Protests
August 22, 2014 2:30 PM
FERGUSON, MO – AUGUST 21: Demonstrators protest the death of Michael Brown on August 21, 2014 in Ferguson, Missouri. Brown was shot and killed by a Ferguson police officer on August 9. Despite the Brown family’s continued call for peaceful demonstrations, violent protests have erupted nearly every night in Ferguson since his death. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)
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FERGUSON, Mo. (WWJ) – One Detroit man was among those arrested overnight in Ferguson, Missouri, where there have been nightly protests over the shooting death of an unarmed teenager by police.
According to the Ferguson Police Department, Dennis Black was one of seven people taken into custody for “refusing to disperse.” According to his Facebook page, Black is a senior at Wayne State University and is the President of undergraduate chapter of the ACLU.
The protests have been more subdued in recent days — with Missouri’s governor ordering the national guard to start pulling back.
Missouri Highway Patrol Captain Ron Johnson said that there were seven total arrests on Thursday. Most of those who have been arrested in protests following the shooting are from out of state, police say.
Detroit Police Chief James Craig says he is angry over recent implications by some in the media that Detroit “could be the next Ferguson, Missouri,” — calling such statements dangerous and irresponsible.
Among those who have been talking about the Ferguson case in Michigan is U.S. Congressman John Conyers (MI-13), who says “serious and sweeping civil rights violations” may have taken place in the small, Missouri town that’s “under what is essentially martial law.”
“Tear gas and rubber bullets are being used against everyday citizens,” Conyers said, in statement, adding that Brown’s “tragic killing” and events since the shooting “are reminiscent of the violent altercations that took place during the Civil Rights Movement.”
Earlier this week in Detroit, an unruly man who was “citing the issues in Ferguson” was pepper-sprayed and arrested after he crossed a police line.
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