More Violence In Ferguson. Will It Ever End?

From Conservative Tribune:

URGENT: Race Rioters Throw Rocks, Metal Rod at Ferguson Police [PICTURES]

Five people were arrested outside the Ferguson, Mo., Police Department Wednesday night after protesters threw objects at police officers.

Demonstrators threw rocks, water bottles and a metal rod, hitting five officers, but there were no injuries reported.

Residents and activists have demonstrated in Ferguson and nearby St. Louis daily since the Aug. 9 shooting of teenager Michael Brown by Officer Darren Wilson. Despite a series of evidence leaks from the grand jury investigation looking into whether to indict Wilson for the shooting that seem to corroborate the officer’s version of events, the demonstrations show no sign of diminishing.

The situation Wednesday night grew tense when a crowd of about 200 activists marched on the headquarters building. The crowd knocked over barricades and blocked traffic, St. Louis County Police Sgt. Brian Schellman told the St. Louis Post-Dispatch (H/T Gateway Pundit).

Additional law enforcement was sent to the county headquarters building when some demonstrators made a second attempt to break through the barriers.

The crowd had shrunk to a handful of people by 2 a.m., Schellman told the Post-Dispatch.

Police filed misdemeanor charges of “peace disturbance or failure to disperse” against the five individuals arrested. Of the five, four were local residents of Ferguson, St. Louis, or University City. The fifth was from Ellisville, Miss.

Here are pictures from the evening:

While we fully support the right of any and all Americans to peacefully protest the actions or inaction of their government at the local, state, or federal level, no thinking individual condones violence as a protected — or even a helpful — part of such protests.

The fact that one of the five arrested was from Mississippi demonstrates the presence of outside agitators in Ferguson who, at this point, just need to go home. The residents of Ferguson, Mo., have enough trouble on their own.