“Ferguson October” utilizes social media to promote action | The Baylor Lariat

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ST. LOUIS — Social media brought activists from across the country together in St. Louis for a stance against injustice during Ferguson October, which was labeled a “weekend of resistance” by activists.

During Saturday’s demonstration, the largest such gathering in St. Louis, an estimated 2,000 people peacefully organized for the third Ferguson October event.

Friday, several hundred demonstrators gathered outside the office of Bob McCulloch, the St. Louis county prosecutor. They later marched to the Ferguson police station and neither assembly purported any form of violence.

Throughout the rally Saturday, demonstrations remained civil and neither activists nor police committed violence towards one another.

But, when an estimated 100 activists rallied outside Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon’s office, police issued instructions to leave the property. Nine protestors remained and were subsequently arrested by police for failure to disperse.

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