Hundreds of St. Louis #BackLivesMatter protesters shut down Kingshighway in the Central West End tonight.
The protesters held a rally there in the Central West End restaurant district for a couple hours.
OUTRAGED PROTESTERS ATTACKED MAYOR LYDA KREWSON’S HOME IN THE CENTRAL WEST END!
Now Black Lives Matter thugs are hurling bricks at police officers. Two police officers have been transported to the hospital.
Update: A 3rd police officer has been injured.
JUST IN: our cameras captured agitators hurling a brick toward a line of police, striking an officer & knocking them down. @ksdknews pic.twitter.com/I8SfDdLE5R
— Jacob Long (@JacobLong_KSDK) September 16, 2017
Officers have given two commands that this is an unlawful assembly, order to disperse. #STLVerdict
— St. Louis, MO Police (@SLMPD) September 16, 2017
Officer is being transported to a hospital for serious injury sustained from brick thrown at him at Kingshighway & Waterman. #STLVerdict
— St. Louis, MO Police (@SLMPD) September 16, 2017
A second officer is being transported to a hospital for injury sustained from thrown brick. More info to come. #STLVerdict https://t.co/Lly3QKVub3
— St. Louis, MO Police (@SLMPD) September 16, 2017
Update: A 3rd officer has been injured.
UPDATE: three total @SLMPD officers have been injured so far. Two transported to the hospital. One refused treatment. @ksdknews
— Jacob Long (@JacobLong_KSDK) September 16, 2017
The Governor of St. Louis, Eric Greitens made a powerful statement regarding the thugs throwing bricks at police officers.
Reports of bricks thrown at police. That’s not protest. That’s a crime. We stand behind our officers. This violence won’t be tolerated.
— Eric Greitens (@EricGreitens) September 16, 2017
