A Missouri Highway Patrol Trooper walks past detained demonstrators on US Interstate 70 in Earth City, Missouri. St. Louis County declared a state of emergency Monday following a night of unrest in Ferguson, after a teenager was charged with shooting at police officers.
Deray McKesson, an avid protestor and frontline activist, is seen in St. Louis, Missouri. “So much of the work in the past year was focused on exposing and convincing and saying to people ‘this is what happened’ and ‘this is what’s wrong’, ‘believe me and listen’,” he told AFP.
A member of the Oath Keepers walks with his personal weapon on the street during protests in Ferguson. The Oath Keepers organization says its members (all former military, police and first responders) pledge to “defend the Constitution against all enemies, foreign and domestic.”