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The footage, shared by protesters, a local lawmaker and
reporters on Twitter late on Wednesday, showed police take into
custody at least two of the few dozen demonstrators.
When contacted, Ferguson police were not able to provide exact
arrest totals or specify the charges, but a dispatcher said
protesters had been asked to move out of the street "many, many
times."
The arrests come just hours after U.S. Attorney General Eric
Holder unveiled a report that found systemic racial bias created
a "toxic environment" in the St. Louis suburb, but cleared white
officer Darren Wilson in the fatal shooting of unarmed black
18-year-old Michael Brown there last August.
Brown's killing touched off a national debate on race, led to
months of street protests and amplified long-standing complaints
in Ferguson and across the country of police harassment and
mistreatment of minorities.
Ferguson Mayor James Knowles said three police department
employees were responsible for offensive emails detailed in the
report. All were put on administrative leave pending a probe and
one has since been fired. None of the employees was identified.
(Reporting by Curtis Skinner in San Francisco)
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