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October 2, 2017

St. Louis: Protests Continue over Acquittal of White Former Officer
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In St. Louis, Missouri, police used a Taser weapon Friday to electrocute
a protester, and pepper-sprayed others when they confronted officers
over the incident, in the latest clash over the acquittal of white
former police officer Jason Stockley for the murder of 24-year-old
African American Anthony Lamar Smith. Friday's incident came after
protesters in St. Louis unfurled a banner at a Cardinals-Brewers
baseball game reading "Stop Killing Us."


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