Protesters defy curfew, chanting: ‘We ready. We ready. We ready for y’all’
Live from the scene as Ferguson’s midnight curfew takes effect.
In Ferguson, Mo., just after midnight Sunday, Times reporter Matt Pearce observed the scene as police and protesters faced off.
As midnight came and protesters remained in the street, he retweeted protesters' defiance:
Others observed the crowd making a barricade.
So much for the barricade:
The police weigh in:
And the police respond:
The protesters hang in there:
The police say it's not tear gas.
Suddenly, a Molotov cocktail:
And word of shots fired:
Could rain diminish the turmoil?
Questions arise about those canisters fired. Was it just smoke?
Two hours after the midnight curfew, some have a sense of relief.
And Times reporter Molly Hennessy-Fiske finds comments from an official source, Highway Patrol Spokesman Lt. John Hotz, on those canisters:
Pearce reports from Missouri Highway Patrol Capt. Ron Johnson's news conference.
Johnson clears the air on those canisters:
More from the news conference:
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