By Chris Hoenig
Thirty-five people were arrested after a protest over the shooting death of Michael Brown outside of St. Louis, and demonstrators are blaming police for ratcheting up the tensions of an otherwise peaceful demonstration.
Several dozen protesters gathered along Interstate 70 near the St. Louis airport, hoping to block the highway for four-and-a-half hours—the same amount of time that Brown’s body laid uncovered in the middle of a street about five miles away after being shot and killed by Ferguson Police Officer Darren Wilson. But police, dressed out in full riot gear, denied the crowd access to the highway and began arresting protesters following a tense standoff.
