35 arrested in clash at a Ferguson protest

35 arrested in clash at a Ferguson protest
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Police arrested 35 demonstrators on Wednesday as they were protesting at an Interstate 70 interchange to demand a special prosecutor to investigate the Aug. 9 killing of Michael Brown, an unarmed black teenager, by a white police officer in Ferguson, Missouri. The arrests came after a group of protesters threw rocks and bottles at police, disrupting what had been a peaceful demonstration. The protesters had tried unsuccessfully to block the highway near where Brown was shot. Read more at Reuters.

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Harold Maass is a contributing editor at The Week. He has been writing for The Week since the 2001 debut of the U.S. print edition and served as editor of TheWeek.com when it launched in 2008. Harold started his career as a newspaper reporter in South Florida and Haiti. He has previously worked for a variety of news outlets, including The Miami Herald, ABC News and Fox News, and for several years wrote a daily roundup of financial news for The Week and Yahoo Finance.