Ongoing protests over shooting of teen.
POLICE came under “heavy gunfire” and 31 people were arrested, authorities said yesterday, during racially charged protests in Ferguson, Missouri sparked by the fatal shooting of an unarmed black teenager by a white policeman 10 days ago.
An autopsy conducted on behalf of Brown’s family showed he was shot at least six times, including twice in the head.
The path of one bullet indicates Brown may have been lowering his head in surrender when the fatal shot struck, according to Brown family attorney Daryl Parks.
“Given those kind of facts, this officer should have been arrested,” Parks said.
The St Louis County prosecutors’ office said the case could be presented to a grand jury this week, which would decide whether Wilson would be indicted. — Reuters