On Monday afternoon, multiple Moral Monday protesters, including Cornel West, Reverend Osagyefo Sekou, and activists Deray Mckesson and Johnetta Elzie, were detained outside the Eagleton Courthouse in St. Louis. A state of emergency has officially been declared.
Reverend Michael Angell told ThinkProgress that a coalition of clergy and protesters gathered at Christ Church Cathedral for a nonviolence resistance training, before walking to the Thomas F. Eagleton United States Courthouse. There, a group of demonstrators crossed a barricade that was set up by local officers. After demonstrators sat peacefully, chanting, officers began to make their arrests.
Cop arresting @CornelWest smiling and taking pictures as a fellow cop poses for a photo with West in handcuffs. #moralmonday
— Yamiche Alcindor (@Yamiche) August 10, 2015
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Police issue arrest warning at St. Louis 'Moral Monday' sit-in #ferguson #fightback #youcantstoptherevolution http://t.co/sRcrFAHAOC
— Rocco Martino (@S1SMI) August 10, 2015
And the arrests begin. STL. https://t.co/3GUSZiMOmn
— deray mckesson (@deray) August 10, 2015
And they are videotaping us. pic.twitter.com/oGt4kw66DU
— deray mckesson (@deray) August 10, 2015