Scores of St Louis protesters arrested after highway blockage

Police arrested scores of demonstrators in St Louis after they blocked a highway in an ongoing protest over the acquittal of a former police officer in the fatal shooting of Anthony Lamar Smith.

More than two weeks after Jason Stockley was found not guilty of killing the 24-year-old African American, protesters are continuing to take to the streets in response to the acquittal.

This latest demonstration took place on the eastbound lanes of Highway 40 (Interstate 64) at Kingshighway, according to the St. Louis Post Dispatch.

The group blocked traffic from accessing the lanes after marching on Jefferson Avenue.

The protesters chanted, and some carried signs reading “Black Lives Matter.”

Police confirmed that all demonstrators on the scene were arrested, however, they have not confirmed the exact number of arrests. RT has reached out to the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department for clarification on this.

St. Louis Alderman John Collins-Muhammad told local media, however, that 126 people had been taken into custody.