St. Louis County breathed a sigh of relief Tuesday after a night of protests in Ferguson remained relatively peaceful, despite an occasionally restive crowd and more than 140 arrests, largely for civil disobedience.
Police said frozen water bottles and rocks had been hurled at them, but there were no shots fired, looting or property damage. Twenty-two people were arrested during protests that stretched into early Tuesday morning before the crowd dispersed, police said.
About 63 more had arrested earlier Monday after activists blocked Interstate 70 at rush hour. Another 57 demonstrators were arrested earlier while blocking the doors of the federal courthouse in St.