Protests flare after Missouri police killing of armed black man


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  • Thursday, 25 Dec 2014

Surveillance video showing an officer-involved shooting during a routine business check at a gas station in Berkeley, Missouri December 23, 2014 released by the St. Louis County Police Department December 24, 2014. REUTERS/St. Louis County Police/Handout via Reuters

BERKELEY, Mo. (Reuters) - Protests flared into early Thursday in the St. Louis suburb where a white policeman fatally shot a black man who brandished a gun at a gas station on Tuesday night.

A group of protesters marched onto Interstate 170 in the city of Berkeley, Missouri, around 7 p.m. on Wednesday (0100 a.m. BST on Thursday), blocking traffic for roughly 45 minutes. The demonstration followed a vigil at the Mobil On The Run gas station where the shooting occurred.

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