Police arrest dozens of protesters in New York
US police have arrested dozens of people in New York City during a protest to mark the first anniversary of the killing of Michael Brown, an unarmed black teenager shot to death by a white police officer.
Protesters in New York City gathered outside the Barclays Center in Brooklyn on Sunday afternoon to protest against racial discrimination and police brutality.
Police said demonstrators were arrested as they tried to block traffic.
“The demand to an end of police terror will include an immediate stop to the daily brutality and deaths at the hands of police — whether at traffic stops, during broken windows harassment, or in jail cells,” the Peoples Power Assembly, which organized the protest march, said in a statement.”All lives will matter when Black Lives Matter.”
Eighteen-year-old Brown was shot multiple times and killed on August 9, 2014 in Ferguson, Missouri, by white police officer Darren Wilson, sparking months of violent protests across the United States.
In November 2014, a predominantly white grand jury -- of nine white and three black judges -- decided not to indict Wilson for killing Brown, causing months of more unrest across the country.
In Ferguson, minutes of silence were observed at the scene of Brown’s death on Sunday.
Demonstrations and commemoration ceremonies to mark the anniversary began on Friday as people demonstrated at the scene of Brown’s shooting and outside the Ferguson police headquarters.
Brown’s death has restarted the national debate surrounding race and police brutality in the United States. Civil rights activists say the US has a strong degree of institutionalized racism against blacks and minorities.
According to a poll by the New York Times/CBS News, the majority of African-Americans have lost confidence in the justice system following the killing.
The poll found about six in 10 blacks said they had little to no confidence the investigation into Brown's shooting would be handled fairly.
The death of Brown has heightened racial tensions between the black community and Ferguson's mostly white police department.
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