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Ferguson, Missouri (CNN) -- Armored vehicles and law enforcement officers in riot gear with military style rifles returned to the streets of Ferguson early Saturday, while looters robbed a number of stores.
<a href="http://edition.cnn.com/2014/08/16/us/missouri-teen-shooting/index.html?hpt=hp_t1">Security officers</a>
The confrontation began after more than two dozen protesters closed off a section of street near a convenience store, the Ferguson Market and Liquor store, that has become part of the case surrounding Michael Brown, the black teen who was killed by police gunfire one week ago.
Protests in Ferguson, Missouri Protests in Ferguson, Missouri
It was one of the stores that was looted.
A SWAT team lined up across from the protesters commanding them via bullhorn to unblock the street and take to sidewalks, or to go home. warned that disobeying the law would be met with arrest.
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Bottles flew back in their direction and mayhem broke out. Three Molotov cocktails smashed onto the roof of a Domino's Pizza. Firemen put the flames out, as they burned a hole in the roof.
Minutes later, the streets grew calm again, and about a dozen people lined up to block the entrance to the convenience store, putting their hands in the air. They said they had come to fend off looters.
Officers went back to their ready positions.
The overwhelming majority of protesters were peaceful, but their numbers dwindled after the mayhem, while some of those remaining defied the order to stay out of the street.
A night earlier, quiet had returned to the Missouri town after consecutive nights of ruckus, paired with tear gas fired by officers in military gear. On Thursday, new security arrangements lead by Missouri State Highway Patrol Capt. Ron Johnson seemed to calm tensions. He has bonded with the community, becoming the figurehead of softer crowd policing.
The buoyant atmosphere had continued during the day on Friday, when protesters accompanied Jesse Jackson down the street.
<a href="http://edition.cnn.com/2014/08/16/us/missouri-teen-shooting/index.html?hpt=hp_t1">Security officers</a>
The confrontation began after more than two dozen protesters closed off a section of street near a convenience store, the Ferguson Market and Liquor store, that has become part of the case surrounding Michael Brown, the black teen who was killed by police gunfire one week ago.
Protests in Ferguson, Missouri Protests in Ferguson, Missouri
It was one of the stores that was looted.
A SWAT team lined up across from the protesters commanding them via bullhorn to unblock the street and take to sidewalks, or to go home. warned that disobeying the law would be met with arrest.
Friend of Darren Wilson: 'He was scared'
Family attorney: Store video 'irrelevant'
Chief: Officer maybe saw stolen cigars
Police name cop who shot Michael Brown
Bottles flew back in their direction and mayhem broke out. Three Molotov cocktails smashed onto the roof of a Domino's Pizza. Firemen put the flames out, as they burned a hole in the roof.
Minutes later, the streets grew calm again, and about a dozen people lined up to block the entrance to the convenience store, putting their hands in the air. They said they had come to fend off looters.
Officers went back to their ready positions.
The overwhelming majority of protesters were peaceful, but their numbers dwindled after the mayhem, while some of those remaining defied the order to stay out of the street.
A night earlier, quiet had returned to the Missouri town after consecutive nights of ruckus, paired with tear gas fired by officers in military gear. On Thursday, new security arrangements lead by Missouri State Highway Patrol Capt. Ron Johnson seemed to calm tensions. He has bonded with the community, becoming the figurehead of softer crowd policing.
The buoyant atmosphere had continued during the day on Friday, when protesters accompanied Jesse Jackson down the street.
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