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Dozens Arrested After Protesters Block Highway Near St. Louis

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After blocking all eight lanes of traffic along highway 70 just outside of St. Louis, police arrested nearly one hundred protesters who were marking one year... 10.08.2015, Sputnik International

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Dozens Arrested After Protesters Block Highway Near St. Louis

23:33 GMT 10.08.2015 (Updated: 00:00 GMT 11.08.2015)

Protesters blocking highway 70 - Sputnik International

After blocking all eight lanes of traffic along highway 70 just outside of St. Louis, police arrested nearly one hundred protesters who were marking one year since Michael Brown's death, which sparked the Black Lives Matter movement.

Sputnik correspondent Cassandra Fairbanks, as well as several other journalists, was briefly detained by law enforcement, but then released.

— Cassandra Fairbanks (@CassandraRules) August 10, 2015

— Sputnik US (@SputnikNewsUS) August 10, 2015