Protesters gathered outside the Ferguson Police Department Wednesday night after the Department of Justice released a damning report describing widespread racial discrimination in the city.
#FistsUpFightBack #Ferguson
Images from the scene initially showed the group forming a circle in the street while police looked on.
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Later, both protesters and journalists posted pictures of police taking people into custody, including of a woman widely identified on Twitter as poet and activist Elizabeth Vega.
Poet, writer, activist, grandmother Elizabeth Vega being arrested in #Ferguson tonight: https://t.co/ieN3yitxu5
Protesters in the street are getting arrested. #Ferguson
St. Louis County police did not immediately return a request for comment from BuzzFeed News.