Talk:2017 St. Louis protests

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"Unknown chemical"[edit]

Concerning the "unknown chemical" that was used against police on 17 September ... the St. Louis Co. PD posted pictures of bottles containing those "unknown chemicals." One of them is clearly labelled "apple cider" vinegar, which is used to alleviate pain from pepper spray. The other is a bottle of Maalox. Check the St. Louis County PD Twitter feed on 17 Sept. The picture is still up. AppaAliApsa (talk) 03:59, 19 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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I would like to change "protests and violent clashes" to "protests". There has been some property damage and arrests, but "violent clashes" seems too strong. Any feedback? K.e.coffman (talk) 05:40, 15 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

I've implemented the change; pls see diff + one more (pls see edit summary for rationale). --K.e.coffman (talk) 01:14, 17 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

It should say violent clashes, or even riots. The first three sections of the article all mention how police had to respond to the mobs because they were unlawfully assembling, destroying property, or fighting with police. Construct21 (talk) 10:57, 13 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Plenty of news sources refer to it as "riots"

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/sep/17/st-louis-protests-jason-stockley-anthony-lamar-smith

They might have been "your team" out there but a riot is a riot. Construct21 (talk) 10:59, 13 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/jason-stockley-ex-st-louis-officer-found-not-guilty-killing-n801626

"Protests turn violent"

"Threw bricks at police."

"Some of the officers were harmed by thrown bricks"

"injuries to police officers include a possible broken jaw and a dislocated shoulder. Officials also said they had recovered a firearm from the demonstration." Construct21 (talk) 11:02, 13 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]