At least two of them had fired first at police officers. At least 70 officers, some on horseback and others in cruisers, blocked streets around police headquarters and tried to control the swelling crowds. Police reported no arrests and no serious injuries late Monday, although a stone smashed a glass door at the station entrance. As the crowd grew in the evening, dozens of members of the Nation of Islam arrived to join the protest. We're here to keep the calm.
Angry demonstrators fill council chambers.
A demonstrator confronts Police Chief Tom Streicher. They were not mollified by members' promises to change the police hiring system and to find a new way to hire the police chief. The jeering crowd demanded to speak with Police Chief Tom Streicher, City Manager John Shirey and police Lt. Col. All of them quickly appeared, but were unable to give direct answers to what happened that night. When committee Chairman John Cranley tried to leave during a recess that he hoped would calm the situation, some protesters pushed and shoved him.