U.S. Police Arrest 31 People Including Journalist Amid Ferguson Protests

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U.S. police arrested 31 people, including a journalist who was later released, during another night of protests in Ferguson in the American state of Missouri on Monday, following the recent fatal shooting of an unarmed black teenager by a policeman 10 days ago.

Capt. Ron Johnson of the Missouri State Highway Patrol said on Tuesday that 31 people were arrested and at least two people were shot during a night of clashes between police and protesters.

Earlier, a news photographer with Getty Images, Scott Olson, became the latest journalist to be arrested, according to Pancho Bernasconi, Getty's vice president for news. He was later released, and in a statement Getty said he would continue working in Ferguson.

It was the second time that U.S. police have arrested journalists covering the Ferguson protests. Last week Ryan J. Reilly of the Huffington Post and Wesley Lowery of the Washington Post were detained for several hours.

Authorities also banned low-flying aircraft over the neighborhood, which prevented news channels covering the events from sending their helicopters to the scene.

Demonstrations have flared since Michael Brown, 18, was shot dead by a U.S. policeman while walking down a residential street on August 9.

Source: News Agencies, Edited by website team