Updated at 11:50 p.m. July 5 with arrest information
Florissant Police arrested 17 demonstrators Sunday night outside its headquarters and used batons and pepper spray to clear people from the department’s parking lot.
Demonstrators have gathered for weeks in Florissant to protest police brutality and demand that police stop killing Black people. Dozens of protesters Sunday stood shoulder to shoulder, carrying signs and chanting “Black Lives Matter.” Some parked vehicles on North…