National Guard Troops Arrive in Ferguson As Protesters March For the Ninth Night

On the ninth night of protests in Ferguson, Missouri, the temporary curfew has been lifted and National Guard troops have arrived. But with another journalist arrested Monday and more protesters detained by authorities — including a Holocaust survivor — tensions between police and protesters on Ferguson’s streets remain. At the corner of Florissant Avenue and Ferguson Avenue, the epicenter of Ferguson's peaceful demonstrations, protesters are being asked to keep moving in circle to avoid clusters of people forming, Mashable reports. So far, so calm. Protesters have also been handing out red roses to passersby. 

But despite the best efforts for a peaceful protests, it was another night of tear gas in Ferguson. There are also reports of rubber bullets being fired and whizzing over the heads of journalists. 

Stand off in #Ferguson before police drive in, and protesters retreat to QuikTrip lot. pic.twitter.com/vpPyG7GlwY

— Ben Kesling (@bkesling) August 19, 2014

Photographer hit bad with tear gas. Pouring milk on his face. #fergusonpic.twitter.com/BMXNk9SL0j

— Michael Calhoun (@michaelcalhoun) August 19, 2014

Monday saw a major development in the Ferguson case: the release of the autopsy results of Michael Brown, the 18-year-old fatally shot by police nine days ago. An independent, preliminary autopsy shows Brown was shot “at least six times,” according to Dr. Michael M. Baden, an expert who Brown’s family requested perform the examination. Brown was shot twice in the head.

Sybrina Fulton, the mother of Trayvon Martin, the 17-year-old unarmed black teenager who was shot and killed in Florida in 2012, penned a letter to Michael Brown’s family, which was published by TIME Monday evening.

“If they refuse to hear us, we will make them feel us. Some will mistake that last statement as being negatively provocative,” Fulton wrote. “But feeling us means feeling our pain; imagining our plight as parents of slain children.”

Hedy Epstein, a 90-year-old Holocaust survivor, was arrested earlier for allegedly blocking an office building in St. Louis, where Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon’s office is located, St. Louis' KMOV reports. Epstein was one of eight people arrested in a downtown St. Louis protest. Her court date is set for October.

Hedy Epstein, a 90 y.o. Holocaust survivor, was among the those arrested for blocking Nixon office bldg. #Fergusonpic.twitter.com/s4y68zFFrF

— Steven Hsieh 謝章仁 (@stevenjhsieh) August 18, 2014

It was another difficult day for media covering the demonstrations. Scott Olson, a Getty Images photographer, was arrested earlier this afternoon. Olson has taken some of the defining photos of the unrest so far.

Getty Images photographer arrested #Fergusonpic.twitter.com/ScOaHO8bjY

— Ryan J. Reilly (@ryanjreilly) August 18, 2014

Olson can be heard in a video posted to Instagram giving the possible reason for his arrest: media were supposed to stay in a certain area. He has already been released from jail, but says he plans to stay in Ferguson, according to a tweet from his son.

Our colleague #ScottOlson has been released, will continue his work in #Ferguson. Full details http://t.co/DU7UL37m5Upic.twitter.com/1uEb7VkUUp

— Getty Images (@GettyImages) August 19, 2014

CNN’s Don Lemon was also pushed back by police live on air Monday as he was filing a report from the site of the demonstrations.

Following the lead of other media outlets, The Washington Post started giving gas masks to its employees covering developments in Ferguson. Photographers for The Post are also wearing blue bulletproof vests with "PRESS" clearly marked on them, the organization reported, noting the similarly to gear usually worn by war correspondents. 

As night falls and the curfew is lifted, Ferguson residents have an extra voice with them tonight. St. Louis-born rapper Nelly marched through Ferguson Monday as protesters chanted, “Hands up, don’t shoot,” which has become the rallying cry of the protests.

Nelly is now marching through #Ferguson with protesters https://t.co/wIwAVdYO36

— Yamiche Alcindor (@Yamiche) August 19, 2014

President Barack Obama is sending Attorney General Eric Holder to visit Ferguson on Wednesday. Holder will meet with FBI and Department of Justice officials who are conducting an investigation into Brown’s death. President Obama also called for calm in Ferguson.

“We've seen events in which there's a big gulf between community perceptions and law enforcement perceptions around the country,” he said. “This is not something new. It always tragic when it involves the death of someone so young.”