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Police arrested protesters who were attempting to shut down Interstate 70 outside St. Louis to express their anger with the Michael Brown investigation. By 3:15 p.m. local time, 125 people had gathered to block I-70 near North Hanley Road. They were protesting Gov. Jay Nixon’s refusal to appoint a special prosecutor to review the fatal Aug. 9 shooting of the unarmed black teenager. Police were waiting for the protesters and formed a line along North Hanley Road. “Do not block traffic on ramp to Interstate 70, or you will be arrested,” a state trooper announced to the protesters. Those who did not comply were arrested and restrained with zip ties. A protester threw a brick at cops. Another threw a bottle at the police, but successfully outran them. “They are not going to allow us to get on the highway as we planned,” said Eric Vickers, a St. Louis lawyer involved in the protest. “But we did tie them up for a few hours.”