Ferguson Protests Roil DC Area

Anger over the fatal shooting of a black teen in Ferguson, Mo. has boiled over for the third day on the streets of Washington, D.C.

Protests have been sprouting up across the country after the Nov. 24 grand jury decision not to indict police officer Darren Wilson for fatally shooting teen Michael Brown.

In DC, recent days have seen protests hit Georgetown, disrupt an Arlington shopping center, shut down a freeway and Monday morning, snarl traffic in downtown Washington.

PHOTO: Armando Trull/WAMU via Twitter

The latest protest in DC Monday morning tied up the morning commute near the White House and moved from that area, near 14th and D streets NW, to Chinatown by mid-morning, according to several media reports, including WTOP and The Washington Post.

With shouts of “Shut ‘em down, Michael Brown,” protesters lied down in the roadway while drivers honked in frustration.

The protestors’ actions Monday morning backed up traffic on the heavily used 14th Street bridge, which carries commuters from Northern Virginia into DC. Social media showed photos of blocked traffic and protestors holding up signs. Police made no arrests as long as protestors continued to move on, the Post reported.

The demonstrators announced plans for more protests Monday afternoon in DC. An online group called Ferguson Action urged people to leave their schools and jobs at 1 p.m. Monday afternoon to rally against police violence, the Post noted.

The protestors closed I-395 on Sunday in DC and about 200 protestors held a “die in,” lying down on the floor of the food court at Pentagon City shopping center on Saturday in Arlington County, Va., a DC suburb. Earlier on Saturday, demonstrators marched through Georgetown streets.