A police officer in riot gear stands in position as demonstrators protest the shooting death of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri August 19, 2014
Police said Wednesday they had arrested 47 people during a night of protests in Ferguson, the Missouri town rocked by violence over the police shooting of an unarmed black teenager.
Captain Ron Johnson of the Missouri Highway Patrol said police had also seized three guns from demonstrators after the largely peaceful protests following successive nights of clashes.