A white former Missouri policeman has been found not guilty of murdering a black man by shooting him five times after a car chase.
A judge acquitted Jason Stockley of first-degree murder over the 2011 shooting of 24-year-old Anthony Lamar Smith in the city of St Louis.
Mr Stockley, 36, was recorded during the pursuit saying: “Gonna kill this [expletive], don’t you know it.”
There were scuffles as protesters took to the streets after the verdict.
St Louis police later said 13 people were arrested, and four officers were injured during the protests.
Demonstrators were pepper sprayed after officers said they were attacked with rocks and water bottles.
