a new kind of network designed to save you money. call, visit, or go to xfinitymobile.com. a not guilty verdict in the city of st. louis, missouri, is sparking outrage on the streets. protesters there, upset, after a former police officer was acquitted on friday of the 2011 shooting and killing of an african-american man. during the trial, the prosecutors accused the officer of planting a gun to justify that shooting. the officer insists, though, he acted in self-defense. randi kaye has more on the case. shots fired. reporter: you re watching the final moments of a man s life. it s december 2011. and motorist anthony lamar smith is being chase by st. louis police officer jason stockley
who do you believe the president is appealing to, reaching out to, to see that new spike? yeah, i mean. it is interesting, because the polling, you know, it s continued. it has moved. it came down to 34% at one point. back up to 39%. it s still staying consistently below 40%. it s still very low historically. we just lost leslie there. we ll have to get back in touch with her if we can in the show. but leslie vinjamouri, thank you. now to st. louis, missouri, there is anger on the streets there after a rationally charged police shooting. he was found not guilty friday in the 2007 shooting of an african-american man anthony lamar smith. the verdict sparked protests. police used tear gas against the
we find our michael holmes in anguilla where he reports that paradise is not lost, but, rather, it s on hold. reporter: it s almost eerie approaching anguilla from the sea. a landscape stripped bare of the usual lush green backdrop. on shore, pieces of homes and businesses from an ocean where tourists swim. nearby, a jazz joint frequented by celebrities like danenzel washington and janet jackson. after the hurricane went through, did you expect this place to be here? i didn t. i didn t. in 1980, when hurricane louis came it knocked down flat. and this was more intense than louis. reporter: jonno has operated this for years. when you see the devastation, doing something is a good thing.
protesters. 23 people have been arrested and several officers injured. cnn chicago bureau correspondent ryan young has more. reporter: things in st. louis got tense overnight. if you look down the way here, you can see the officers who decided to make a line and tell the protesters it was time to go home. we ll have to show you this dramatic video outside of the mayor s house. it was a mostly peaceful protest throughout the night. protesters marching for miles. stopping at intersections, even in front of the hospital. but when they got to the mayor s house, someone decided they wanted to break the windows. we actually got that part on tape. once that happened, the officers swarmed the neighborhood. once they swarmed the neighborhood, they ask tzed people to leave. some tear gas. most of the people went home. they want to see something done. a lot hasn t healed here ever since michael brown and what happened in ferguson. so, tonight, you saw a multicultural group walking through the s
talking about change wanting the neighborhoods to know they want to see something different happen. but by the end of the night, obviously, some of the emotions got a little too heated. in fact, we saw this in the street. protesters using this to clean out their eyes after the tear gas got into their nostrils and face. so far, police have been able to move people back but the helicopters remain up in the sky as they continue to look for people who decided to go home. ryan young, cnn, st. louis. despite this latest development, the u.s. justice department is extending to scale back a program to helping to improve trust between the police and public. it will know longer issue audit reforms.attorney general jeff sessions says this will respect local control and accountability. the program was created during the obama administration in response to police-involved shootings. still ahead in this hour,