Hundreds Stage Sit-In at Saint Louis University

Hundreds of people marched to Saint Louis University Sunday night -- as part of a series of protests in St. Louis over the way the police treat black people -- and started a sit-in, The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported. The protest was not directed at the university, although there is a connection to the institution because the father of a teen fatally shot Wednesday works at the university. He spoke at the rally. Sit-in participants took to social media to post photographs (see below) and to appeal for blankets, food and other support. The university said on Facebook that the protest was peaceful and without incident. Some students took to social media to ask that classes be called off today because of difficulty navigating the campus.