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ST. LOUIS -- A nonviolent sit-in at a QuikTrip gas station was interrupted early Sunday when a police officer repeatedly jabbed a protester with a baton and other officers pepper-sprayed the crowd.

Roughly 100 protesters were at the sit-in, which began at about 1 a.m. on Sunday. Arrests did not start until nearly an hour later, although police were already waiting at the gas station when protesters arrived. According to the St. Louis Police Department, 17 protesters were arrested, although organizers of the demonstration said the number was at least 19.

Protesters made the QuikTrip their rallying point in an allusion to another QuikTrip station in Ferguson, Missouri, that served a similar role fMultiple protesters who were at the demonstration said they didn't see any rocks being thrown. Videos taken at the scene did not capture any violence from protesters.

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