Today's early-morning announcement that ex-St. Louis cop Jason Stockley had been found not guilty of murdering Anthony Lamar Smith set the region's inhabitants on edge, and protesters and police have already clashed on downtown streets.
During a 6 p.m. press conference at the St. Louis Police Department headquarters, St. Louis Mayor Lyda Krewson and Acting Police Chief Lawrence O'Toole both remarked that, for the most part, the demonstrations today were peaceful.…