Clergy, community members and some elected officials are sharply criticizing police handling of the protest at the St. Louis Galleria on Saturday, saying officers' militant tactics and lack of accountability and control led to a violent situation.
"Let me be clear: it was terrorism," said the Rev. Karen Anderson, pastor of Ward Chapel of AME Church, of the police tactics.
"I'm a mother, I'm a grandmother, and I'm outraged," said the Reverend Cassandra Gould, executive director of Missouri Faith Voices and Religious Affairs Chair, Missouri NAACP.
Police arrested 22 people at the mall Saturday afternoon; they were then held at the Justice Center in Clayton for more than 24 hours.…