While the protest was met with applause from some members of the audience as well as the symphony, not everyone seemed pleased.
Several dozen people protesting the shooting death of 18-year-old Michael Brown interrupted a performance of the St. Louis Symphony.
Just before the musicians were about to start performing a song Saturday night, the demonstrators began singing and unfurled from a balcony three banners related to Brown’s shooting in August by a Ferguson police officer, according to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
The signs read:
“Requiem for Mike Brown 1996-2014? (along with a similar one with a drawing of his face)
“Racism Lives Here” (with an arrow pointing to a drawing the St. Louis arch)
“Rise Up and Join the Movement”
The protesters sang, ”Justice for Mike Brown is justice for us all,” as well as, “Which side are you on, friend? Which side are you on?”
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