Rams Fans Clash with Ferguson Protestors over Upside-Down American Flag

Two people were arrested Sunday after clashes between St. Louis Rams fans* and Ferguson protestors, the second such sports-adjacent incident following tensions outside a St. Louis Cardinals postseason game.

The disputes appeared to coalesce around an upside-down American flag, which protestors angry over the shooting death of unarmed teenager Michael Brown by a Ferguson police officer said was a signal of “America in distress.”

When confronted about the flag, one protestor spit in a man’s face and was arrested; a second protestor was arrested after punching another man in the face. Both face assault charges.

Nobody was hospitalized and no protestors were believed to have been hurt.

(*The existence of Rams fans could not be independently verified.)

Video of the incident was obtained by Fox 2 and the St. Louis Post-Dispatch:

[Image via screengrab]

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