Protests, arrests follow acquittal of Cleveland police officer

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Police arrested demonstrators in downtown Cleveland on Saturday night following the acquittal of a police officer who stood trial in the 2012 shooting death of two unarmed people.

CNN video showed police in riot gear moving down East Fourth Street, a strip of restaurants, and pushing back protesters. The officers yelled, "Move back!" in unison as they advanced.

A CNN crew saw at least 15 people being taken into custody by police in riot gear, accompanied by troopers. They were loaded into vans and taken away.

Three people were arrested for aggravated riot, felonious assault and obstructing justice after an object was thrown through a restaurant window, injuring a patron, police said in in a tweet.

Multiple arrests were made at East Fourth Street because of "unlawful behavior by large crowd," another tweet said. Police appeared to greatly outnumber protesters.

Protesters took to the street immediately after Judge John P. O'Donnell acquitted Officer Michael Brelo on charges of voluntary manslaughter and felonious assault.

The crowd assembled outside the judicial center in Cleveland for two hours following the announcement of the verdict.

Some chanted "no justice, no peace" and "black lives matter," words heard in Ferguson, Missouri, and New York, where sometimes-violent demonstrations occurred after African-Americans died at the hands of white police officers.