ST. LOUIS — “Who’s ready to take a walk?” Kennard Williams shouts through a megaphone to a few dozen protesters gathered at the Soldier’s Memorial here. It is one of the smaller crowds organized as part of Ferguson October, the name given to a number of demonstrations held over the long weekend in response to the…

FERGUSON — After a long standoff in heavy rain, about 10 clergy members who had offered themselves for arrest were taken into custody about noon Monday at the city police station. Among those arrested was Cornel West, a Baptist minister, activist and commentator who has been in St. Louis for the weekend of protests, say protest…