Jason Stockley
St. Louis cops "exercised their discretion in an arbitrary and retaliatory fashion to punish protesters for voicing criticism of police," the judge ruled.
HuffPost spoke with demonstrators who took to the streets for the fourth night.
After courts acquitted former St. Louis police officer of murder, protests filled the streets.
The judge who acquitted Jason Stockley gave a revealing glimpse into the Mt. Everest-high bar in trying to get a cop conviction in deadly force cases.
WHAT'S HAPPENING
Jason Stockley, no longer on the St. Louis police force, faces a murder charge.