PHOTOS: Sunday night unrest at City Justice Center
Image showing a fire outside of the City Justice Center in downtown St. Louis on April 4, 2021.
Windows were broken at the City Justice Center on April 4, 2021.
A person holding a sign outside of the City Justice Center in downtown St. Louis on April 4, 2021.
Debris on the floor after an uprising at the City Justice Center on April 4, 2021.
Detainees seen in broken windows at the City Justice Center on April 4, 2021.
People outside of the City Justice Center after detainees broke windows on April 4, 2021.
Items were thrown from windows by detainees at the City Justice Center on April 4, 2021.
A detainee pouring a liquid out of a window at the City Justice Center on April 4, 2021.
A broken window at the City Justice Center on April 4, 2021.
Detainees at the City Justice Center on April 4, 2021.
Detainees begin breaking windows in the St. Louis Justice Center during a riot in St. Louis on Sunday, April 4, 2021. About 60 inmates were able to escape their cells to break windows, yell to people on the streets and set small fires. Police finally gained control after about 15 minutes. A similar riot occurred in February. Photo by Bill Greenblatt/UPI
Police survey damage after detainees broke windows, set fires and threw chairs to the street in the St. Louis Justice Center during a riot in St. Louis on Sunday, April 4, 2021. About 60 inmates were able to escape their cells to break windows, yell to people on the streets and set small fires. Police finally gained control after about 15 minutes. A similar riot occurred in February. Photo by Bill Greenblatt/UPI
Detainees are lead away in handcuffs after breaking windows in the St. Louis Justice Center during a riot in St. Louis on Sunday, April 4, 2021. About 60 inmates were able to escape their cells to break windows, yell to people on the streets and set small fires. Police finally gained control after about 15 minutes. A similar riot occurred in February. Photo by Bill Greenblatt/UPI
Detainees throw chairs from the third floor after breaking windows in the St. Louis Justice Center during a riot in St. Louis on Sunday, April 4, 2021. About 60 inmates were able to escape their cells to break windows, yell to people on the streets and set small fires. Police finally gained control after about 15 minutes. A similar riot occurred in February. Photo by Bill Greenblatt/UPI
A St. Louis firefighter sprays water to extinguish a small fire after detainees broke windows in the St. Louis Justice Center during a riot in St. Louis on Sunday, April 4, 2021. About 60 inmates were able to escape their cells to break windows, yell to people on the streets and set small fires. Police finally gained control after about 15 minutes. A similar riot occurred in February. Photo by Bill Greenblatt/UPI
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A group of detainees caused chaos and unrest at the Justice Center in downtown St. Louis Sunday night, the second time such an uprising has occurred in recent months.
The lawsuit comes days after the latest uprising at the St. Louis City Justice Center (CJC)
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