Unrest has begun to spread again in the St. Louis metropolitan area, as protesters took to the streets in response to the death of an African-American teenager earlier this week. The 18-year-old, Vonderrit Myers Jr., allegedly fired on an off-duty police officer three times before his gun jammed, while the officer fired back and killed the teenager. For the second consecutive night, protesters took to the streets of St. Louis’s Shaw neighborhood, as reported by USA Today’s Yamiche Alcindor. As the night wore on, some protesters lit American flags on fire and Alcindor captured it on video (Warning: Videos contain foul language):

​In one video, protesters can be seen yelling, “I don’t give a f***” and lighting American flags on fire.

​In another video, a protester fanned the flames with a “Don’t Shoot” sign.

​After multiple flags began to burn, protesters waved the flags and began chanting, “No justice, no peace,” and “Hands up, don’t shoot.”

As Charlie explained yesterday, comparisons between this week’s shooting and the death of Michael Brown that first ignited protests in Ferguson appear to be misguided. And this week’s protests seem different from those that followed Brown’s death, too. Approximately 200 people gathered in the streets on Thursday night, Alcindor noted, but only 15 people remained as midnight approached. During the violent riots in Ferguson earlier this summer, protesters gathered in the streets throughout the night and the crowds often remained large. Perhaps the most unruly protesters who have gathered both in Ferguson and in St. Louis have a vested interest in bringing about chaos, not justice.