More than 150 people have been taken to St. Louis county jail since the shooting of Michael Brown on Aug. 9 sparked unrest in Ferguson, according to county officials. The vast majority of the arrests — 78 percent — took place within the last four days. As many as 80 percent of those arrested were charged with "failure to disperse" amid the street protests.

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