"All this brings us backward"

Police officers in riot gear form a line as they try to disperse the crowd.
One officer used a megaphone to urge the crowd to go home. Times photo by BRIAN BAER
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A police officer shot the driver of this car, a stolen
Pontiac LeMans, through the the windshield. A police baton,
used to break one of the car's windows, lies under the front
left tire.

St. Petersburg Sgt. G.S. Totz bleeds from an injury as he uses his radio. Times photos by RICARDO FERRO

Police officers, led by Chief Darrel Stephens, right center, and residents clash Thursday at 16th Street and 18th Avenue S after an officer killed a driver during a traffic stop. Times photo by BRIAN BAER

A WTOG-Ch. 44 van burns Thursday after the crowd set it on fire. A photographer escaped by using his camera as a shield. Times photo by BRIAN BAER