A protest over George Zimmerman’s acquittal has led to the arrests of 17 people in a southern California town.

A fugitive ex-Los Angeles cop sought in three killings was barricaded in a cabin in the San Bernardino Mountains last night after a shootout with authorities that wounded two officers.

A video broadcast today shows a US sheriff’s deputy shooting an unarmed air force policeman as he apparently heeds an order to get up off the ground after a car chase.