Police have blocked a Breonna Taylor protest march in Louisville, Kentucky, and warned demonstrators they could face arrest for unlawful assembly. It's the third night of protests since a grand jury decided not to charge any officers in Taylor’s death.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The Latest on a grand jury’s decision not to indict police officers on criminal charges directly related to Breonna Taylor’s death: Dozens of demonstrators blocked by police from marching in Louisville, Kentucky, later regrouped on a downtown plaza that’s been a focal point of protests over Breonna Taylor’s death. A leader in the group then urged those remaining to go home.
FBI agents located Salazarleija at a residence and interviewed him. Coleman’s office said Salazarleija said he was trying to disrupt the helicopter that he assumed was monitoring the protests. Some protesters argued with police that the march was peaceful. Others pleaded with the crowd to take to the sidewalks and retreat. People dispersed in different directions.
It was the third straight night of protests in Louisville since a grand jury decided Wednesday not to charge any police officers for Taylor’s death. The Black woman was killed in March during a police raid gone wrong.Demonstrators are marching in Louisville, Kentucky, for the third night of protests since a grand jury decided not to charge any police officers for the fatal shooting of Breonna Taylor.
The Rev. William Barber II is co-chair of the Poor People’s Campaign and says any political leader refusing to embrace the principle of equal protection under the law should be voted out of office. He said Friday that fundamental rights are being questioned because “those who have been in power know their unrepresentative rule is being challenged.
Bond was set at $1 million and the judge appointed a public defender to represent Johnson at his next court date set for Oct. 5. According to a tweet from Buffalo police, 25-year-old Joanna Gollnau of Buffalo was charged with felony reckless endangerment and reckless driving for striking the bicyclist in Niagara Square during a protest Wednesday night, hours after a grand jury in Kentucky declined to charge Louisville police officers in the killing of Breonna Taylor.
Images posted online showed flames outside the doors of the Portland Police Association office. News outlets report the fire was quickly extinguished and police in a statement say the fire was set on plywood attached to the building’s front door.The protest happened a day after several firebombs were hurled at Portland officers during a demonstration over a Kentucky grand jury’s decision to not indict officers in the fatal shooting of Breonna Taylor.
Louisville Metro Police said early Friday that the demonstrators were arrested before 1 a.m. on charges including unlawful assembly, failure to disperse and riot in the first degree. Los Angeles Fire Department spokesperson Nicholas Prange says an ambulance transported one patient to a hospital in unknown condition following the hit-and-run at Sunset Boulevard and Seward Street in Hollywood shortly before 9 p.m. local time .
Several dozen demonstrators left the First Unitarian Church around 11 p.m. Thursday after a negotiated end to a tense confrontation. Police who had gathered there with riot gear also pulled back.
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