SHAQUILLE: IN RESPONSE TO LMPD’S NEW ENFORCEMENT REGARDING NIGHTLY CARAVANS, HUNDREDS TOOK TO THE STREETS SUNDAY AT JEFFERSON SQUARE TO CONTINUE THE FIGHT FOR BREONNA TAYLOR >> UNNECESSARY. THEY’RE DOING ALL OF THAT FOR WHAT? BECAUSE WE’RE MARCHING AND TAKING A STANCE? SHAQUILLE: A DEPARTMENT SPOKESPERSON SAYS WHEN IT COMES TO PROTESTERS PROTESTING AT NIGHT, ON FOOT AND IN CARS, THEY’VE SEEN INCREASINLY UNSAFE BEHAVIOR WITHIN THE PAST WEE , INCLUDING SATURDAY NIGHT WHERE SEVERAL INCIDENTS OCCURED AT FOURTH STREET LIVE WHERE 12 PEOPLE WERE ARRESTED. EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY, PROTESTERS MUST STAY OUT OF THE STREETS AND FOLLOW PEDISTRIAN LAWS. CARS ALONG WITH PEOPLE WILL NOT BE ALLOWED TO BLOCK INTERSECTIONS FOR ANY PERIOD OF TIME. >> 98% OF THESE PEOPLE ARE PEACEFUL. THEY WANT CHANGE, THEY’RE HERE FOR BREONNA TAYLOR, THEY’RE HERE FOR HER FAMILY, THEY’RE HERE FOR MULTIPLE OTHER VICTIMS SHAQUILLE: DAVID MOUR IS THE ATTORNEY REPRESENTING A GROUP OF PROTESTERS. HE SAYS WHILE THERE ARE INDIVIDUALS WHO AREN’T PART OF THE PEACEFUL MOVEMENT, THE DEPARTMENT IS VIOLATING THEIR FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS OF THOSE WHO ARE. >> IF THE ACLU DOESN’T BEAT ME TO IT, I’LL FILE A SUIT TOMORROW MORNING TO RESTRAIN LMPD FROM ENFORCING THAT DIRECTIVE. SHAQUILLE: ON SUNDAY, DESPITE THE ORDER FROM POLICE, OUR CAMERAS WERE ROLLING SEVERAL TIMES AS PROTESTERS MADE THEIR WAY INTO THE STREETS. >> AS SOON AS A COUPLE DOZEN PROTESTERS WENT INTO THE MIDDLE OF THE STREET, WE SAW A HEAVY POLICE PRESENCE. AS SOON AS THEY STARTED MARCHING, POLICE OFFICERS BLOCKED OFF SEVERAL WITHIN JEFFERSON SQUARE. SHAQUILLE: UNMARKED POLICE CARS AND DOZENS OF OFFICERS FOLLOWED THE CROWD AS THEY MARCHED THROUGHOUT THE DOWNTOWN AREA. WLKY CHOPPER H.D. GAVE YOU AN EXCLUSIVE LOOK IN THE AIR AS PROTESTERS SAID SEVERAL OTHERS WERE ARRESTED. FOR MONTEZ JONES, A VOCAL LEADER DURING THIS MOVEMENT, HE SAY IT’S ALL PART OF THE PROCESS TO GET JUSTICE FOR BREONNA TAYLOR. >> I’M NOT SCARED OF NONE OF THAT. I WAS SHOT WITH RUBBER BULLETS, PEPPER SPRAYED -- IT’S PART OF IT SHAQUILLE: SHAQUILLE LORD,
Night 74 of protests in Louisville: Hundreds fill streets following protest policy changes
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Updated: 9:09 AM EDT Aug 10, 2020
At least two protesters were arrested and six others were given citations as hundreds filled the streets of downtown Louisville on the 74th night of protests.On Sunday, protesters were making their presence felt in downtown Louisville after the Louisville Metro Police Department announced it will no longer allow protests in the streets and caravans will have to follow normal traffic laws. Unmarked police cars and dozens of officers followed the crowd as they marched throughout the downtown area. For Montez Jones, a vocal leader during this movement, he says it’s all part of the process to get justice for Breonna Taylor, a 26-year-old ER technician who was shot and killed by Louisville police March 13.“I'm not scared of none of that. I was shot with rubber bullets, pepper sprayed – It's part of it,” Jones said.David Mour is the attorney representing a group of protesters. He says while there are individuals who aren't part of the peaceful movement, the department is violating the first amendment rights of those who are. "If the ACLU doesn't beat me to it, I'll file a suit Monday morning to restrain LMPD from enforcing that directive," said Mour. While many are awaiting for a decision on Taylor's case, FBI officials say they are still processing ballistic evidence from the scene.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — At least two protesters were arrested and six others were given citations as hundreds filled the streets of downtown Louisville on the 74th night of protests.
On Sunday
Unmarked police cars and dozens of officers followed the crowd as they marched throughout the downtown area.
For Montez Jones, a vocal leader during this movement, he says it’s all part of the process to get justice for Breonna Taylor, a 26-year-old ER technician who was shot and killed by Louisville police March 13.
“I'm not scared of none of that. I was shot with rubber bullets, pepper sprayed – It's part of it,” Jones said.
David Mour is the attorney representing a group of protesters. He says while there are individuals who aren't part of the peaceful movement, the department is violating the first amendment rights of those who are.
"If the ACLU doesn't beat me to it, I'll file a suit Monday morning to restrain LMPD from enforcing that directive," said Mour.
While many are awaiting for a decision on Taylor's case, FBI officials say they are still processing ballistic evidence from the scene.
