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In the face of far-Right militias, curfews enforced by riot police and National Guard, and vehicular attacks from vigilantes, over the past three nights, thousands of people from across the US and the world have taken to the streets in solidarity with Breonna Taylor, after a grand jury refused to bring charges against the police who murdered her. Taylor, a 26-year-old African-American Louisville resident, medical student, and emergency medical technician, was shot and killed by three white police officers in a botched drug raid, in what witnesses describe a no-knock assault, as officers were looking for a suspect that wasn’t even living inside Breonna’s apartment.
As Democracy Now reported:
In Louisville, Kentucky, a grand jury has declined to charge any of the three white police officers who killed Breonna Taylor with her death, more than six months after they shot the 26-year-old Black emergency room technician in her own home. The grand jury’s only indictments were three counts of “wanton endangerment” against former Louisville police detective Brett Hankison for shooting into the apartment of a neighbor during the deadly no-knock raid that ended Taylor’s life on March 13.
Demonstrations in Louisville began directly following the grand jury verdict and curfews have been put in place until the end of the weekend. Over two dozen people have been arrested, including Democratic representative Attica Scott, known for introducing Breonna’s Law. At the end of the first night, two police were shot and sent to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries, although it remains unclear if the shooting was in relation to the protest. Both the National Guard was mobilized along with groups of far-Right militias, who for months have menaced Black Lives Matter rallies.
Mass marches, demonstrations, vigils, and protests then spread to other cities across the US and beyond, drawing thousands into the streets, shutting down bridges and freeways, and in some cities, resulting in property damage to government and police buildings and leading to clashes with law enforcement and attacks from vigilantes. Police responded in various cities by shooting projectiles and attacking demonstrators. Currently Oregon, Kentucky, and Missouri have declared a “state of emergency,” and Illinois is on standby for National Guard troops.
Police officer in Seattle rolls their bike over a fallen protester's head pic.twitter.com/xfZcaqbyon
— Fifty Shades of Whey (@davenewworld_2) September 24, 2020
Meanwhile, Fox News, local authorities, and the Trump administration has continued to push the narrative of “anarchists” and rioters “burning down entire cities,” while the majority of the actual violence against living human beings at these protests has come from police and vigilantes attempting to run people over with their vehicles. Just in the last two days, in Seattle, a police officer on a bike was placed on administrative leave after they were filmed calmly driving over a protesters’ head and neck. Meanwhile in Los Angeles, CA, Denver, CO, and Rochester, New York, drivers also attacked marchers with their vehicles, sending several to the hospital.
According to Westword out of Denver:
Jonathan Benson, the man who hit a protester with his car in front of the Capitol during a demonstration on September 23, apparently bragged in January 2017 about doing the same thing on the night of Trump’s inauguration, when protesters were demonstrating in downtown Denver.
New: the driver who hit a protester the other night in Denver bragged on Facebook in 2017 about doing the same thing. https://t.co/O1STOWSTRR
— Conor McCormick-Cavanagh (@ConorMichael28) September 25, 2020
Despite the reality of where the majority of the physical violence is coming from, since the start of the George Floyd rebellion in late May, the mass media and corporate political parties have worked to divorce the growing autonomous social movements in the streets from their potential base of support within the wider population. Starting with attempting to blame the organic uprising as the work of “outside agitators” – everything from drug cartels, to anarchists, to Boogaloo Boys, to then attempting to draw a distinction between “violent” and “non-violent” demonstrations, the media and political parties have worked to recuperate the protests back into whatever culture war narrative benefits their political party.
In reality, what scares the elites the most is that the growing protests are part of a larger swing below and to the Left by the working class and poor. In the past several years, the number of strikes is rising and the amount of people joining demonstrations is also growing, especially in comparison to far-Right mobilizations, such as the Re-Open demonstrations.
According to the New York Times on July 3rd:
Four recent polls — including one released this week by Civis Analytics, a data science firm that works with businesses and Democratic campaigns — suggest that about 15 million to 26 million people in the United States have participated in demonstrations over the death of George Floyd and others in recent weeks.
The response from both political parties to this multi-racial upswing in working-class anger and action has been to either call for the ramping up of repression or in the case of the Democrats, simply to fall back on tokenism and representational identity politics, while rejecting even flat out basic reforms.
The mass media has also attempted to paint the public as turning against the demonstrations, when in reality the Trump campaign has been successfully in marshaling their base against any potential support. In an increasingly cited study from the The Associated Press and the NORC Center for Public Affairs Research, the report shows that since the death of George Floyd, overall support for the Black Lives Matter protests has dropped from 54% to around 40%, as support has increasingly been split along party lines, with “70% of Democrats approving [roughly the same number as was polled in June] and 75% of Republicans disapproving.” Back when similar studies were done directly following the death of George Floyd, polls found that 40% of Republicans stated that they supported the movement. In short, the mass media has framed the protests in terms of the broader culture war, with support being split along so-called party lines, with the Democrats painting the movement simply as a non-violent parade with no key demands or ideas and the Republicans holding it up as the end of Western Civilization and a violent movement aiming to attack “whites in the suburbs.”
In reality, support among non-Trump supporters remains high and largely unchanged. Even more interesting is the data that points to the growing shift in young people. An August study of Zoomers and millennials aged 19-30, from Gen Forward found that:
When asked about the best way to make racial progress in the United States, revolution was the answer most often chosen among African American young adults (19%), compared to 9% of Asian American, 13% of Latinx, and 11% of White young adults.
Almost a quarter of African American young adults (24%) report participating in recent and ongoing protests and demonstrations in cities across the country, compared to 14% of Asian American, 12% of Latinx, and 17% of White young adults.
Majorities of young adults across race and ethnicity say the recent protests are strongly or somewhat justified (75% African American, 78% Asian American, 65% Latinx, and 68% White).
The murder of Breonna Taylor shows that once again Black people’s lives are not worth finding police to be guilty of their own murders; that this system is uninterested in policing its own attack dogs. The degree in which the ruling elites are unwilling to address fundamental problems and enact basic changes shows how decrepit and corrupt this system is. For everyday people to continue to allow this system to govern and police our lives as monstrous problems from the pandemic, to the economic crisis, to climate change lay in front of us, is to foreclosure on the possibility of our collective future.
Here’s a roundup of action from the streets!
Pacific Northwest
Seattle, WA:
Some demonstrators erected barricades against police and set debris on fire as protest flared in Seattle in the wake of a grand jury’s decision not to bring homicide charges against police officers involved in Breonna Taylor’s death https://t.co/SdpvvBKQg1 pic.twitter.com/YTndZ3Wgrb
— Reuters (@Reuters) September 25, 2020
After a rally in Cal Anderson, over 100 marched out of the park now in solidarity with Louisville. Another protest out of Westlake is marching through downtown. #seattleprotests pic.twitter.com/cdBrAL8TXe
— Rich Smith (@richsssmith) September 24, 2020
After a Seattle officer rolled his bike over the head of a person on the street last night (video below), the Seattle Police Department said it has placed the officer on leave and referred the case to the sheriff for a potential criminal investigation.pic.twitter.com/O1FocX8jUd
— Mike Baker (@ByMikeBaker) September 24, 2020
ABC News wrote that clashes with police led to surveillance cameras being destroyed and more than a dozen people being arrested. A police office that drove over the neck and head of someone lying on the street has also been placed on “administrative leave.” According to a report on Puget Sound Anarchists:
People join and others peel off after paint goes up and windows go out. Most of us are well aware that capital is complicity in Breonna’s murder, that is was in fact developers trying to gentrify the area who pushed for the police operation that ultimately resulted in the end of her life.
A few arrests are made throughout the night. Several dearrests happen. Regret fills the hearts of those who wished they acted differently and pulled there comrades from the pigs. There are many more of us than them.
By the end of the night the police had intentionally attacked legal observers and intentionally run over the neck and head of a prone injured person (the officer has since been given paid leave, basically a paid vacation, as footage of the incident makes the rounds the cops wait for the heat to die down).
There’s no peace so long as there are cops occupying neighborhoods and enforcing poverty here or troops occupying countries over there or drones bombing villages. So long as there is the brutalized and the brutalizer, so long as there is the exploiter and the exploited, how is there peace? It is no accident that the police protect property over life, and uphold a white supremacist order. It’s no accident that courts back them. Justice is never coming or perhaps it is already here and it serves the ruling order. Regardless if we want to abolish the police and the anti-black world they maintain, we must do it ourselves.
Olympia, WA:
A large crowd marched in the downtown and broke out the widows of city hall. According to The Olympian:
A crowd of people holding shields moved through downtown in a “formation” that vandalized property last night, spray painting businesses, breaking ATMs, breaking bus stop windows along Capitol Way and Fourth Avenue, and ultimately breaking multiple windows at City Hall, Olympia Police said on Thursday.
Police issued more than a dozen dispersal orders, and 13 people were arrested after police declared the scene a riot and began making arrests, according to OPD spokesperson Paul Lower, who referred to the group as a “mob.”
Police used pepper balls (which deploy pepper spray), stinger balls (which explode and release rubber bullets) and blast balls (which make a loud boom noise).
Portland, OR:
Demetria Hester, leader of the #PortlandMoms is back in front of the justice center leading the crowd in chants. #Portlandprotests #PDXProtests #BlackLivesMatter pic.twitter.com/4ZqcdOmvfj
— Justin Yau (@PDocumentarians) September 24, 2020
Energy at #PortlandProtests high tonight. 3X the amount of people out tonight compared to last night after finding #BreonnaTaylor killers were not indicted. Solidarity with #LouisvilleProtests #JusticeForBreonnaTaylor pic.twitter.com/heKoU5COe1
— John #PortlandProtest (@Johnnthelefty) September 24, 2020
In Portland, as Abolition Media Worldwide reported, clashes with police broke out on the streets, with demonstrators smashing out the windows of the Central Precinct, police firing projectiles, and several Molotov cocktails being thrown by the crowd. People in Portland have protested in solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement following the police murder of George Floyd for over 100 days, stopping only for a brief period when wildfires engulfed the nearby area and flooded the region with smoke.
Eugene, OR:
Johnson Hall has gotten some new paint pic.twitter.com/wY6hT0zvNz
— ????? – probably at a protest – ℂ?????? (@jwcroxton) September 24, 2020
Several hundred marched, blocked streets, rallied outside of the jail, and pulled barricades into the streets.
Salem, OR:
Ok folks! The protest is over and almost everyone has left, so I’m heading home. The story and photos will be posted tomorrow. #Salem #salemoregon #oregon #salemprotests #BreonnaTaylorprotests #blmprotests #salemor #clypiancoverage pic.twitter.com/uAA1sdSkpR
— Clypian (@Clypian) September 24, 2020
Southwest
Santa Rosa, CA:
I’m at Santa Rosa’s Courthouse Square, where roughly 130 people have gathered in response to the #BreonnaTaylor grand jury decision. Story at @NorthBayNews pic.twitter.com/SPpiMrRDdN
— Nashelly Chavez (@nashellytweets) September 24, 2020
San Francisco, CA:
Crowd of Defund SFPD protesters in front of SFPD Mission Police Station in solidarity with #breonnataylor protests. #bayarea #sanfrancisco #BLMprotests pic.twitter.com/33ICsZzYuy
— riseimages (@rise_images) September 24, 2020
Oakland, CA:
Dozens march down the streets of Oakland protesting grand jury’s decision not to criminally charge officers involved in Breonna Taylor’s death. Live aerial view here: https://t.co/7p7gp4iXU0 pic.twitter.com/mZEzKdXeLE
— Diana San Juan (@dianasj09) September 24, 2020
The #oaklandprotest has stopped traffic in the 580 freeway pic.twitter.com/jo00ePXt43
— Sarah Belle Lin (@SarahBelleLin) September 24, 2020
Hundreds took to the streets, shutting down freeways and major roads.
Sacramento, CA:
Community members in Sacramento protest over Grand Jury decision in Breonna Taylor case https://t.co/9MGChqBD85
— ABC10 (@ABC10) September 24, 2020
More than 100 people took to the streets to demonstrate in solidarity with Breonna Taylor and those in Louisville.
Los Angeles, CA:
Marching into the heart of dtla now pic.twitter.com/MFqEJJJw1z
— Border Photog #blm (@desertborder) September 24, 2020
As Republicans attempt to pass laws that would make murdering protesters with cars legal and Trump tweets out far-Right articles calling for the assassination of #BlackLivesMatter demonstrators – vigilante violence remains constant as the media continues to parrot "both sides." https://t.co/RwPSJkDV4H
— It's Going Down (@IGD_News) September 25, 2020
Hundreds flooded into the streets of Los Angeles. In one instance, someone drove their car into the crowd, striking one protester. According to Yahoo News:
In Los Angeles, where thousands took to the streets, a truck mowed down a protester, sending them flying into the air before speeding away. A white Prius also drove through protesters before it was chased down and halted. The driver was attacked and the windshield was smashed with a skateboard before they escaped.
San Diego, CA:
Crowd in #SanDiego has grown to the largest we’ve had since the first weekend. Our streets. #Louisville #BreomnaTaylor #Blm #BlackLivesMatter #SanDiegoProtest pic.twitter.com/xGpenU8siY
— The Activated Podcast (@TheActivatedPod) September 24, 2020
Phoenix, AZ:
One person could be seen pulling down a barricade outside Phoenix Police Department headquarters…It was the largest of four nights in a row of smaller protests in response to Adel's decision not to charge Cervantes in Johnson's deathhttps://t.co/B7ecMrHfMR
— ?????? (@kaputtkabutt) September 25, 2020
Tucson, AZ:
Another protest in downtown #Tucson today. This one for defending O’Odham land. About two dozen people have gathered. pic.twitter.com/xi3HPEH0vq
— Megan (@MeganMcNeilTV) September 25, 2020
Solidarity rally with Breonna Taylor and ongoing indigenous O’odham resistance at the border organized.
Albuquerque, NM:
Night two of #BreonnaTaylor protests in Albuquerque. Marching through the campus of UNM. @DailyLobo pic.twitter.com/i3KjpAEEFr
— Bella Davis (@bladvs) September 25, 2020
Central
Oklahoma City, OK:
#BreonnaTaylor protests across the country tonight.
Upper L – Grand Rapids, MI
Upper R – Norfolk, VA
Bottom L – OKC
Bottom R – Columbus, OH pic.twitter.com/bcKSDSR3bt— Austin Kellerman (@AustinKellerman) September 24, 2020
Denver, CO:
In Denver, Unicorn Riot reported:
Protests filled city streets all across the country Wednesday night, including in Denver, where hundreds rallied at the Colorado State Capitol and then marched throughout downtown.
At around 9:30 p.m. in Denver, a vehicle drove through some of the protesters who remained on the street outside the capitol; no one was badly harmed, and the Denver police arrested the driver. However on Thursday, Denver police said the driver was released and is not facing criminal charges.
Three other people were arrested during the protest, which continued past the end of the officially planned one. At about 10 p.m., some protestors marched to the Denver Police Department District 6 Precinct, where there was a stand-off between cops in riot gear standing behind the precinct fence, and the protesters on the sidewalk and street. Projectiles were used by both sides.
Austin, TX:
Austin Texas protest pic.twitter.com/iYUkArQWlv
— Tyler Russell (OnlyFans) (@TyRussellXXX) September 24, 2020
Dallas, TX:
DALLAS https://t.co/3SOQWMvBo2
— Black Lives Matter DC (@DMVBlackLives) September 24, 2020
This is a solidarity protest in more than one way: bringing supporters of various issues, and lending vocal support to those fighting for justice in Louisville. pic.twitter.com/yfvdo1DDSU
— steven monacelli (@stevanzetti) September 24, 2020
Houston, TX:
A group gathered in front of Houston's city hall tonight to protest the grand jury decisions in the killing of Breonna Taylor. More @HoustonChron pic.twitter.com/rNq6iRQK14
— Mark Mulligan (@mrkmully) September 24, 2020
Midwest
Milwaukee, WI:
Protesters appear to be heading toward Green Bay exit which loops back near MKE Co. Courthouse where group started pic.twitter.com/JtQ2J4Kbre
— Ben Jordan (@BenJordan3) September 24, 2020
Detroit, MI:
Protests and marches break out throughout the country, including Detroit, after a Kentucky grand jury's decision not to issue charges against any officers for their role in the shooting death of Breonna Taylor. https://t.co/yQ8NX7BaVE pic.twitter.com/rz2RPFCr1j
— Daniel Mears (@MearsDaniel) September 24, 2020
Grand Rapids, MI:
#BreonnaTaylor protests across the country tonight.
Upper L – Grand Rapids, MI
Upper R – Norfolk, VA
Bottom L – OKC
Bottom R – Columbus, OH pic.twitter.com/bcKSDSR3bt— Austin Kellerman (@AustinKellerman) September 24, 2020
Hundreds rallied and marched in solidarity with Breonna Taylor. Some graffiti slogans written.
Columbus, OH:
#BreonnaTaylor protests across the country tonight.
Upper L – Grand Rapids, MI
Upper R – Norfolk, VA
Bottom L – OKC
Bottom R – Columbus, OH pic.twitter.com/bcKSDSR3bt— Austin Kellerman (@AustinKellerman) September 24, 2020
Cleveland, OH:
Cleveland shows up in solidarity with Louisville for Breonna Taylor. pic.twitter.com/O5tEuF1uli
— ernest w. durbin iii (@EWDurbin) September 24, 2020
St. Paul, MN:
#StPaul #Minneapolis #TwinCities #Solidarity #JusticeForBreonnaTaylor #BlackLivesMatter pic.twitter.com/WrbgxGUE1K
— ?? ?????? ??????? ???????? (@MNUnitedAF) September 24, 2020
According to Unicorn Riot:
A large protest shut down I-94 in Minnesota’s capital city as people responded to the news that Louisville Metro Police Department (LMPD) officers Jonathan Mattingly, Brett Hankison, and Myles Cosgrove will not be charged for the fatal shooting of Breonna Taylor in her Kentucky home in a botched late-night raid on March 13, 2020.
Minneapolis, MN:
Last night, in response to the brutal eviction of the Peavey Park encampment, an ungovernable crowd blocked downtown streets, tagged buildings and cameras, and set a fire on the LRT tracks.
Every time the police crack down, their order must be met in kind with our disorder. pic.twitter.com/1iZHRYTWW1
— The Minnesota Wild (@lets_go_wild) September 25, 2020
Barricades went up on the streets following the eviction of an encampment. According to CBS:
A group of demonstrators gathered outside the Hennepin County Government Center in downtown Minneapolis Thursday night to protest the eviction of a homeless encampment in a city park.
The Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board cleared the encampment at Peavey Field Park Thursday morning.
Protesters, who say police used chemical spray to arrested people at the park, temporarily blocked the Government Plaza light rail station Thursday evening.
Madison, WI:
Yet another Friday evening protest outside City Market against police brutality and racism. Demonstrators are chanting and marching along State between Madison and Water Streets. Protest has been peaceful thus far. @rrstar pic.twitter.com/EhvtT5pWss
— Ken DeCoster (@DeCosterKen) September 25, 2020
Street marches and rally outside of Capitol building. slogans painted and posters wheatpasted.
Chicago, IL:
Chicagoans banging pots & pans from their apartment windows in solidarity with #BlackLivesMatter demonstrators in the streets for #BreonnaTaylor. pic.twitter.com/NRuz3053Hb
— agitator in chief (@soit_goes) September 24, 2020
Chicago's northwest side #BlackLivesMatter march for #BreonnaTaylor is still going strong, chanting "you can't stop the revolution". pic.twitter.com/98SXblbAHc
— agitator in chief (@soit_goes) September 24, 2020
#BlackLivesMatter demonstrators demanding justice for #BreonnaTaylor calling on Chicagoans to get out of the bars and into the streets. pic.twitter.com/rnrnlkmD4k
— agitator in chief (@soit_goes) September 24, 2020
Various marches flood the streets of Chicago; graffiti slogans written.
Louisville, KY:
Stewart Rhodes, leader of the far-Right + pro-Trump militia the Oath Keepers, was on ground in #Louisville at recent demonstrations for #BreonnaTaylor. Oath Keepers have organized security at Trump rallies, neo-Nazi protests, and regularly face off against anti-racist groups. pic.twitter.com/G2Yxm3DP7b
— It's Going Down (@IGD_News) September 25, 2020
“You are beautiful.”
“We love you.”
“We are here protecting you.”
Breonna Taylor activist says to children stepping out of their homes to witness march in Louisville.
— raf (@rafaelshimunov) September 23, 2020
Boards on the Hall of Justice have been set on fire. #Louisville pic.twitter.com/niMqLA45iB
— Hayes Gardner (@HayesGardner) September 23, 2020
Fires being started up and down 6th Street in downtown Louisville #Louisville #LouisvilleProtests #BreonnaTaylor pic.twitter.com/01ekxV9cq2
— Brendan Gutenschwager (@BGOnTheScene) September 24, 2020
1,000+ people in Louisville defied a 9pm curfew to protest for justice for #BreonnaTaylor. Police surrounded a church where dozens hid to avoid arrest.
The curfew continues this weekend, but a journalist said: "This is a movement and it's caught fire and it's not going to stop." pic.twitter.com/n5YcjKK6I2
— AJ+ (@ajplus) September 25, 2020
In Louisville, Kentucky, people flooded into the streets directly following the verdict. The National Guard and far-Right militias were on the ground, including the Oath Keepers. Police report that more than a dozen stores were looted. A fire was also set outside the Hall of Justice, and the following night, thousands faced off against the police and defied curfew. At some point during the first night of protests, two police officers were shot by a man in his 20s, however it it unknown if it was in connection to the protests. Both police officers are in stable condition and one has already left the hospital. A curfew will remain in place through the weekend and over 125 people have been arrested, according to the Washington Post.
Lexington, KY:
Protesters march through downtown Lexington following today’s decision in the Breonna Taylor case. pic.twitter.com/nTTw3ziy29
— Arden Barnes (@arden_barnes) September 24, 2020
Southeast
Memphis, TN:
According to Action 5 News:
A protest in front of the Shelby County Jail blocked a portion of Poplar Avenue Thursday.
Protesters gathered in “Solidarity for Breonna” around noon in the parking lot across from 201 Poplar, first speaking to the media before moving to the street.
“We need justice,” one activist said. “We need it today, we needed it months ago.”
Nashville, TN:
Slideshow: Demonstrators march from East Nashville through downtown in protest of yesterday's Breonna Taylor decision.https://t.co/vdbLEzyFU7 pic.twitter.com/ZtCrmHcvCI
— Pith in the Wind (@pithinthewind) September 24, 2020
New Orleans, LA:
Kansas City, MO:
Second night of #BreonnaTaylor protests underway in #KansasCity, #Missouri across the street from @kcpolice headquarters.
About 40 or so in attendance so far tonight. @41actionnews pic.twitter.com/9u07dJVhtI
— Andres Gutierrez (@AFGutierrez) September 24, 2020
St. Louis, MO:
Small fire at St.Louis Police Headquarters pic.twitter.com/IkUHkXPS5Y
— Search4Swag (@search4swag) September 24, 2020
Washington DC:
“Say Her Name! Breonna Taylor!#SayHerName #BreonnaTaylor!”#JusticeForBreonnaTaylor#BreonnaTaylorWasMurdered#DCProtests pic.twitter.com/6Vwe69ZaFS
— ChuckModi (@ChuckModi1) September 23, 2020
Charlottesville, VA:
protesters have arrived at the charlottesville police station pic.twitter.com/ZAL74Ya9Jt
— molly conger (@socialistdogmom) September 23, 2020
Norfolk, VA:
BREONNA TAYLOR
SAY HER NAME pic.twitter.com/2gcjlABpJh
— Tidewater Solidarity Collective (@solidarity757) September 24, 2020
#BlackLivesMatter https://t.co/PajiArcfTP
— Tidewater Solidarity Collective (@solidarity757) September 24, 2020
Richmond, VA:
Chants of "Say her name" pic.twitter.com/25QjPjK8On
— Goad Gatsby (@GoadGatsby) September 24, 2020
Hundreds marched for hours, leading to stand off in front of the police headquarters with law enforcement..
Atlanta, GA:
"Whose streets?! Our streets!"
Outside Georgia statehouse pic.twitter.com/6jIMSZvQMZ
— Sean Keenan (@ThatSeanKeenan) September 24, 2020
Protestors headed to the capitol. #atlanta #atl #downtown #JusticeForBreonna #breonnataylor pic.twitter.com/D2UklnJ17o
— Brittany Miller (@Brittm_tv) September 24, 2020
Georgia State Patrol deploy tear gas against protesters in downtown Atlanta. pic.twitter.com/zfGN9u4AZR
— The Hill (@thehill) September 24, 2020
Graham, NC:
Protesters are marching around the courthouse demanding justice for #BreonnaTaylor after today’s announcement of no charges directly related to her death #Graham #Alamance @myfox8 pic.twitter.com/f48HMrOiBe
— Danielle Jackson (@DJacksonTV) September 23, 2020
Durham, NC:
“Justice for Breonna Taylor” march and protest in downtown Durham. Marchers moving toward Durham Police HQ. #ABC11 pic.twitter.com/OBTOL0jb0b
— Joel Brown (@JoelBrownABC11) September 24, 2020
Charlotte, SC:
Outside Romare Bearden Park pic.twitter.com/FHvC9WDuQw
— Madison Dobrzenski (@MadDobz) September 24, 2020
St. Petersburg, FL:
Today’s protest in St. Pete had been conflict free until this ….
A car tried to get through a temporary road blockade. Protestors tried to stop it from getting through, hitting it with skateboards and standing in front of it.
There’s about 60 marchers tonight. pic.twitter.com/o9BY2LeNc3
— Josh Fiallo (@ByJoshFiallo) September 23, 2020
Northeast
Baltimore, MD:
Now Jefferson square park is PACKED. Some of the protesters say they were guided to that hotel parking lot without knowing there were three percenters.
Not long after being there they made their way back to the square. The crowds in these streets growing @WHAS11 #breonnataylor pic.twitter.com/hSJZTDZQ5N
— Jessie Cohen (@jessiecohennews) September 24, 2020
Concord, NH:
Now — #BlackLivesMatter rally happening in #Concord to protest after a grand jury ruled to not directly charge the officers who shot #BreonnaTaylor via @MikeCroninWMUR pic.twitter.com/OsuRTHOZzC
— WMUR TV (@WMUR9) September 25, 2020
Boston, MA:
If you missed out on Tonight's vigil for #BreonnaTaylor, no need to fret. @Bos_Solidarity is organizing a rally in front of BPD HQ on Friday, 7 pm.
No Justice, No Peace
See you on the streets! ✊? pic.twitter.com/p2MII3lmCP— TakeBackTheGrid (@GridTakers) September 23, 2020
Pittsburgh, PA:
A few more images from tonight's protest in Pittsburgh PA. @PghCurrent @PghProtests pic.twitter.com/EKPixj2i6w
— Ed Thompson (@ThompsonFoto12) September 24, 2020
Philadelphia, PA:
Philly protesters take a knee, fists up, for Breonna Taylor pic.twitter.com/IVkfcRBIXS
— Oona Goodin-Smith (@oonagoodinsmith) September 24, 2020
Buffalo, NY:
***Warning: Graphic video*** our @wkbw photographer captured the moment a truck drove through a crowd of protesters and struck a person outside Buffalo City Hall. Important to note: police say the person struck has non-life threatening injuries. pic.twitter.com/Vo9IORTYoF
— Ashley Rowe (@AshleyroweWKBW) September 24, 2020
Brooklyn – New York, NY:
A massive march in NYC took over the streets of Brooklyn & Manhattan earlier tonite to demand justice for #BreonnaTaylor. Both the Manhattan & Williamsburg bridges were shut down by protesters. Quite a bit of political artwork got put up throughout the night too. pic.twitter.com/dZFsHBOaP9
— Ash J (@AshAgony) September 24, 2020
“Shut. It. Down!” chant a massive procession of protestors marching away from 59th and 5th. Group now moving South on Park Ave. pic.twitter.com/FLedBwMpW5
— NYC Protest Updates 2020 (@protest_nyc) September 24, 2020
Protesters in NYC took over the Manhattan Bridge for #BreonnaTaylor earlier tonite. pic.twitter.com/7g7i3TFAv0
— Ash J (@AshAgony) September 24, 2020
Marchers across Brooklyn and New York end up taking over and shutting down several bridges.
Providence, RI:
9/23/20 Providence, RI | Protesters in solidarity with Louisville attempt to march on freeway while police try to convince them not to. Protesters shout, “Breonna Taylor!”
Credit: Uprise RI https://t.co/5NK8Ry46sG pic.twitter.com/lBcCQ4dePp
— Liz Jones (@LizJone26271417) September 24, 2020