![]() ![]() Late Wednesday night, Seattle police reported deploying pepper spray after protesters threw fireworks "nearly striking officers in the process" and cut security cameras at one precinct, the department said on Twitter. Tear gas was used to disperse crowds near the Capitol, according to the newspaper. In Atlanta, the Georgia State Patrol, Atlanta police and Fulton County deputies were called in to arrest protesters, the Atlanta Journal Constitution reported. To the north in Milwaukee, a group of protesters marched along Interstate 94, temporarily blocking traffic while chanting, "The whole damn system is guilty as hell." “This ruling is absolutely heartbreaking, and it leaves more questions than it answers,” said Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot, adding, “This is a profoundly disturbing reality.”īreonna Taylor's family dismayed: 'I'm mad as hell because nothing's changing' There were also protests in the South Side Bronzeville neighborhood and through the city’s North Side. The group observed a moment of silence for Taylor at one point, holding fists in the air. ![]() Others gathered downtown at Millenium Park and marched for hours through downtown Chicago, trailed by dozens of officers on bikes and marked and unmarked cars. In the South Side Auburn Gresham neighborhood, dozens of people led by anti-violence activist and pastor Michael Pfleger blocked an intersection, chanting “Say her name, Breonna Taylor!” In Chicago, where the mayor called for a citywide moment of silence, hundreds of people gathered at peaceful protests across the city. Two Louisville police officers were shot during protests, one in the abdomen and another in the thigh, according to The Courier-Journal of the USA TODAY network. Both are expected to recover, interim Police Chief Robert Schroeder said. Protesters took to the streets in Chicago, Milwaukee, Seattle and Washington, D.C, among other places, following Wednesday's announcement from Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron, which also spurred demonstrations that turned violent in Taylor's home city of Louisville. The announcement of a grand jury's decision to indict one of the three police officers involved in the shooting death of Breonna Taylor - and that the indictment wasn't related to her death - sparked another wave of protests for justice and racial equality around the nation. Watch Video: Breonna Taylor: Indictment announcement sparks protests in Louisville ![]()
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