Tear gas deployed at 7th St and McKinney.
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Andre Hendrix, 24, and Christian Soto, 21, face charges of aggravated assault on a police officer and obstructing governmental operations after reportedly throwing rocks at police who had formed a skirmish line along Seventh and Fillmore streets late Friday. Multiple bicycle cops pursued the man, before he collided with one and an officer on foot tackled him. In addition, officers were stationed at on-ramps to keep the crowd from moving onto I-10.
Protests mostly peaceful, except for Baton Rouge scuffles * Third sucessive day of widespread protests * Protesters shut down I-94 linking Minnesota’s Twin Cities (Adds details of arrests, protests) By Bryn Stole and David Bailey BATON ROUGE, La./MINNEAPOLIS, July 9 (Reuters) – Protests against the shootings of two black men by police officers shut down main arteries in a number of US cities on Saturday, leading to numerous arrests, but remained mostly peaceful, except for scuffles with riot police in Baton Rouge.
The group was heard chanting in unison as they moved en masse through the streets. According to the reverend, the protesters did not have any intention of marching on the freeway.
Around 1,000 people gathered at 8pm Friday by the Phoenix City Hall. However, it’s not known he was taken into custody.
The Rev. Jarrett Maupin, a Phoenix activist and one of the organizers, said it’s appropriate to still hold the planned vigil and rally Friday night outside Phoenix City Hall to affirm the dignity of people killed in questionable instances of police use of force. “We are here to show love and support to the Los Angeles Police Department”, Snoop Dogg said.
“We’re going to be professional, but we’re going to do everything we can to make everybody safe”, he said.
Johnson told police negotiators that he was upset about recent police shootings, that he wanted to kill white people – especially white officers – and that he acted alone, authorities said.
Maupins expressed completely different feelings from one church leader who just spoke during the news conference.
“This was a mobile shooter who had written manifestos on how to shoot and move, shoot and move, and that’s what he did”, Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings said. “I hope this is not a window dressing”, he said.
The Phoenix Police Department says no injuries have been reported so far. It was not immediately known if any of them had an attorney.
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Eugene Puryear, the march organizer, said the shooting of five police officers in Dallas on Thursday was tragic but inevitable because of police violence against African-Americans.
