And Beyonce urged her fans to contact politicians to “demand” changes, sharing a link to ContactingtheCongress.org, the Louisiana State Legislature website for those wishing to “protest for Alton Sterling”, and the Minnesota State Legislature website for those wanting to “voice protest for Philando Castile”.
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On Saturday, BRPD was assisted by Louisiana State Police and the sheriff’s offices from East Baton Rouge, Livingston and Ascension parishes.
Police agencies across the U.S. are on edge and on guard after receiving threats and calls for violence against them on social media in the aftermath of the killings of two black men and the sniper attack that left five officers dead in Dallas.
Security levels were raised at the police headquarters after anonymous threats were received but an all clear was given after a search of a vehicle park for a “suspicious person”.
Protests and rallies continue in the Capitol City in the days following the officer-involved shooting death of Alton Sterling.
In St Paul, Minnesota, overnight, fireworks, bottles and rocks were thrown at police as the demonstration closed a main interstate highway, causing gridlock.
The 9News Investigators learned from a source that Officer Blane Salamoni, a four-year veteran of the force, was the only officer to fire during the shooting, according to a preliminary investigation by Baton Rouge police. During the stream, Packnett said he had been approached by an officer warning him that he had been “flagged” for leaving the pavement.
Police later went back inside their headquarters and traffic reopened.
“The police in Baton Rouge have been truly bad tonight”, Mckesson said on the video, while walking along Airline Highway.
Protester Cynthia Howell said she is not against the police but she wants to see accountability. WAFB reported that Black Panthers joined in the protest. Louisiana law allows weapons to be carried openly.
Law enforcement used crowd-control measures, including smoke and fired marking rounds similar to paintball rounds, said police spokesman Steve Linders.
Mckesson is one of the most recognizable faces to emerge from the Black Lives Matter movement.
Protestors where Mckesson was filming were shouting, “No justice, no peace”. But McKesson reportedly said to those marching that there is no sidewalk, The New York Times reported.
A “Weekend of Rage” called in Philadelphia saw a six-hour march by a multi-racial crowd.
In Washington, during the third night of protests, a group marched peacefully through downtown Saturday night, chanting, “We young”.
On a trip to Europe, he said: “First of all, as painful as this week has been, I firmly believe that America is not as divided as some have suggested”.
Moments later, someone shouts: “This is the police, you’re under arrest”.
Our hearts break for the families of the officers who were lost as they protected protesters and residents alike during a rally.
Supporters could be heard asking police why Mckesson was being arrested.
Several hundred protesters outraged by the police killings of black men in Louisiana and Minnesota took to the streets of San Francisco, blocking several roads and ramps to get on and off the Bay Bridge.
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“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.
