The iconic image was taken as demonstrators, including many supporting the civil rights movement Black Lives Matter, gathered outside Baton Rouge’s police department headquarters on Saturday in protest against the deaths. No information was immediately available on what charges they faced or whether some people were later released.
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After being released, Mckesson said he remains disappointed with Baton Rouge police, who he says were provoking peaceful protesters.
Packett told The Associated Press that Mckesson was taken into custody after a police officer approached him and said, “you with the loud shoes – if you step back into the street you’ll be arrested”.
Mckesson was broadcasting the march on Periscope and filmed a portion of his arrest.
Tensions between black citizens and police have risen palpably after police shootings of African-American men in Minnesota and Louisiana and the gunning down of five white police officers by a black suspect in Dallas in apparent retaliation.
Black Lives Matter and other groups have organized the protests in cities across the United States.
The phone is handed off to other protesters who continued videotaping and explaining the incident.
Meanwhile, protesters shut down I-94 near downtown St. Paul, Minnesota in reaction to the officer-involved shooting of Philando Castile, 32, on Wednesday in the St. Paul area during a routine traffic stop.
Ryan Kailath, a reporter with WWNO, a public radio station in New Orleans was arrested on one count of simple obstruction of a highway, Sgt. Don Coppola confirmed.
Authorities made more than 160 arrests in Louisiana’s capital during a long hot weekend of protests over killings by police, with only one r…
“The police in Baton Rouge have been truly very bad tonight”, Mckesson said on the video, while walking along Airline Highway.
Initially, the officers appeared content to keep watch on demonstrators chanting “No justice, no peace”, but after almost two hours they moved in, warning that there would be arrests if the area was not cleared.
It was the deadliest day for U.S. police officers since the September 11 terrorist attacks in 2001.
Mr Edwards said he does not believe officers have been overly aggressive by using riot gear to push protesters off a highway.
One video of the demonstrations Saturday night shows a second police officer pointing what looks like a machine gun at protesters.
Things became heated Friday when an unscheduled protest began outside Baton Rouge Police Headquarters on Airline Highway. “The best way to honor the memory of Alton Sterling, the Dallas law enforcement officers and Philando Castile is for peaceful demonstrations here in Louisiana”. By Sunday night, a few hundred people aimed for an on-ramp of Interstate 110 in Baton Rouge.
Reuters have said the woman in the picture was later detained, however her she has not been named by police. Bowers said she called him from the jail early Sunday.
“These are human rights violations”, Krystal Muhammad shouted to the crowd at the convenience store.
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Those safety concerns were also on the mind of Baton Rouge resident Eugene Collins, also at the convenience store. “I’m certainly proud of the people from this community and the vast majority of them have rejected the folks trying to incite them”.
