Thousands of protesters block Atlanta highway in march against police brutality

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[h=1]Thousands of protesters block Atlanta highway in march against police brutality - as cops across America are targeted in wake of Dallas shooting[/h]

• Thousands of protesters have blocked a highway in Atlanta as they march against police brutality
• An estimated 5,000 people halted traffic as they demanded justice for black men killed at the hands of police
• There was a heavy police presence during the protest, with officers on high alert following massacre in Dallas

By OLLIE GILLMAN and KHALEDA RAHMAN FOR DAILYMAIL.COM and ASSOCIATED PRESS
PUBLISHED: 18:41, 8 July 2016 | UPDATED: 06:26, 9 July 2016


Thousands of protesters have blocked a highway in Atlanta as they march through the city to demonstrate against police brutality.
An estimated 5,000 people halted traffic as they demanded justice for black men killed at the hands of police officers in recent days.
There was a heavy police presence during the peaceful protest, with officers on high alert following Thursday's massacre in Dallas.
Gunman Micah Xavier Johnson, 25, shot 12 officers and two civilians on a rampage that killed five cops last night.
Friday evening's protest came as police forces across the country braced for any fall-out from the horrific shooting in Texas.

 

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Thousands of protesters have blocked a highway in Atlanta as they march through the city to demonstrate against police brutality

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'Who do you call when the murderer wears a badge?' An estimated 5,000 people halted traffic as they demanded justice for black men killed at the hands of police officers

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There was a heavy police presence during the peaceful protest (pictured), with officers on high alert following Thursday's massacre of cops in Dallas

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Friday evening's protest came as police forces across the country braced for any fall-out from the horrific shooting in Texas

 

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Thousands more people took part in smaller protests across America, with demonstrations in Arkansas, Colorado, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Michigan, Nebraska, Pennsylvania, Utah and Washington, DC.
Also, in Los Angeles, rappers Snoop Dogg and The Game led a peaceful march to the LAPD's headquarters, where they met with the mayor and police chief and urged improved relations between authorities and minority communities. Protests were also planned in Oakland and San Francisco on Friday night.
In Atlanta, demonstrators flooded the streets and brought traffic to a standstill Friday after gathering at the National Center for Civil and Human Rights near Centennial Olympic Park.





Protesters chanted: 'Hands up, don't shoot.'
People protesting police brutality in Dallas on Thursday evening were belting out the same chant when Johnson first opened fire.
Tonight's protests have been peaceful and no arrests have been made.
The marches are in response to the recent shootings of black men Alton Sterling and Philando Castile, who were shot by white police officers in Louisiana and Minnesota respectively.

 

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'Hands up don't shoot': Demonstrators march through downtown Atlanta to protest the shootings of two black men by police officers

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The marches are in response to the recent shootings of black men Alton Sterling and Philando Castile, who were shot by white police officers in Louisiana and Minnesota respectively

 

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Demonstrators march through downtown Atlanta

 

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Black Lives Matter protesters have been sprayed with tear gas in Phoenix after a march against police brutality spiraled out of control. Pictured, a white man holding a Donald Trump 'Make America Great Again' placard interrupting the protest on Friday night

 

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A protester gets help after being knocked to the ground after being pepper sprayed by police as marchers numbering nearly 1,000 take to the streets to protest against the recent fatal shootings of black men by police

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A protester raises him arms in front of a police blockade as marchers take to the streets to demonstrate against the recent fatal shootings of black men by police

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Police in riot gear move in to break up a group of marchers as hundreds take to the streets to protest against the fatal shootings

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Police declared the protest an 'unlawful assembly' by 11pm and ordered people to leave after objects were thrown at officers, the Arizona Republic reported (pictured, two protesters in downtown Phoenix last night)

 

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Peaceful protests erupted around the country to protest the recent deaths of Alton Sterling and Philando Castile, but tensions were high in Phoenix

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Three people were arrested, according to Phoenix police. Crowds had thinned out considerably by 11pm as police repeatedly asked people to return home

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People began gathering outside Phoenix City Hall for the march scheduled at 8pm on Friday. By 10pm, police had begun using pepper spray to control the crowds

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Civil rights leader Reverend Jarrett Maupin led the march and tried to shut down the freeway at one point before diverting the crowds. Police had blocked off the ramps to Interstate 10 as a precaution (pictured, one man kneeling with his arms up before police in riot gear)

 

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Police shot bean bags into the crowd after rocks were reportedly thrown at them. While bean bags are meant to deliver a blow without penetrating the body like a bullet would, they can cause internal bleeding or break bones

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Police departments around the country have taken extra precautions following the shooting at a protest in Dallas. Gunman Micah Xavier Johnson shot dead five police officers and injured seven more (pictured, demonstrators at the rally in Phoenix)

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In Rochester, New York, the SWAT team arrived and police arrested 74 protesters who were blocking the streets (pictured, one demonstrator in Phoenix holding the flag upside down, a signal for dire distress)

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Thousands more people took part in smaller protests across America, with demonstrations in Arkansas, Colorado, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Michigan, Nebraska, Pennsylvania, Utah and Washington, DC

 

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Police break up a group outside a store as nearly 1,000 protesters march in the streets to protest against the recent fatal shootings of two black men by police

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Police send out tear gas to break up marchers numbering nearly 1,000 as they take to the streets to protest

 

[SheriffJoe]

Marching and causing havoc in the middle of a Friday workday?

Don't these people have jobs? Oh, wait...

 

[vitterd]

Marching and causing havoc in the middle of a Friday workday?

Don't these people have jobs? Oh, wait...

Maybe they should be online all day on various websites and spewing lies with multiple handles!

 

[festeringZit]

Maybe they should be online all day on various websites and spewing lies with multiple handles!

Oh the irony.

 

[vitterd]

Oh the irony.

Troll alert

if you don't post about me, we don't communicate. Fact

still stinging on another poll that blows up on you

 

[Dave007inVegas]

I’m being serious here, it’s time to pull a Kent State on these assholes.

 

[guitarjosh]

One of the biggest problems that we have in that BLM has put out some good ideas to cut down on police violence, but these protesters are doing little to get that message out.

 

[vitterd]

I’m being serious here, it’s time to pull a Kent State on these assholes.

As if "boys will be boys" wasn't bad enough. You need help.

 

[SheriffJoe]

I’m being serious here, it’s time to pull a Kent State on these assholes.

Yep.

Look what liberals have done to America:

COPS TARGETED ACROSS AMERICA...
RIOT WATCH ISSUED FOR LOUISIANA...
PANTHERS TARGET 'PIGS'...
Hate Group Urges Gangs To Kill...
Lynch to protesters: 'Do not be discouraged'...
Hillary calls on whites to change their ways...

 

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