At least one person was killed in a shooting in downtown Austin, Texas, on Saturday night in the midst of a Black Lives Matter protest, authorities say.
Protests against racial injustice continued around the nation Saturday with tense situations unfolding in cities including Austin, Texas, Louisville, Kentucky, Seattle, Washington, Aurora, Colorado, and Chicago, Illinois.
A judge on Friday denied a request to restrict federal agents' actions when they arrest people during nightly protests.Two opposing, heavily armed militia groups came within a few dozen yards of each of other in downtown Louisville on Saturday in a tense standoff that ended without violence, but marked an escalation after two months of ongoing protests over the police shooting of a Black woman.
Cries of"Black lives matter" were heard through downtown. One man yelled “Don’t fire unless you’re fired upon.” On the city’s West Side, dozens of people joined a youth-led “Love March” to remember victims of gun violence and call for the defunding of the Chicago Police Department. Saturday evening, a youth-led protest against ICE merged with a Black Lives Matter rally calling for the defunding of police.
One of Chicago’s bridges, along Michigan Avenue, was seen lifted Saturday night — reminiscent of when bridges were lifted at the end of May amid protests and looting downtown. The mayor’s office did not immediately respond to a request for comment about why it was lifted.
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