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Louisville rioters smash into LIBRARY and throw flare at books as protests break out across US over Breonna Taylor death
RIOTERS in Louisville threw a flare through the windows of a library as fiery protests broke out across the US days after a verdict in the Breonna Taylor case.
A local reporter shared images of the broken window, where a protester is believed to have tossed a lit flare at the books.
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Louisville has been marred by protests, which have occasionally turned violent, since a Kentucky grand jury ruled on Wednesday that the in her death.
Only one of the three officers involved was charged at all, and he was indicted for wanton endangerment.
Mass demonstrations on Wednesday and Thursday have led to dozens of arrests, damaged property and while on duty.
Both were treated at a hospital and are in stable condition.
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More than 100 people were arrested Wednesday night, including the man suspected of shooting the officers, and at least 24 were arrested Thursday.
, the politician behind "Breonna's Law," who was charged with first-degree rioting, failure to disperse and unlawful assembly after being rounded up into a riot van on Thursday.
Her daughter, activist Shameka Parrish-Wright, was also arrested.
Scott sponsored "Breonna's Law," which is legislation that will regulate how search warrants are carried out and will mandate the use of body cameras during searches.
Elsewhere in the US, protests became chaotic and sometimes violent as well as demonstrators expressed anger at the Taylor ruling.
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Protesters have already gotten into several clashes with police in Seattle. Demonstrators apparently tried to block off intersections by setting dumpsters on fire, .
Shocking footage shows crowds of protesters behind makeshift barriers launching some sort of projectiles at cops, and officers returning fire before moving on the protesters on bicycles.
A Twitter user who shared the footage, who goes by the handle @MarcusKulik, blamed the cops for escalating the violence.
"SPD once again showing all they know if escalation and violence," he wrote. "Dozens of blast balls and other indiscriminate munitions going out filling a residential neighborhood with gas."
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On Wednesday night, another video appeared to show a Seattle police officer roll his bike over the head of an injured protester laying in the street.
The department has since confirmed that the officer in the video has been put on leave, and they are investigating the incident.
In Los Angeles, massive crowds gathered for demonstrations that the Los Angeles Police Department confirmed were peaceful. However, there were .
In the first incident, a pick-up truck driver plowed into a group of people, hurling one person to the ground.
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The protester was taken to a hospital nearby for treatment.
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A short while later, a white Prius was seen driving through a massive group of protesters. This time, protesters hopped in their cars to try and detain the person, but they were still able to flee.
The LAPD said that both drivers have been detained.
Unrest erupts across Louisville for second night following Breonna Taylor verdict with church used as SANCTUARY for protesters defying curfew
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