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The #GeorgeFloyd #Phoenix protest/march just started.
Large group (300+) is heading down 1st Avenue after starting outside City Hall @ABC15
Large police presence in the surrounding area.
The group is currently marching the block around City Hall chanting:
“I can’t breathe.”
“Hands up, don’t shoot.”
“No justice, no peace.”
“Eff the police.”
#BREAKING the protest have moved into the streets - blocking Washington @abc15
Crowd now moving down 7th Avenue towards Van Buren. Phoenix PD has helped block the traffic.
Organizers ignored request of community action officers to turn around on Washington.
The 5-way intersection at 7th ave & Van Buren has been shutdown.
So far police have shown no signs of aggression, and have blocked traffic. But I know there are many officers on standby on the nearby side streets.
Just passed 3rd ave moving down Van Buren. Just marching.
Crowd not thinning.
The group is now sitting at 1st Ave & Van Buren.
“We can shut down any street in this city.” -@ReverendMaupin
BREAKING:
The crowd made it to the capitol. A glass bottle was just thrown at DPS troopers - some of whom are in riot gear.
Protestors also hit a trooper with a plastic bottle. Some small rocks are being thrown @ABC15
DPS troopers are gearing up. A tear gas canister was just readied, bean bag rounds too.
A few in the crowd have been throwing bottles & rocks for past 10 minutes @ABC15
Back-ups continue to arrive in the form of DPS troopers & Phoenix officers in riot gear.
They’re still outnumbered by protestors but the crowd has definitely spread out.
@ReverendMaupin is trying, unsuccessfully, to move people away from the standoff zone at the capitol
Phoenix police now have the main line on 17th Ave...
Things are very tense @ABC15
This is the moment protesters smashed a phoenix police cruiser’s rear windshield.
It’s what led to officers jumping out in riot gear & dispersing pepper spray, firing rubber bullets @ABC15
Another video, this one taken right before the back windshield was smashed out.
You can see at least a dozen people surrounded the Phoenix PD cruiser & were banging on the hood @ABC15
Things have quieted down.
Vast majority of protestors dispersed after Phoenix PD sprayed pepper spray & fired rubber bullets.
Now ~150 people remain, locked in a standoff with DPS troopers at the capitol.
I do not know what Phoenix PD is dealing w/ but they have their chopper up.
The “standoff” at the capitol is over.
Protestors have gone back towards Phoenix, where there is another scene.
MORE RUBBER BULLETS AND TEAR GAS:
Another tense standoff between Phoenix police & #GeorgeFloydprotestors at 7th ave & Washington.
Officers in riot gear trying to move men & women back @ABC15
One woman was thrown to the ground after she was trying to film officers firing rubber bullets (from a flank position) at the protestors. She was arrested. Unclear if she has a head injury.
Loud non-lethal shotgun rounds in the air, rubber pellets, and some form of gas/spray — all being utilized by Phoenix police as they continue to try and disperse the crowd.
A very persistent 100-200 men & women remain @ABC15
Here’s what that looks like.
Sounds like a real shotgun.
Feels like a hard paintball. I was shot in the foot earlier. Some protestors have been shot far more times.
A bus stop sign...
We saw the business windows smashed nearby at what appears to be the Arizona Department of liquor license and control.
Phoenix PD have stopped after dispersing the majority of the crowd. And I’m moving back towards 7th Avenue & Washington.
Very few protestors remain.
This is damage to a state building. Multiple windows were smashed.
I’ll leave you with this image from in front of the capitol.
Both my phones are at 1%.
Stay safe.
Full coverage from last night here: facebook.com/ABC15/videos/1…
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