Thread by @FordFischer

Today about 500 armed activists with the all-black "Not Fucking Around Coalition" aka "NFAC" gathered to march in #Louisville for #BreonnaTaylor.

As they were getting ready, one member accidentally fired a shot, injuring three. This was captured in my livestream.

After the shooting, the #NFAC formed a perimeter around the scene at Baxter Park. They allowed police and EMS in to tend to the three wounded, who were taken away in stretchers. I've seen it reported that the injuries are "not life threatening."

Police recovered the firearm that apparently was accidentally discharged. I don't believe the individual was arrested.

It looks like a Henry-style lever action rifle or shotgun, but I'm not 100% sure of the model.

Following the accidental shooting setback, the group gathered in a formation with their guns pointed into the air. Unarmed onlookers chanted for Breonna Taylor.

"Grandmaster Jay" of the NFAC led the march. Media swarmed around him, and he asked that they give him room.

When they didn't, he raised his rifle and said "I'm gonna shoot up in the air."

The media backed off.

As hundreds of armed NFAC activists marched through #Louisville, their unarmed counter-parts marched on the sidewalk with supporting chants like "you can't stop the revolution!"

Upon reviewing my footage I've decided not to post the next clip I shot, but I will describe it for history/timeline's sake.

An individual fell and severely bloodied his head, apparently having a seizure. His group disarmed him and got him to an ambulance.

After an individual was put into an ambulance, the group marched up to the line established by police earlier to keep right-wing militia people away from the NFAC militia.

"The KKK over there, and them bitches protecting them" one characterized the police and militia.

"Grandmaster Jay" gave a speech that was 50 minutes long.

In it, he said that if the public doesn't have the "truth" about Breonna Taylor's death, "We are going to burn this motherfucker down."

When I'm done posting the rest of the content, I will post the entire speech.

"One nation, black power!"

"Grandmaster Jay" then had new members hold their fists up and chant, "I, [say your name], will never allow the murder of another black man, woman, or child whether the killer is white or black. I am the NFC for life, motherfucker!"

Here's my HD video of the #NFAC march in #Louisville.

Much more on this to come in the thread though. As always, all footage is available for licensing.

This is my HD summary video from the accidental discharge that occurred before the march, and its aftermath.

Also available for license; more to come.

Let's rewind to approximately 9:30am this morning. The rest of the thread will follow chronologically from there.

About 100 armed III% militia members from at least four states parked downtown and marched to the rally point, where they expressed frustration at lack of police.

One Black Lives Matter protester entered the road as they arrived, chanting "No justice, no peace!"

This clip is uncut, but at about 2 minutes in, police arrest the lone man for refusing to leave the street.

Mid-way into the clip, police actually asked the militia group to move a block back. The militia refused, and the cop moved on.

After that, they arrested the BLM guy for not leaving the street.

https://twitter.com/FordFischer/status/1287202486852427777

The militia told the cops they didn't like the block they'd be pushed back to because there's "no cover" in case the NFAC decided to kill them.

(A wide barrier was established and the militia was pushed back later, so this point was moot but the conversation was interesting.)

As more protesters showed up, they chanted "Breonna Taylor." The militia chanted "We want justice! We want peace! Breonna Taylor!" Protesters basically said the militia isn't welcome.

Riot cops came in and split the two sides apart from eachother.

After police formed a line, a woman crossed the line apparently to meet with her friend who ended up on the wrong side.

Police forced her to the ground and arrested her, apparently for crossing the line.

"She was trying to come to me," said the friend of the woman who was arrested to an officer. She was shaken to tears by the situation.

That arrest and the one a few tweets ago were the only two I saw today. Both unarmed BLM activists.

A militiaman pledged the group's obedience to the cops and got a fist bump from the officer.

As police set up barricades holding the split (which remained all day), one business owner complained about the armed man outside his store with a "fucking f****t gun."

A shirtless black man showed up on the militia side and started a conversation. Four riot cops came up to confront him until the militia called them off.

"He's good!" said militia leader Tara Brandau. "He just needed to know who we were."

"Okay!" said the cop with a thumbs up.

I took the opportunity to ask Brandau whether the incident (in the previous tweet) demonstrates BLM's point about racial bias in policing.

She contends that the police acted equitably, and would treat her side the same if she walked to the other side.

Here's my HD footage of the III% militia's presence at today's #Louisvilleprotest

All footage in this thread is available for license.

I hope you enjoyed this raw, independent coverage today. As I was here in Kentucky, I also had contributors in Virginia and DC filming for me, and I'll be publishing that work tomorrow.

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Followup: Here is the entirety of #NFAC leader #GrandmasterJay's speech at the #LouisvilleProtests. Video premiering now.

He promised that in four weeks, if there aren't answers in the #BreonnaTaylor case, to "Burn the motherfucker down."

My footage of yesterday's shooting in Louisville was licensed and aired by NBC. Watch it here!

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