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More than 100 armed members of the Not F*cking Around Coalition, a Black militia group, are standing in formation outside of Churchill Downs in Louisville, where the Kentucky Derby is being held today.

They outnumber Louisville police officers who are lined up across from them.
"We are the response," the militia group's leader says. "We are not the threat."

You can follow what's happening live via @CjHalliburton on FB: facebook.com/CJHalliburtonT…
It seems someone was just affected by the heat, with the group calling over a medic.

In July, a member of the group passed out in the heat and accidentally fired their gun, striking three people, the group's leader said, per @courierjournal: courier-journal.com/story/news/loc…
The NFAC militia leader just moved the group away from Churchill Downs after members of the larger racial justice protest (non-militia) arrived in the same area.

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