It is the second night of protests for justice for #BreonnaTaylor in downtown #Louisville.

A large group of protesters at 6th and Jefferson near the Hall of Justice are peaceful and quiet, holding signs with occasional chants of "No justice, no peace."
A small crowd that met at the Ali Center is now heading to the larger group at 6th and Jefferson.

Crowd leaders are stressing keeping it peaceful: "Give them no reason to shoot."
The protestors are ready: This is one of a handful of stockpiles of water, milk, snacks, and baking powder. #Louisville.
As most of the protestors are taking seven laps for the seven times #BreonnaTaylor was shot by police, a string stands silently across Jefferson St.
"No justice, no peace, prosecute the police." #Louisville #BreonnaTaylor
A silent moment of kneeling before the growing crowd begins another lap.

Easily hundreds here at the protest for #BreonnaTaylor
"The whole damn system is guilty as hell." #BreonnaTaylor
Each lap for #BreonnaTaylor, a line of predominantly white people block them from any traffic.

"The Change Is Gonna Come" is playing softly from a Bluetooth speaker.
At least some of the crowd is moving down Jefferson St. and then right on Fourth St.

Still really peaceful, outside of the car horns. #Louisville
Tensions skyrocketing at Hall of Justice in #Louisville

Several loud bangs, smell of spray paint as someone paints "Fuck cops" on the wall, an American flag on fire.

Chants of "I can't breathe."
Shattered glass and fire near a lower level entrance to the Hall of Justice. #BreonnaTaylor #Louisville
A moment of silence then two loud bangs down by the Hall of Justice doors.

There are cops are the bottom of the doors inside the building, I'm told.

Several protestors are trying to deescalate and things are calming.

#Louisville
Cops are inside. On the upper level, protestors are throwing things at the windows as more cops watch inside. #Louisville
After several protestors asked white people to get in front of the crowd, they've moved to one block over to the Dept. Of Corrections.

And we got tear gas.
It was calming down before cops threw tear gas in downtown #Louisville.

Cops in riot gear are slowly approaching down Liberty.
Cops in riot gear where the initial #BreonnaTaylor protest was.

Not a lot of protestors in this area.
Everyone is being forced out by cops. I'm at Fifth and Jefferson now.
The bulk of the crowd seems to be at Fifth and Jefferson now.

Tear gas is being thrown one way, forcing people to run, and then an armored truck is coming the opposite way.
A prisoner transport vehicle (not an ambulance) has arrived as cops line across Jefferson.

Protestors line closer to Hall of Justice, hands up.

"No justice, no peace."

#BreonnaTaylor
Protestors heading down Sixth St. now in #Louisville.

They're blocking traffic. #BreonnaTaylor
Trash cans are on fire, melting, on Sixth Street.

#Louisville
Protestors are breaking windows of the Subway while garbage cans melt into the street.

Someone across the street is begging them to stop and return to the Hall of Justice to protest.
All night, there has seemed to be two factions in #Louisville: A smaller one fighting violence with violence, but a much larger one urging everyone to protest peacefully.
A handful of people are breaking the glass doors of Republic Bank at Sixth and Market.

A door has been opened. Someone went inside but I'm not sure if they came out.

#BreonnaTaylor #Louisville
#Louisville, Ky. 10:43 p.m.
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