Armed police supporters and anti-racism demonstrators square off at Kentucky Derby

Louisville - Armed police supporters and anti-racism demonstrators clashed in Louisville on Saturday before the Kentucky Derby horse race, while Rochester police used tear gas to disperse protesters, as discord in cities across the United States continued to simmer.

Louisville has emerged as a key flashpoint in a summer of unrest because of outrage over the death of Breonna Taylor, a 26-year-old Black woman who was killed in March when the city's police burst into her apartment using a so-called"no-knock" arrest warrant that did not require them to announce themselves.

Members of a Black militia group called the NFAC gather after marching in protest over the police killing of Breonna Taylor on the day of the Kentucky Derby horse race in Louisville. Picture: Jim Urquhart/Reuters Stevens, who was armed and dressed in tactical gear, told protesters he was not there to oppose them, according to the Louisville Courier-Journal. He said his group had come because of a threat made by NFAC leader Johnson in July to"burn the city to the ground" if justice was not done in the Taylor case, the Courier-Journal reported.

Demonstrators started their march at the site of Prude's arrest. It was the fourth night of protests, which came after Prude's family released body camera footage showing officers pinned Prude to the pavement and restrained him with a hood.

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