Prominent activist held: Reports
BY Agencies11 July 2016 10:41 PM GMT
Agencies11 July 2016 10:41 PM GMT
A prominent Black Lives Matter activist livestreamed his own arrest at a protest in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, US media reported, as tensions rise between US police and racial minority groups.
The demonstration was one of several in US cities following the death of two African-American men shot dead by white police officers, their dying moments captured in shocking video footage that went viral online.
One of those killed was Alton Sterling, shot dead by a police officer in Baton Rouge, in the southern state of Louisiana.
Black Lives Matter activist DeRay McKesson traveled to Baton Rouge for the protest on Saturday, and was walking on the side of a road livestreaming the demonstration on Periscope.
“Police have been provocateurs all night,” he says in the video. “We aren’t blocking the street or anything.”
“No justice, no peace, no racist police!” activists chant, as police cruisers follow the group.
Then suddenly the video is interrupted. “City Police.
You’re under arrest - don’t fight me,” a voice says.
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