Louisville Turns Violent As Darkness Falls -- Gunfire and Violent Street Mobs Doing Damage

AP featured image — Louisville police detain a a group who marched, Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2020, in Louisville, Ky. A grand jury has indicted one officer on criminal charges six months after Breonna Taylor was fatally shot by police in Kentucky. The jury presented its decision against fired officer Brett Hankison Wednesday to a judge in Louisville, where the shooting took place. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

As I was going through various video clips, and trying to assemble them in some rough chronological order to depict how events unfolded, I found myself working from the mindset I’ve developed going through similar videos from Portland. The sequencing is usually the same — protestors marching and chanting in large groups, followed by smaller groups of agitators doing dumb stuff like umbrella parades and shield walls, and then come the hardcore agitators who want to go nose-to-nose with the police. The “tit-for-tat” game of of cat & mouse played out in the streets of Portland until the Portland law enforcement authorities declared an “unlawful assembly”, a couple dozen arrests were made, the remaining protesters leaked away, and the scene returned to normal 4-5 hours after everyting started. This went on night after night in Portland, while residents and business in the areas of the riots suffered.

So I spent time looking through the videos from Louisville tonight and I suddenly had the thought that has ocurred to me from time to time in looking at activities in other cities — Kentucky isn’t Oregon, and Louisville isn’t Kentucky.

As this point in time, the videos reflected below show that Kentucky law enforcement planned for how they would address the aftermath of the announcements concerning the killing of Breonna Taylor. As you can see for yourself, the Louisville Police, assisted by several other state and federal agencies, were ready to deal with rioting from the very start. The broke up the groups where necessary and made arrests. They let the peaceful protesters march, but anything that went beyond that met with a forceful police response. As a result, at least up to this point, the any “organized” rioting is being held to a minimum.

Boards on justice hall in downtown Louisville have been set on fire by BLM/Antifa Marxists.

Tommy Robinson pic.twitter.com/lANEE13Dh1

— Dogz Bollox🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿Right Wing News (@Bollocks_Dogz) September 23, 2020

Fires burn in downtown Louisville as darkness falls and BLM/Antifa Marxists rampage, also notice the 'Biden/Antifa' sign, speaks volumes.

Tommy Robinson pic.twitter.com/ImRIoQQTdo

— Dogz Bollox🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿Right Wing News (@Bollocks_Dogz) September 24, 2020

Louisville police guarding city hall in large numbers. pic.twitter.com/6Gs9Sl8sZI

— Dogz Bollox🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿Right Wing News (@Bollocks_Dogz) September 23, 2020

Back up has arrived in Louisville as BLM/Antifa Marxists rampage through the city.

Tommy Robinson pic.twitter.com/wQwvPo7x1s

— Dogz Bollox🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿Right Wing News (@Bollocks_Dogz) September 24, 2020

The FBI is here as well #Louisville #LouisvilleProtests #BreonnaTaylor pic.twitter.com/nTKzmZoiBU

— Brendan Gutenschwager (@BGOnTheScene) September 24, 2020

Chaos in Louisville as officer is shot by BLM/Antifa Marxists.

Tommy Robinson pic.twitter.com/QsGXpm8rZJ

— Dogz Bollox🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿Right Wing News (@Bollocks_Dogz) September 24, 2020

One the gun play started, the police responded in a reasonable fashion – they brought out theirs.

LOUISVILLE – LMPD carrying real rifles, and ditched the non-lethal rounds after shots were fired at officers — 1 injured

— FJ News Reporter (@FJNewsReporter) September 24, 2020

Guns are drawn here in downtown Louisville #Louisville #LouisvilleProtests #BreonnaTaylor pic.twitter.com/NTSgC0ya5j

— Brendan Gutenschwager (@BGOnTheScene) September 24, 2020

Police are starting to crack down on the BLM marchers in Louisville. People started to scatter. pic.twitter.com/rXS3yqXtQp

— Julio Rosas (@Julio_Rosas11) September 24, 2020

Police storm in to demand protesters disperse #Louisville #LouisvilleProtests #BreonnaTaylor pic.twitter.com/ZsM75mEyB5

— Brendan Gutenschwager (@BGOnTheScene) September 24, 2020

Now there are reports of at least one more shooting with Louisville Police officers being the victims.

BREAKING VIDEO – Second round of shots ring in Louisville pic.twitter.com/ID4GLy4ZsZ

— FJ News Reporter (@FJNewsReporter) September 24, 2020

We are all on the ground right now and police are taking people and putting them in zip tie cuffs pic.twitter.com/eIJJF1t1Ub

— Shelby Talcott (@ShelbyTalcott) September 24, 2020

The scene along Main Street in downtown Louisville, desolate here tonight as the curfew and police lockdown of the area are underway #Louisville #LouisvilleProtests #BreonnaTaylor pic.twitter.com/d82G6O2itq

— Brendan Gutenschwager (@BGOnTheScene) September 24, 2020

Seeing a lot of videos from protests taking place around the country. Will probably to one more roundup later. Unlikely to focus just on Louisville — there’s always Portland you know.