New Orleans police used tear gas to disperse protesters. This was reported on the city police on Twitter.
#NOPD threw teargas at peaceful protestors on the interstate. As in, on a BRIDGE on the interstate. Protestors are retreating now #NewOrleansProtest #BlackLivesMatter pic.twitter.com/SqAEH5xgWv
— Voters Organized to Educate (@justice_votes) June 4, 2020
Riots in the US continue after the death of African-American George Floyd at the hands of a policeman in Minneapolis.
#NOPD threw teargas at peaceful protestors on the interstate. As in, on a BRIDGE on the interstate. Protestors are retreating now #NewOrleansProtest #BlackLivesMatter pic.twitter.com/SqAEH5xgWv
— Voters Organized to Educate (@justice_votes) June 4, 2020
It is noted that gas was used after the protesters refused to comply with the order “do not try to cross the Crescent City Connection bridge.”
At the same time, the police indicate that they were forced to resort to such actions “in response to escalation and physical confrontation with the police.”
#NOPD threw teargas at peaceful protestors on the interstate. As in, on a BRIDGE on the interstate. Protestors are retreating now #NewOrleansProtest #BlackLivesMatter pic.twitter.com/SqAEH5xgWv
— Voters Organized to Educate (@justice_votes) June 4, 2020