About 200 Black Lives Matter protesters stormed the streets of Rochester, New York on Monday in what began as an afternoon anti-police protest.
The protest was in response to a nine-year-old girl who was pepper-sprayed by police late last week. An officer used handcuffs and “an irritant” on the minor who reportedly threatened to harm herself,
The protesters marched toward a police station, and as darkness blanketed the city, so did aggression and violence.
They then began overturning police barricades in an attempt to approach the station.
Protesters have started taking the fence down and moving closer to the police station. #ROCpic.twitter.com/FCOUU3ksjO