© Sam Upshaw Jr./Courier JournalLMPD blocked off scene of a shooting, Jefferson Square Park, Louisville, KY, June 27, 2020.
Tents will no longer be allowed at Jefferson Square Park at any time, Louisville Metro Police Department officials said Sunday, i
n the aftermath of Saturday night's chaotic fatal shooting at the site of the ongoing Breonna Taylor protests.But demonstrators have said they aren't planning to close up shop any time soon. "The community that was built there is not ending because they decided to throw us out," Shameka Parrish-Wright said at a
Kentucky Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression press conference Sunday morning.
Most protesters in the park over the course of the past month have been "largely peaceful," LMPD spokesman Lamont Washington wrote in an overnight statement, and interim Chief Robert Schroeder echoed that notion in a Sunday afternoon press briefing.
But Saturday's shooting, which left one man dead, changed the situation."We are now clearing the park, and it will stay cleared," Washington wrote in a 4:05 a.m. statement. "Peaceful gatherings can continue during the day, but we will not allow people to stay overnight. No tents of any kind will be allowed at any time of day."
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