Gunshots erupted during a planned protest in Louisville, Kentucky on Saturday, and three members of the heavily armed militia group, “Not F — ing Around Coalition” (NFAC), were wounded by gunfire from one of their own armed members. Police told Fox News.
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The shooting took place near Baxter Square Park around 1 p.m. and all of the victims were transported to the University of Louisville Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, the Louisville Metro Police Department told Fox News.
Protesters ducked behind cars and dispersed to flee the area, a WHAS11 reporter wrote on Twitter.
One of the NFAC members spoke to a crowd of protesters and said “we had a little accident, it happens,” said the journalist.
Earlier in the day, LMPD officers were on high alert, aware of the possibility of violence by highly armed black-clad militants, many of whom are not from Kentucky, claiming that they are defending the Constitution and denouncing the death of Breonna Taylor.
Members of a group of NFAC-affiliated protesters, most with firearms, gather to march on July 25, 2020 in Louisville, Kentucky. The group marches in response to the murder of Breonna Taylor. (Photo by Brett Carlsen / Getty Images)
Other racial justice protesters who have organized peaceful marches daily since Taylor’s death in March clashed with NFAC militants, saying they disagree with their tactics of displaying weapons and weapons.
Black Lives Matter’s Louisville organization has distanced itself from the coalition, accusing the armed group of being “outside agitators,” the WDRB reported.
Protesters from all groups have demanded justice for Taylor, a 26-year-old EMT, who was shot eight times when agents stormed his home on Springfield Drive, firing more than 20 rounds, while conducting a narcotics investigation on March 13.
No drugs were found in the house.
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One of the three officers involved in the fatal instance was fired from the department last month, and two other officers were placed on administrative leave.
