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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forumsbig 'ol red state of tennessee: I-24 shut down as protesters block roadway
NASHVILLE, TN (WSMV) -
Protesters shut down Interstate 24 in both directions twice Tuesday evening.
Dozens of people gathered at the Criminal Justice Center Tuesday evening for a vigil following Monday's announcement in Ferguson, MO, that Ofc. Darren Wilson would not be charged in the shooting death of 18-year-old Michael Brown.
The vigil turned into a march as people headed to Broadway. Police blocked streets as the protesters lied down in the roadway for a moment of silence.
The protesters then made their way to LP Field and onto I-24 near Woodland Street.
The vigil turned into a march as people headed to Broadway. Police blocked streets as the protesters lied down in the roadway for a moment of silence.
The protesters then made their way to LP Field and onto I-24 near Woodland Street.
Read more: http://www.wsmv.com/story/27483743/protestors-close-i-24-near-lp-field#ixzz3K92DFQOB
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big 'ol red state of tennessee: I-24 shut down as protesters block roadway (Original Post)
spanone
Nov 2014
OP
I'm glad to see this in our State! Maybe some of the "South Bashers" will realize we're not ALL
Ghost in the Machine
Nov 2014
#3
Nashville to Louisville is I-65, but they run together for a while in Nashville.
DemocraticWing
Nov 2014
#8
Nashville has a special place in the history of the Civil Rights Movement.
DemocraticWing
Nov 2014
#9
sheshe2
(83,669 posts)1. My heart breaks spanone
Fawke Em
(11,366 posts)2. Had one over here in KnoxVegas, too.
http://www.wate.com/story/27484169/people-march-in-knoxville-to-protest-ferguson-decision
Wasn't as big, but it happened.
Wasn't as big, but it happened.
Ghost in the Machine
(14,912 posts)3. I'm glad to see this in our State! Maybe some of the "South Bashers" will realize we're not ALL
backwoods slack-jawed knuckle-draggers down here. K&R
Peace,
Ghost
Comrade Grumpy
(13,184 posts)4. Kick for Nashville and Knoxville, too!
grasswire
(50,130 posts)5. family driving from Nashville to Louisville tonight
Is that I 24?
DemocraticWing
(1,290 posts)8. Nashville to Louisville is I-65, but they run together for a while in Nashville.
I'm hearing there are protestors on I-65 too. Don't know what's going down in Louisville now, but I know earlier they had a bridge shut down.
Cha
(296,893 posts)6. There's always HOPE, spanone.. Mahalo~
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Michael Brown
dixiegrrrrl
(60,010 posts)7. This is obviously organized across all the protests.
'Cause protesters in Seattle, and other cities are also shutting down major Freeways, last night and today.
DemocraticWing
(1,290 posts)9. Nashville has a special place in the history of the Civil Rights Movement.
Glad to see some of that protest spirit has survived into the 21st century. For all the perceptions of Tennessee, the city of Nashville is one of the good places anywhere.