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Louisville Community Leader On Protests: 'People Want To See Something Different'

Sadiqa Reynolds, president of the Louisville Urban League, says the protests — which have been peaceful and diverse in her city — are "changing the way the criminal justice system has to respond."
Demonstrators gather outside City Hall in Louisville, Ky., on May 29 to protest of police violence.

Louisville, Ky., has been a center of protests after police shot and killed Breonna Taylor in March. A lot has happened in the city since then.

Last Thursday night, seven people were shot and injured during protests calling for justice for Taylor, George Floyd and other unarmed black Americans killed recently.

Sadiqa Reynolds

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