Protesters march in Milwaukee in response to Breonna Taylor decision

Protesters are marching through Milwaukee after a Kentucky grand jury indicted one officer on charges of wanton endangerment related to the fatal shooting of Breonna Taylor.

A group of protesters marching east on Interstate 94 in Milwaukee blocked traffic for a time Wednesday evening before getting off the 13th Street exit.

According to livestreams of the situation, Milwaukee County Sheriff's Office deputies appeared to be walking in front of the group on I-94.

The group was marching through the east side as of 10 p.m. Those walking were trailed by a caravan of vehicles.

"The whole damn system is guilty as hell," the protesters chanted Wednesday night.

"Say her name," a leader chanted. "Breonna Taylor," the group responded.

Earlier in the day the group gathered at the Milwaukee County Courthouse and pulled the state and American flags off the poles.

The Milwaukee protest group known as the Peoples Revolution has organized daily marches or acts of activism since the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis in late May.

After the first chaotic days of protest, leaders brought structure to the energized crowds that crisscrossed Milwaukee for weeks.

The group marching Wednesday night employed the same methods:

A handful of lead cars drives ahead of the marchers and shut down traffic. People walking at the front of the group announce through bullhorns that no one is allowed to pass them. Then the lines of cars follow, drivers honking their horns and playing music.

The Peoples Revolution activists have devoted much of their energy to the cases of Alvin Cole, shot and killed in February by Wauwatosa Police Officer Joseph Mensah, and Joel Acevedo, who died after off-duty Milwaukee Police Officer Michael Mattioli put him in a chokehold during a fight at the officer's house. 

This story will be updated.

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