Baton Rouge P.S.

Some police were struck in the head by the concrete, said State Police Superintendent Mike Edmonson, but no one was injured because police were wearing helmets.

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By 5:30 p.m., a large crowd of at least 1,000 people had formed at the corner of France Street and East Boulevard, in the Beauregard Town residential neighborhood just south of downtown Baton Rouge. Police in gas masks, riot shields and body armor responded to the area with armored police vehicles and ordered the protesters off the roadway.

Police immediately began making arrests, focusing on people who were standing in the road. Protesters responded by gathering in two large groups on private property, one of which was owned by a woman who allowed the protesters to stand in her yard. The protesters stood chanting at police slogans like "you are not the uniform" and "no racist police" until two more lines of police in riot gear moved in to flank the line of officers.

  NOLA

That's the language that incited violence?

Boxed in, protesters stood firm in the yards of the two properties and police began yanking people out of the crowd and marching them to awaiting police vehicles. The rest of the crowd began fleeing north on France Street, and police pursued them in armored vehicles. A few blocks away, some protesters began moving toward Interstate 10 and were arrested. That was when they began to throw concrete, Edmonson said.

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When asked whether the protesters were arrested because of what they were saying, Edmonson said no.

"The whole time when you sit there listening to them, their words were not conducive to a peaceful-type demonstration," he said.

No, but yes.

A police spokesman, Maj. Doug Cain, said in an interview after Edmonson's comments that the superintendent meant to say "actions" instead of words.

...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.