Protesters marched in Richmond, Virginia on Saturday June 25th.
Group of protesters leave Monroe Park on VCU’s campus.
The crowd stopped on Cary Street for photos. The two men to the far-left are Boogaloo Boys, a militant far-right anti-government movement.
The front of the crowd as the hundreds of protesters moved through downtown.
The crowd often stopped at intersections to pose for pictures.
The crowd paused briefly on Broad Street
People in cars honked and cheered for protesters.
Dump trucks blocked Grace Street as the crowd approached the police headquarters.
Police officers stood in riot gear.
The crowd started to fill the parking lot across from the police station.
People sat on the dump truck in the back of the lot watching the protest. As another dump truck was lit on fire, these people jumped off of this truck and ran.
The police form a tighter line as protesters continue to fill the parking lot.
Police tweet out u lawful assembly declaration.
Someone in the crowd lit a dump truck on fire.
The dump truck burns as flash bangs and tear gas is deployed by police.
Tear gas and flash bangs were deployed by RPD into the crowd.
More smoke and explosions as the crowd runs south.
Smoke and tear gas fill the air.
Firefighters arrived to extinguish the dump truck fire.
Police briefly detained reporters from the Richmond Times-Dispatch and Commonwealth Times.
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