NEW: Journalists in Louisville, Kentucky, covering local protests Friday night appeared to be deliberately hit by pepper balls fired by a police officer.
"This city that has had a legacy of black mayors and black police chiefs," Bottoms said."if you care about this city then go home. This won't change anything."
The mayor said Atlanta rapper T.I. and activist Killer Mike, who later took to the same lectern at a news conference to urge peace,"own half the Westside -- so when you burn down this city you’re burning down our community."Bernice King, daughter of Martin Luther King, Jr., also delivered remarks at the news conference, noting her father, born in Atlanta, was steadfast about nonviolent protest."The only pathway I know how to do this is through nonviolent means," she said.
Some of those protestors targeted CNN's nearby building, breaking windows and defacing the large CNN sign outside the building. A small group of police officers entered the buildings to ensure protestors did remained on the outside. CNN broadcast scenes from the building's lobby where law enforcement had been positioned. At one point, some small explosions that appeared to be firecrackers thrown by protestors into the building pushed CNN's Nick Valencia to retreat farther into the building.
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