Update 9:45 p.m.: Protesters have blocked the entrance to Interstate 75 and police were asking the Ohio Department of Transportation to warn motorists to avoid I-75 in both directions because of "a police action" via the Artemis sign system.
Update 8:45 p.m.: The protesters traveled through Washington Park and back to District 1. At least a dozen officers stood out front, and a barrier was set up. Police did not address the protesters. The group then walked through the West End
Update: 8:16 p.m: The group has changed direction and is now moving toward Wasington Park.
Update 7:45 p.m. Telting said the group is going to continue to move around the city, hoping to gain new protesters to join the march. The rally is now crossing Central Parkway and heading south toward Fountain Square.
Police are keeping a distance. Cars are blocking streets and the entrance to the station is blocked. The march has been peaceful. As the rally moved down 12th Street, protesters protected each other from vehicles as they crowded the streets.
Update 7:09 p.m.: The group of protesters has moved along Main Street, from the courthouse to Cincinnati Police District One, a little more than a half-mile away. The group has about doubled in size since the protest got underway. There has been no scheduled programming and no speakers have addressed the group.
Protesters have signs, flags and banners and have been chanting as they walk. No violence has been reported.
White protestors are kneeling in front of the police station and shouting, “black lives matter”. Black protestors are standing.
Update: 6:20 p.m. More than three dozen people gathered outside the Hamilton County Courthouse Friday night to protest the death of George Floyd.
Jordan Telting organized today’s protest on Wednesday.
“We’re just tired of it. We’re tired of the police being above the law. We’re tired of the police using terrorist tactics to control our communities.”
“If you don’t stand for your rights, you’re going to lose those rights,” Telting just told the group through a megaphone.
The group then chanted “I can’t breathe.”
Passing cars honked in support.
Previous reporting: Protestors are preparing to rally at the Hamilton County Courthouse Friday night in response to the death of George Floyd, according to a Facebook group.
Floyd, a black man, died Monday in Minneapolis after a white police officer kneeled on his neck, ignoring Floyd's pleas that he could not breathe.
The Facebook group "Outraged and Organized" was started Thursday by Lindsey "Sharky" Wagner, a 31-year-old Madisonville resident who works at Over-the-Rhine's Louvino.
Wagner said Friday night's protest is not affiliated with her group, although members of the Facebook page discussed Friday's event in the comments.
About two dozen people were gathering at 6 p.m. It seems as though the rally was organized mere hours before it was set to begin. It's not clear who organized the protest.
And some members did not seem sure that it was happening at all.
"Everyone is aware about six pm at the courthouse tonight, correct?" one user wrote at 1:02 p.m. Friday.
"No it's not widespread enough yet," another user commented.
But a handful of others wrote declaratively that it was still on for 6 p.m. at the court house.
Other protests, rallies and events are being scheduled through the weekend.
In an email to The Enquirer, Wagner wrote that the events she has organized are aimed to show an act of solidarity.
"We are no longer afraid and the fires inside of us are burning hotter than the city of Minneapolis," she wrote.
The Enquirer will have reporters at the rally and will update this story.
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