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Protesters calling for an end to evictions during the COVID-19 pandemic used pieces of furniture to block the intersection of Sixth and Jefferson streets on Saturday.
Louisville Metro Police officers move furniture out of the intersection of Sixth and Jefferson streets in downtown Louisville on Saturday, Aug. 8, 2020. Protesters left the furniture in the street to call for an end to evictions during the coronavirus pandemic.
Louisville Metro Police officers move furniture out of the intersection of Sixth and Jefferson streets in downtown Louisville on Saturday, Aug. 8, 2020. Protesters left the furniture in the street to call for an end to evictions during the coronavirus pandemic.
Louisville Metro Police officers move furniture out of the intersection of Sixth and Jefferson streets in downtown Louisville on Saturday, Aug. 8, 2020. Protesters left the furniture in the street to call for an end to evictions during the coronavirus pandemic.
Furniture blocks the intersection of Sixth and Jefferson streets in downtown Louisville on Saturday, Aug. 8, 2020. Protesters left the furniture in the street to call for an end to evictions during the coronavirus pandemic.
Furniture blocks the intersection of Sixth and Jefferson streets in downtown Louisville on Saturday, Aug. 8, 2020. Protesters left the furniture in the street to call for an end to evictions during the coronavirus pandemic.
Furniture blocks the intersection of Sixth and Jefferson streets in downtown Louisville on Saturday, Aug. 8, 2020. Protesters left the furniture in the street to call for an end to evictions during the coronavirus pandemic.
Furniture blocks the intersection of Sixth and Jefferson streets in downtown Louisville on Saturday, Aug. 8, 2020. Protesters left the furniture in the street to call for an end to evictions during the coronavirus pandemic.
Louisville Metro Police vehicles block the intersection of Fifth and Jefferson streets on Saturday, Aug. 8, 2020.
Louisville Metro Police officers stand in Sixth Street in downtown Louisville during an anti-eviction demonstration Saturday, Aug. 8, 2020. Protesters left the furniture in the street to call for an end to evictions during the coronavirus pandemic.
Protesters talk with Louisville Metro Police on Saturday, Aug. 8, 2020 in downtown Louisville.
A man talks with a Louisville Metro Police officer on Saturday, Aug. 8, 2020 in downtown Louisville.
Louisville Metro Police officers move furniture out of the intersection of Sixth and Jefferson streets in downtown Louisville on Saturday, Aug. 8, 2020. Protesters left the furniture in the street to call for an end to evictions during the coronavirus pandemic.
Louisville Metro Police officers move furniture out of the intersection of Sixth and Jefferson streets in downtown Louisville on Saturday, Aug. 8, 2020. Protesters left the furniture in the street to call for an end to evictions during the coronavirus pandemic.
Louisville Metro Police officers move furniture out of the intersection of Sixth and Jefferson streets in downtown Louisville on Saturday, Aug. 8, 2020. Protesters left the furniture in the street to call for an end to evictions during the coronavirus pandemic.
Louisville Metro Police arrest two individuals during a demonstration Saturday, Aug. 8, 2020 in downtown Louisville.
The Louisville Metro Police Department tows a silver SUV away from Sixth Street in downtown Louisville on Saturday, Aug. 8, 2020.
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Demonstrators left mattresses, couches, televisions, dressers, a washing machine and more in the middle of the downtown Louisville streets, which border the Hall of Justice, Metro Hall and Jefferson Square Park.
