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Hundreds in Wichita peacefully protest police shootings

Tuesday night protest march in Wichita -photo courtesy KSN
Tuesday night protest march in Wichita -photos courtesy KSN

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Hundreds of people have gathered in Wichita for a peaceful protest against recent fatal police shootings.

TV station KWCH reports (https://bit.ly/29CEcpc ) a group of about 400 people demonstrated Tuesday evening. The crowd met at a park and walked toward Interstate 135, where state troopers prevented them from accessing the highway.

The group moved on and continued marching for about three hours, ending at a park around 10 p.m. Among their chants was, “Black lives matter. All lives matter.”

Screen Shot 2016-07-12 at 9.00.08 PMNo injuries were reported.

The protest comes after the recent fatal police shootings of Alton Sterling in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and Philando Castile in Falcon Heights, Minnesota.

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