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    Black Lives Matter protesters gather on the Hernando Desoto Bridge in Memphis, Tenn., today. Protesters angry over police killings of black people occupied the key bridge over the Mississippi River, blocking an interstate highway for hours.

MEMPHIS, Tennessee » Hundreds of protesters angry over police killings of black people occupied a key bridge over the Mississippi River tonight, blocking an interstate highway for hours before officers moved them off.

Traffic on Interstate 40 stopped in both directions after Black Lives Matter protesters marched onto the bridge. Police in squad cars tried to stop them, but several hundred had already made their way up the ramp, and the crowd swelled to more than 1,000.

Interim police director Michael Rallings locked arms in solidarity with people marching off the bridge. Several hundred remained until riot police with shields slowly pushed them off.

Earlier Sunday police kept watch on about 100 people honoring Ku Klux Klan leader Nathan Bedford Forrest in the city park where he is buried.

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  • The Clintons have simultaneously depended on black voters and thrown black voters under the bus for years now. Bill Clinton’s comments on Thursday were not the result of someone tired of being protested; his comments were the result of someone who has no shame in using black voters to get what they want.

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