Hundreds of people gather for protests across the nation

There were again hundreds of people gathering in cities across the country for protests after two men were shot and killed by police and five officers were killed in a sniper ambush in Dallas.

Atlanta

Several protesters calling for police reform are gathered at Woodruff Park and Centennial Park in downtown Atlanta, our sister station WSB-TV reported.

This is the fourth consecutive night protesters have taken to the streets of Atlanta in response to recent police shootings across the nation.

Protesters gathered at Woodruff Park joined protesters at Centennial Park and the large group of protesters are marching through the streets of downtown Atlanta.

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Memphis

A protest intended to remain in downtown Memphis Sunday evening escalated quickly, with the Hernando de Soto Bridge forcing to be shut down for hours.

After thousands of protesters marched throughout the streets of downtown, they made their way on to the Hernando de Soto Bridge, with the bridge having to be shut down immediately.

Photos obtained by our sister station FOX13 show some protesters climbing on top of trucks, who were stopped on the I-40 bridge.

Columbia, S.C.

Several hundred people who started their day protesting the reappearance of the Confederate flag outside the South Carolina Statehouse were keeping up their protests into the night Sunday.

The crowd was blocking a major intersection in downtown Columbia a block from the Statehouse complex.

Police were out in force and a helicopter was monitoring the situation from overhead.

Earlier Sunday the South Carolina Secessionist Party temporarily raised a Confederate battle flag at the same site where it was taken down by a vote of the legislature a year ago.

Boston

More than 100 people started at Downtown Crossing and marched to Dudley Station in Boston in the name of Black Lives Matter, our sister station FOX25 Boston reported.

"We have to do better as a culture. We have to do better.  This is the United States of America.  And everybody is supposed to be equal equality is all we are here for," said Maruis Anderson, a protester. Related Headlines

The Facebook event said it was to be a peaceful protest, and it was. Officers have followed the protest the entire route, as they walked about three miles down Boylston to Mass Ave and then turning on Washington Street, ending at Dudley Square Plaza.

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