Police brutality protests have erupted across the country since May, when George Floyd died in the custody of Minneapolis police. But last week's decision in Louisville, Kentucky -- in which five of the six officers involved in the raid on Taylor's apartment saw no charges, while one was indicted but not for her actual killing -- stoked the country's already tense mood.
While most of the protests were peaceful, police made arrests after destruction and attacks on law enforcement in several cities.
Here is how some of those demonstrations played out:
Louisville
Protesters have been taking to the streets since Wednesday, the day the state attorney general announced the Taylor decision. On Saturday, police arrested 25 people on a variety of charges, including rioting, curfew violations and theft.
Fires were set, school windows were smashed, buildings were tagged with graffiti and a car in the Spalding University parking lot was set ablaze with fireworks inside, Louisville police said.
Video from a Louisville police helicopter showed a fire burning in the street near a church. Police also released videos showing shattered glass doors and a heavily damaged light sign just off the street.
The New York Police Department arrested at least a dozen protesters in Greenwich Village on Saturday, spokeswoman Denise Moroney said.
Eight individuals received summonses for disorderly conduct, she said.
The other four face charges including resisting arrest, obstructing governmental administration, walking on roadways and using an "amplified sound device" in a nearby park, she said in an email.
One man stands charged with assaulting a police officer.
Orange County, California
A 40-year-old woman was arrested and charged with attempted murder and assault after hitting two protesters with a vehicle during a demonstration on Saturday in Yorba Linda, Orange County Sheriff's Department spokeswoman Carrie Braun said.
The protesters were taken to a hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, she said.
Bystander footage showed a white car charge through a clutch of protesters, knocking some of them to the ground, as several others gave chase. Motorcycle police pulled over the driver and police in tactical gear held back an angry crowd as the driver was arrested, the video shows.
It's not clear what happened before the bystander's recording.
Between 250 and 300 protesters from opposing groups were marching around the city when the incident occurred, Braun said.
There were reports of fights and people using pepper spray on each other, as well as reports of people carrying firearms, she said. After the sheriff's department declared an unlawful assembly, the groups dispersed, Braun said.
Portland, Oregon
After a day of mostly peaceful protests in Portland, the demonstrations turned violent as night fell Saturday, prompting police to declare a downtown gathering unlawful and make several arrests.
Antifa, Black Lives Matter and the Proud Boy, a right-wing group, all staged rallies at separate parks during the day Saturday, resulting i
