Peaceful Black Lives Matter protests continue in South Florida

BLM protest in courthouse Black Lives Matter protesters meet outside Miami-Dade County Courthouse Friday afternoon in downtown Miami. (SKY10)

MIAMI, Fla. — Black Lives Matter protesters met in areas of Miami-Dade and Broward counties to protest on Friday afternoon.

Dozens met in downtown Miami at the Torch of Friendship monument in Biscayne Park and a group of Parkland students met in Coral Springs.

RELATED LINK: Downtown Miami protest disrupts traffic on I-95, I-395, Brickell, Biscayne

Miami protest downtown June 12 Protesters meat Friday afternoon at Bayfront Park in downtown Miami.

Officers warned the protests’ marches in both areas were going to cause "significant interruptions to vehicular and pedestrian traffic and business operations."

RELATED LINK: Group of attorneys protests in Fort Lauderdale

There were also protests in Weston public library, at Broward College, at Shiloh Missionary Baptist Church in Fort Lauderdale and at the Broward Courthouse in Fort Lauderdale.

RELATED LINK: Dozens of protesters meet in Coral Springs

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