Police are moving through downtown clearing streets one by one ... firing round after round of rubber bullets as they go.
One protester has just run past showing me a large weald on his chest. At one junction we show our press passes but are told by the police to get off the street.
When we attempt to say that the mayor and police chief have made it clear that the media are free to operate in the curfew zone, one officer tells us, "We can arrest you whoever you are"
Where we are on San Pedro street, the crowd has thinned out considerably. Just a few small clusters of protesters, in twos and threes, some still carrying flags, engaged in a game of cat and mouse across this square mile of city centre space
Greg Abbott, the Texas governor, has just confirmed media reports that National Guard forces will be deployed in his state.
"Texas National Guard will be deployed to locations across the state to ensure peace & order," Abbott says in a post on X, external.
"Peaceful protest is legal. Harming a person or property is illegal & will lead to arrest. Texas Guard will use every tool & strategy to help law enforcement maintain order," he adds.
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