Black Lives Matter protests continued in Indianapolis for the fifth night Tuesday and ended peacefully without police confrontation, despite many protesters marching well past a 9 p.m. curfew.

To those who knew former Indiana University football player Chris Beaty, it was no surprise that he would participate in a protest over the death of George Floyd.

Side Effects Public Media's Lauren Bavis spoke with Ogbonnaya Omenka, a professor of public health and health disparities at Butler University, about protesting during a pandemic.

Attorneys representing the family of Dreasjon "Sean" Reed, a black man killed by Indianapolis police last month, spoke out Wednesday and said they are asking the federal government to investigate his death.

Health care providers say they marching against systemic racism in health care, and health disparities -- calling it a public health crisis.

The protest, White Coats For Black Lives, was organized to address health disparities and racism in medicine.

For the sixth night hundreds of protestors took to the streets of downtown Indianapolis.

The latest curfew order is effective beginning at 9 p.m. Tuesday, through 6 a.m. Wednesday. The city says Indianapolis police will continue to engage residents with an education first approach.

Hundreds of people gathered in downtown Indianapolis Tuesday evening to protest police brutality and racial injustice.

The one-night extension is effective beginning at 8 p.m. Monday through 4 a.m. Tuesday. The order contains an earlier end time to accommodate Election Day voting, which begins at 6 a.m.