WATCH: Lexington Police release body camera video to refute racism, chokehold claims

WATCH: Lexington Police release body camera video to refute racism, chokehold claims

Protesters' new accusations of violence and racism with body camera video showing the moments yesterday when they arrested five protesters.

We have our own video of some of those arrests.

Police say the protesters were blocking traffic...standing in the street when the traffic light was green.

Protesters say two black women were arrested in a crosswalk...while two white men doing the same thing... weren't arrested.

Now, i want to play you what happened as seen on police body camera.

Police body cam: 14:12-14:26 it's green.

It's green.

Go.

No no no.

Protesters also say officers used a chokehold yesterday during a peaceful protest when police have promised chokeholds are only used in life or death situations.

They shared these photos showing that moment.

Now, here it is from the police perspective.

You see officers heading to arrest another woman when a man tries to interfere.

Police say officers did not use a choke hold on that man...instead they say an officer wrapped his arm around the man to pull him away from another officer...they then took him to the ground and arrested him.

Protesters brought their march to lexington mayor linda gorton's house today.

They say she hasn't addressed many of their concerns...and hasn't said anything about yesterday's arrests...which they believe show the lexington police department has a racism and violence problem.

A statement from the mayor's office says in part: "the mayor is committed to, and is working on,