Two high-profile nationwide critics of police violence had been arrested in Akron Wednesday night time as protests over the dying of Jayland Walker continued.
Police made quite a few others arrests, in response to court docket information, and social media posts displaying folks being detained downtown exterior the Stubbs Justice Middle. Hours earlier Akron Mayor Dan Horrigan lifted a 9 p.m. to six a.m. curfew for the downtown, saying he hoped folks would stay peaceable.
Walker, 25, died after being shot 60 instances June 27 by Akron cops following a quick chase.
One video reveals an Akron officer punching a person who was resisting arrest within the head downtown, with folks claiming the person was Jacob Blake, 55, of Winston Salem, NC.
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Blake’s son, Jacob Jr., in 2020 was shot by police in Kenosha, Wisconsin, and left partially paralyzed.
Shortly thereafter, there was a major police presence exterior Cleveland Clinic Akron Normal Hospital.
There have been stories that police used tear fuel Wednesday night time.
Akron police Thursday morning mentioned they had been gathering data on what occurred in a single day and couldn’t instantly affirm using tear fuel or the variety of folks arrested. The division plans to launch extra data this morning.
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Akron Municipal Court docket information present quite a few folks had been arrested in a single day on riot-related expenses, together with Blake who was charged with riot, resisting arrest, failure to disperse and disorderly conduct. All are misdemeanors.
Additionally arrested was Bianca Taylor, 41, of Louisville, Ky. She is the aunt of Breonna Taylor, a medical employee who was shot and killed by Louisville police in a March 2020 raid on her condo in that metropolis. Taylor is charged with riot, disorderly conduct, and failure to disperse.
Native activists are planning an 11 a.m. press convention Thursday to denounce the “militarized occupation” of Akron the place there “are weapons pointed at us with tear fuel and pepper spray choking us.”
Earlier this week, police mentioned 49 folks had been arrested when protests that had been peaceable turned violent late Sunday night time. Property injury to downtown enterprise included shattered home windows, overturned fixtures and plant stands and several other small fires being set. Officers deployed tear fuel to disperse crowds of protesters.
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