Akron, Ohio, to end curfew imposed after police killing of Black man
(Reuters) – The Ohio metropolis of Akron plans to elevate a curfew imposed within the wake of unruly protests that broke out after police launched video of officers killing an unarmed Black man, Mayor Dan Horrigan introduced on Tuesday.
Demonstrators took to the streets after police on Sunday launched physique digicam video that confirmed eight officers capturing Jayland Walker as many as 60 occasions as he fled a visitors cease on June 27.
Daytime protests on Sunday had been peaceable, however regardless of pleas from the Walker household for calm, some demonstrators broke storefront home windows and broken property in central Akron, prompting police to disperse the gang with tear gasoline.
In response, Horrigan imposed a curfew from 9 p.m. to six a.m. and canceled Fourth of July fireworks shows.
On Monday, a small demonstration was orderly and the general public revered the curfew, and Horrigan mentioned in an announcement he deliberate to elevate the curfew on Wednesday, anticipating that additional demonstrations would stay peaceable.
“In an effort to assist all those that are peacefully protesting, I plan to elevate the curfew in our downtown footprint beginning tomorrow,” Horrigan mentioned.
The capturing of Walker, 25, marks the most recent in a sequence of police killings of unarmed Black males, elevating questions on police use of power and equal justice for African Individuals.
(Reporting by Daniel Trotta; Modifying by Leslie Adler)
