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Police and protesters in Philadelphia on June 1. During a large demonstration, hundreds of protesters split off from the group and marched onto Interstate 676 (Vine Street Expressway). When they were approximately halfway through a tunnel, a SWAT team appeared and began firing rubber bullets at protesters, prompting them to retreat.
Protests continued on May 29, with protesters disrupting traffic at Front Street. Some protesters threw water bottles, rocks, and bricks and shot fireworks at officers. Additional businesses in the Short North district were looted. Five police officers were injured during the protests. The Columbus Police Department declared an emergency.
On June 27, 2022, at approximately 12:30 a.m., Akron, Ohio, police officers killed Jayland Walker, a 25-year-old American black man from Akron. Following a traffic stop and car chase, officers pursued on foot and fired more than 90 times at Walker. [177] The day of the shooting, protesters gathered outside the police department in downtown Akron.
Police departments in the U.S. have become interested in the strategy, especially after heavy criticism of police responses to nationwide protests for racial justice in 2020.
Philadelphia Police Commissioner Danielle Outlaw will step down this month to help lead a New York-area transit system, the mayor said Tuesday, ending a turbulent three years in which she guided ...
The two, who have never met in person, will square off at 9pm ET (0100 GMT) for a 90-minute debate hosted by ABC News. Police are bracing for protests, with pro-Palestinian groups angry with ...
Columbus, Ohio: Police fired a wooden bullet at a woman near a protest, striking her in the chin. [21] May 29, 2020 Dallas, Texas: A CBS news crew was caught in tear gas. [22] May 29, 2020 Denver, Colorado: KMGH-TV news crew reported police targeting them with paintballs and tear gas. Their photographer was shot four times and their camera was ...
Ohio State, Miami University join Gaza protests William Oakley Thompson was president in 1931 when a professor of sociology had his tenure broken and was fired after speaking at a rally for ...