Akron police said Monday evening that “approximately 50 adults” were arrested and that officers used tear gas during the previous night’s protests over the police killing of Jayland Walker.
A release from a department spokesman said that the people were arrested on various charges after a team of officers ordered the crowd to disperse from the Summit County Justice Center shortly after a curfew was imposed at 12 a.m. Monday.
The release said that those arrested were charged with either rioting, failure to disperse or misconduct during an emergency. Some are from the city of Akron and Summit County, and others are from adjoining counties, the release said. The police spokesman, Lt. Michael Miller, said the department echoed Walker’s family’s calls for protests to remain peaceful.
News reports showed Monday’s demonstrations featured a few dozen demonstrators marching peacefully through the city and no major incidents reported as of 5:30 p.m.on Horrigan to order police to focus on de-escalating tensions with protesters and to not call in the National Guard.
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