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'City gonna burn': Akron police fire tear gas to quell rioters
- [Daily Mail, Where America Gets Its News] On the fourth day of protests on Sunday after the shooting death of Jayland Walker, police in Akron fired tear gas on protesters outside of a courthouse
- Walker was shot dead on June 27 after being hit 60 times by police officers following a traffic stop
- One reporter said that cops used at least 'a dozen' tear gas cans on protesters
- Following the deployment of tear gas, most of the protesters dispersed
- A statement from the Fraternal Order of Police said that the car that Walker was driving was involved in a police chase the day before he was killed
Posted by: Fred 2022-07-05 |
