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Crowds continued to protest in the streets after the first rally. (Photo: AFP) |
Hundreds of people have rallied in Akron, Ohio, to protest the killing of a black man by police.
Aya in which the police shot and killed a black man by dozens of shots. There is a lot of anger across the country over the killing of a black man by the police, while the authorities asked the people to remain calm Appealed.
A group of protesters marched on City Hall. According to police, 25-year-old Jayland Walker was killed when police officers tried to stop his car for a traffic violation.
Sunday was the fourth day of continuous protests. The protests were peaceful but tense as some protesters approached police and chanted slogans.
After the first rally, crowds took to the streets to protest. Has set up heavy barricades near the police department.
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After chasing for several minutes, Walker gets out of his car and starts running. (Photo: AFP) |
After initially providing some details of the shooting, Akron authorities released two videos on Sunday.
One was a body camera video that included sound and the other contained all the details of the chase and shooting.
Audio of the first video It turns out that Jayland Walker doesn't stop and leaves. Police chase the car and it is said that a shot was fired from Walker's car.
After chasing for several minutes, Walker got out of his car and started fleeing. Police try to stop them but they run away.
Police eventually chased him to a parking lot. Bodycam footage is very blurry and it is not clear what happened.
But an initial police statement issued after the shooting said that Jayland Walker's behavior was such that police were convinced that he (Walker) Walker was shot by all police officers at the scene.
He was pronounced dead at the scene. This is the latest case of an African-American citizen being killed by police.
Such incidents have sparked large-scale protests against racism and police brutality.
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A group of protesters marched on City Hall. (Photo: AFP) |
Police Chief Steve Milet said he did not know the exact number of bullets fired at Jayland Walker, but the medical examiner's report "identified more than 60 wounds on Walker's body."
Eight officers involved in Walker's death have been sent on leave pending an investigation.
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