Post by Logan on Jul 9, 2016 7:11:19 GMT -6
11:30 p.m.
Police pressed farther down 7th Street, shooting bean bags at the rapidly shrinking crowd and telling people to leave.
11:20 p.m.
Police appear to have detained a man on 7th Street and McKinley Street. Phoenix police spokesman Vince Lewis confirmed at least one protester has been arrested.
A police helicopter announced overheard for those blocking the street to get out of the roadway and go home.
Most of the crowd has disappeared by now, but the police are holding its barricade on Roosevelt Street and 7th Street.
A little pepper spray lingered in the air on Garfield Road and 7th Street. A crowd of about 70 people huddled in smaller groups of 10-20 each,seeming to not be sure what to do next.
Read more: www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/phoenix-breaking/2016/07/08/phoenix-protest-rally-march-city-hall-police-shootings/86878488/
The police let the rally go on for hours before declaring it an unlawful assembly as the crowd declared that they intended to shut down traffic on Interstate 10. Considering the incidents of violence over the past few days, it was understandable why the police would want to disperse the crowd so the use of non-lethal force was in the public interest.
Police pressed farther down 7th Street, shooting bean bags at the rapidly shrinking crowd and telling people to leave.
11:20 p.m.
Police appear to have detained a man on 7th Street and McKinley Street. Phoenix police spokesman Vince Lewis confirmed at least one protester has been arrested.
A police helicopter announced overheard for those blocking the street to get out of the roadway and go home.
Most of the crowd has disappeared by now, but the police are holding its barricade on Roosevelt Street and 7th Street.
A little pepper spray lingered in the air on Garfield Road and 7th Street. A crowd of about 70 people huddled in smaller groups of 10-20 each,seeming to not be sure what to do next.
Read more: www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/phoenix-breaking/2016/07/08/phoenix-protest-rally-march-city-hall-police-shootings/86878488/
The police let the rally go on for hours before declaring it an unlawful assembly as the crowd declared that they intended to shut down traffic on Interstate 10. Considering the incidents of violence over the past few days, it was understandable why the police would want to disperse the crowd so the use of non-lethal force was in the public interest.