Protests in Ohio after latest Police killing of Black man

US: Several hundred protesters marched on Sunday in Akron, Ohio after the release of body camera footage that showed police fatally shooting a Black man with several dozen rounds of bullets.

As anger rose over the latest police killing of a Black man in the United States, and the authorities appealed for calm, a crowd marched to City Hall carrying banners with slogans such as “Justice for Jayland.”

The slogan refers to Jayland Walker, 25, who was killed on June 27 after officers tried to stop his car over a traffic violation, police said. Sunday marked the fourth straight day of protests

Demonstrations were peaceful but for a tense moment in which some protesters got close to a line of police and shouted at them. After the first rally, a crowd of people remained in the street protesting.

Fearing potential unrest, the authorities in the city of 190,000 people moved snow ploughs and other heavy equipment near the police department to serve as a barrier.

After initially providing few details of the shooting, Akron authorities released two videos: One that was a compilation of body-camera footage, body-cam still frames and voiceover, and another of the complete body-cam footage of the entire chase and shooting. Police chief Steve Mylett said he didn’t know the exact number of bullets fired at Walker, but the medical examiner’s report “indicates over 60 wounds to Mr. Walker’s body.”

– THE STRAITS TIMES