Cleveland protest begins arrest
The police of the American city of Cleveland detained more than a dozen people who participated in a protest against the acquittal of a local police officer in the murder of two African Americans.
According to the Associated Press, more than ten people were detained in the park after they refused to comply with the police and go home.
In addition, earlier the police reported the arrest of three more protesters who were trying to provoke riots. There are other detainees besides them, but their exact number is unknown.
Protests in Cleveland are related to a local court ruling that acquitted a white policeman in a murder case against two African Americans. According to the judge, there was no sufficiently strong evidence of the defendant’s guilt in the case file.
The US Department of Justice said they would look at the acquittal verdict on the case of a police officer from Cleveland (Ohio), who fired 137 bullets at two unarmed passengers through the windshield of the car. The Afro-Americans in the car died on the spot.
A US Department of Justice statement said the US Attorney General, the FBI, and the Department of Civil Rights Affairs of the Department of Justice followed the investigation into the November 2012 events of the year when two African-American men, Timothy Russell and Malissa Williams, died after a police car chase.
The Justice Ministry will not check the testimony and evidence presented at the trial of white police officer Michael Brelau, but experts will decide whether the authorities should take additional steps in this matter.
On Saturday, Judge John O'Donnell stated that he could not determine with certainty that Brela alone had fatally wounded the dead. According to the judge, the verdict should not cause triumph or riots in a civilized society.
Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson called the court’s decision a “defining moment” for his city and urged residents to engage in dialogue and express their views by peaceful means.
After chasing at high speed (sometimes up to 150 km per hour) in November 2012, 13 police opened fire on a car in which Russell and Williams were. The case also alleges that the driver rammed one of the police cars and attempted to shoot down a law enforcement officer.
Brelo was the only police officer against whom the authorities opened a criminal case, writes Voice of America.
In the US, swept a whole series of protests related to the death of blacks.
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