Rock Hill leaders ask for public unity and patience after arrest of 2 Black men
Jun. 30—ROCK HILL, S.C. — Rock Hill, SC
Black civil rights and religious leaders stood with Rock Hill's white mayor and police chief Wednesday to urge public unity and patience as South Carolina officials investigate the use of force on June 23 in the arrest of two African-American brothers.
The arrests of Ricky Price and Travis Price sparked three days of race-related protests after video of the incident surfaced online.
The group gathered Wednesday at Fountain Park in downtown Rock Hill for an afternoon news conference, a week after the video of the arrests went viral across America. The private video, released on Facebook after the arrests, has been shared more than 100,000 times.