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.