The changes increase the standard needed for police to justify using chokeholds and other potentially deadly uses of force, as well as no-knock warrants.
The changes increase the standard needed for police to justify using chokeholds and other potentially deadly uses of force, as well as no-knock warrants.
WOOSTER Amid the car horns and calls of support, a black pickup roared down East Liberty Street.
A man wearing a sleeveless shirt leaned out of the window with outstretched arms and middle fingers raised. Get a real job! he yelled as the truck drove by the 18 Black Lives Matter protesters downtown. We love you, too! responded one woman holding a Black Lives Matter sign. Another yelled, Thank you! It s the best way to respond to hate, said Ruth Sewell, a demonstrator at Wooster s daily protests.
Group has protested every day for past year
Like so many other protests in 2020, George Floyd s death catalyzed the Wayne County Racial Justice Coalition to demonstrate against police violence and advocate for police reform and for the city to declare racism as a public health crisis.
Since June 1, demonstrators in support of Black Lives Matter have gathered on the Wooster Square from noon to 1 p.m. every day.
On Thursday, they added some thoughts about the protesters supporting President Donald Trump who stormed the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday.
“It was disgraceful and unbelievable. I hardly slept last night,” said Mary Hruby, a resident of Wayne County s Chester Township. “It was so far removed from anything we’ve ever seen in our democracy. I just still can’t believe it. Trump was the author of it.”
The difference in treatment between Black Lives Matter demonstrators and the protesters in D.C. did not go unnoticed by the group on the square Thursday.