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Columbus police and protesters clash at headquarters after downtown protest Eric Lagatta, The Columbus Dispatch
Demonstrations continued for the second night in a row in the aftermath of police fatally shooting a Black man on Monday in a Westerville medical center.
Confrontations between police and protesters broke out Tuesday night when Columbus police deployed pepper spray around 9:15 p.m. on a group who had broken into the division s Marconi Boulevard headquarters. It appeared one person was taken into custody at the scene.
Mayor Andrew Ginther issued a statement late Tuesday condemning the violence and urging future demonstrations to remain peaceful.
UPDATED: Columbus police use pepper spray after protesters breach headquarters
Group breached headquarters
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) Police in Ohio’s capital city used pepper spray on a small group of people who briefly breached outer doors Tuesday night at the agency’s downtown headquarters.
The clash followed a largely peaceful protest downtown earlier in the evening where dozens marched after the fatal police shooting a day earlier of a Black man in a hospital emergency room.
Columbus police said Miles Jackson, 27, was the man killed at Mount Carmel St. Ann’s Hospital in suburban Columbus on Monday.
Protesters invoked that shooting as well as the killing of other Black men by police nationally, including the Sunday shooting of 20-year-old Daunte Wright in a Minneapolis suburb. A white police officer who authorities believe mistakenly fired her gun instead of a stun gun has resigned in Wright’s shooting.
Protests over man shot dead at hospital reach police station
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1of11Protesters march up North Front Street, demonstrating against Monday s fatal shooting of a Black man in downtown Columbus, Ohio, on Tuesday, April 13, 2021. Miles Jackson was shot and killed inside Mount Carmel by police in Westerville, Ohio. (Kyle Robertson /The Columbus Dispatch via AP)Kyle Robertson /APShow MoreShow Less
2of11A demonstration takes place out in front of Columbus Division of Police building against the fatal shooting of Miles Jackson, a Black man on Monday, in downtown Columbus, Ohio on Tuesday, April 13, 2021. Jackson was shot and killed inside Mount Carmel in Westerville, Ohio, by police on Monday. (Kyle Robertson/The Columbus Dispatch via AP)Kyle Robertson/APShow MoreShow Less