After two days of protests across Oklahoma City regarding the death of George Floyd, Oklahoma City police released additional information about the arrests of several people.
PROVIDE SUPPORT AS NEEDED.AND AS OF RIGHT NOW WE HAVENOT HEARD FROM THE OKLAHOMACITY POLICE CHIEF ABOUT THOSEDEMANDS.
SO TODAY WE DID HEARFROM A POLICE SPOKESPERSONABOUT LAST NIGHT'S PROTESTSTHAT TURNED VIOLENTSPECIFICALLY ABOUT A DIFFERENTGROUP OF PROTESTERS THATSHOWED UP AT POLICEHEADQUARTERS LAST NIGHT JUSTAFTER THE SUN WENT DOWN.AS SUNSET BEGAN TO APPROACHYOU COULD TELL MANY OF THEPROTESTERS FROM THE ORIGINALGROUP HAD BEGAN TO LEAVE MOSTOF THAT GROUP DISBANDED AND ANEW GROUP OF PROTESTERS AREPEOPLE THAT SHOWED UP AT THATPOINT THIS GROUP HAD A VERYDIFFERENT DEMEANOR.
THEY WEREMUCH MORE VOCAL FOR BILLYHOSTILE AND IT DIDN'T TAKELONG UNTIL THEY BECAMEPHYSICALLY AGGRESSIVE TOWARDSOFFICERS, THIS PER PROMPTED APOLICE RESPONSE INVOLVING GASNONLETHAL WEAPONS ARE LESSLETHAL WEAPONS TO DISPERSE THECROWD.SO YOU HEARD THE POLICESPOKESMAN SAY IT AND YOU ALSOHEARD THE SPOKESMAN JUST EDDIEWITH BLACK LIVES MATTER SAYIT.
THEY BELIEVE THEY WEREDIFFERENT PROTESTERS NOTCONNECTED TO THE BLACK LIVESMATTER PROTESTS THAT ARECAUSING THE VIOLENT PROTESTSTHAT WE SAW ON SATURDAY ANDSUNDAY.
POLICE DID ARREST 40PROTESTERS OVER THE WEEKEND.OFFICERS WANTED TO MAKE ITCLEAR THAT THE BULK OFYESTERDAY'S PROTEST WASPEACEFUL.
AS PEACEFUL PROTESTS
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