Asheville's fourth night of George Floyd protest ends with more tear gas, an earlier end [View all]
ASHEVILLE -- On the fourth night of protests in downtown Asheville, demonstrators continued to defy an 8 p.m. curfew and were eventually met with another show of force from the Asheville Police Department.
Hundreds gathered near the Vance Monument June 3 in a continuation of the nationwide response to the killing of George Floyd by a Minneapolis police officer.
June 3 was the second night of the curfew issued by the city of Asheville, and demonstrators remained defiant as members of the national guard and local police lined the road in front of the downtown police station.
Protesters defy curfew
As curfew approached, several organizers urged the crowd to leave.
Luis Mejia, of Asheville, was among those who headed home just before 8 p.m., saying that he couldn’t get arrested. But he also supported others’ decision to stay.
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(Asheville Citizen-Times)
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