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4th July RIOTS: Akron mayor issues state of emergency, Curfew, Tear Gas

July 4, 2022 11:14 pm

Akron Mayor Dan Horrigan has declared a state of emergency in the city He canceled 4th of July festivities and issued a 9 p.m. city-wide curfew The emergency order was prompted after violent protests downtown Sunday Horrigan said officials ‘will not …

Footage of the Akron Black Protest That Shut Down the City, Got their Independence Day Event Canceled and Was Featured in Dozens of Online News Articles and TV News Reports

July 1, 2022 10:46 pm

by Chris Black If you’re black in America, you can do whatever you want. Akron cancelled its 4th of July festivities not because it fears blacks or because they’re preparing to protect the city – no, no, it’s because, in …