DeKalb police report a protest more peaceful after initial reports of criminal acts. | Pixabay
DeKalb police report a protest more peaceful after initial reports of criminal acts. | Pixabay
DeKalb police were recently forced to issue a shelter-in-place order for the city after protests turned violent in the wake of George Floyd's death in Minneapolis.
A day after a peaceful march aimed at calling attention to the police killing of an unarmed black man in Minnesota, things turned violent when rioters began forcing their way into businesses across the city, the Walls102.com reported on June 1.
police fanned out across the city trying to control the uproar and were ultimately forced to issue the department’s unprecedented shelter-in-place order as a desperate resort, Walls102.com reported.
With broken glass strewn across city streets, Pastor Joe Mitchell, a prominent leader in the black community, tried appealing for calm, as the city placed construction barricades up on some side streets and business parking lots to help contain onlookers.
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