I’m in Downtown Akron covering continued protests demanding Justice for #JaylandWalker who was shot 60 times and killed by police earlier this week. Follow along for updates @beaconjournal ImageImageImage
About nine officers stepped out and forced protesters into the sidewalk.
Barricades going up now.
Crowd is growing. Protesters shouting at officers on steps. They have all removed their name tags and would not comment when I asked why.
Cops walking away.
Crowd beginning to move into High Street. Chant being led by Jayland Walker’s sister-in-law, Jazzimine Beasley
Crowd is beginning to March down High Street. Image
The street is not closed to traffic. The protesters are leaving one lane open for passing cars. They are marching toward Exchange Street
During/after march, protesters began splitting up. Around 9:45, only family was left protesting outside the justice center.
More scenes from today:

Stay tuned for updates in the coming days.
@beaconjournal
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Jul 4
I’m outside APD headquarters covering protests demanding justice for #JaylandWalker. follow along for updates tonight. @beaconjournal ImageImageImageImage
Most Main St. businesses were boarded up on the walk over from the newsroom. Some are tagged as Black-owned. Image
About 75 people right now outside the Justice Center, where APD is headquartered. Very peaceful right now. Some are calling to break the 9 pm curfew that was imposed earlier today. Image
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I'm amassed nearly 10k tiktok followers in the last few days from covering abortion and Jayland Walker protests. I only started posting LAST WEEK. (con't)
Young people have always been an elusive audience for news operations, particularly print papers. This could be a solution and we as reporters need to be adaptive to that. tiktok is the way many people in my generation consume news/current events
Gen Z is very politically active and hungry for info, but there's a LOT of misinformation on TikTok. We need to make sure we're getting out facts in an engaging way.
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I’m *theoretically* off today after 13 days of covering Roe v Wade issues and Jayland Walker protests… here’s who to follow today to stay up to date:
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.@ABJDoug will be at today’s 1 pm press conference where body can footage will be released. @agarrettABJ will have a write up shortly after
.@TawneyBeans is out right now covering protests on the day side, including:
- 10 am protest at Stubbs Justice Center
- 2:30 march from Quaker Square
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