Police in the U.S. state of Minnesota have arrested dozens of protesters participating in a rally over the killing of an African-American man by a police officer earlier this month.
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At about 2:15 p.m., the police retreated and let the crowd assemble again by the governor’s mansion.
“We intend to keep it closed until it is safe to reopen”, Linders said.
Mayor Chris Coleman said it started out peacefully but some protesters became uncooperative.
“US police killed or injured an estimated 55,400 people in 2012”, Miller and his colleagues wrote in the journal Injury Prevention.
In preparation for the sweep, protester Jacob Ladda told the Star Tribune that police were “trying to strip us of our well-being….”
A graphic video of that incident also caused an outcry across the country.
The street remained blocked Monday morning.
The shooting is being investigated.
At the protest around the Governor’s Residence, police had issued citations sporadically. Police arrested or cited at least 46 people Tuesday on charges ranged from obstructing legal process to disorderly conduct to unlawful assembly to public nuisance.
Police tried multiple times to reopen the street, but protesters continued to come back to camp outside the Governor’s Mansion. Police and deputies were lined up across Summit, blocking access to the Governor’s Residence.
St. Paul police have said protests are fine on Summit Avenue, where the governor’s residence sits, as long as traffic is allowed to pass through and no tents or other structures are set up. Officers from Woodbury, West St. Paul and Oakdale were among those holding the line with St. Paul officers.
“After some conversations among officers and protesters, and among protesters themselves, they cleared their belongings from the street themselves”, which included blankets and umbrellas, said Linders.
On Tuesday morning police made an attempt to re-open the avenue.
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Others arrested included those who were standing and sitting in the middle of the street, refusing to leave even after those dispersal orders, police say.
