Review board finds Rockford Police were justified in response to May 30 riot

((ERIC))
2 MONTHS AFTER A
MAY PROTEST
TURNED VIOLENT… A
POLICE REVIEW
BOARD… WEIGHS IN
ON THE ACTIONS OF
RESPONDING
OFFICERS.
Asst. Dep. Chief Carla
Redd / Rockford Police
Department
“The finding of the
Response to Resistance
Review Board is that the
Rockford Police officers
utilized the level of force
reasonable and
necessary to affect the
arrest and deter the
criminal and destructive
behavior of those that
were in attendance.”
((ERIC))
THIS STEMS FROM
MAY 30TH PROTESTS
AT DISTRICT ONE
HEADQUARTERS IN
ROCKFORD.
THE BOARD
REVIEWED 120-HOURS
OF VIDEO… AND MORE
THAN 90 POLICE
REPORTS DURING ITS
INVESTIGATION.
POLICE SAY THE
PROTEST TURNED
VIOLENT WHEN SOME
IN THE CROWD
DESTROYED A POLICE
DEPARTMENT SIGN.
ROCKS AND OTHER
OBJECTS WERE THEN
ALLEGEDLY THROWN
AT RESPONDING
OFFICERS.
OFFICERS
REPORTEDLY USED
PHYSICAL FORCE…
O-C SPRAY… TEAR
GAS… AND OTHER
LESS THAN LETHAL
WEAPONS TO
DISPERSE THE
CROWD.
SINCE… SOME HAVE
CLAIMED POLICE
USED EXCESSIVE
FORCE… AND HAVE
DEMANDED ALL
CHARGES FROM THE
NIGHT BE DROPPED.
POLICE

CHIEF DAN
O-SHEA SAYS HE
ENCOURAGES MORE
COMMUNICATION
BETWEEN POLICE AND
THE COMMUNITY.
Chief Dan O’Shea /
Rockford Police
Department
“Peaceful protests and
the seat at the table, like
the Mayor’s talking about,
the listening sessions
we’re having are the right
direction. Causing
anarchy and trying to
destroy property and
cause distress to
businesses and peoples
homes, it cannot and will
not be tolerated.”
((ERIC))
25 CIVILIANS AND 18
POLICE OFFICERS
WERE HURT DURING
THE VIOLENCE.
IN ALL 10
PROTESTERS WERE
ARRESTED AND
CHARGED
((MIMI))
WE HAVE AN UPDATE
TO A ROCKFORD
APARTMENT FIRE WE
FIRST TOLD YOU
ABOUT LAST NIGHT.
INVESTIGATORS
BELIEVE SOMEONE
INTENTIONALLY
STARTED IT.
THIS HAPPENED JUST
AFTER EIGHT O’CLOCK

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