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Arrests downtown, at North Hills, at Triangle Town Center in Raleigh’s night of chaos
Several people were arrested Sunday and early Monday morning after a night of downtown vandalism, street fires and confrontations between police and the people protesting George Floyd’s death in Minneapolis.
Four people were arrested after Raleigh police responded to calls of break-ins in the Triangle Town Center mall area off Capital Boulevard, Raleigh Police announced on Twitter early Monday morning. Three more people were arrested in the area of North Hills mall off Six Forks Road, police said on Twitter.
The police department also tweeted at 12:24 a.m. that the National Guard had been called in, and Raleigh Mayor Mary-Ann Baldwin said the city planned to set a curfew for Monday night.
Damage was reported at some stores in North Hills overnight, The News & Observer reported.
More than a dozen people were arrested downtown on charges that included inciting a riot, burning public buildings, assault on a government official, resisting an officer, trespassing during an emergency, failing to disperse on command, disorderly conduct and violating an executive order, along with public-disturbance and weapons charges, according to arrest records.
It was the second night of protests that led to riots and looting downtown. Windows were broken at more offices and businesses, and fires were set in streets, on sidewalks and intersections. People threw objects at police, and someone shot at officers with fireworks, The News & Observer reported. Police shot tear gas and flash bangs into crowds, the N&O reported.
In the week since Floyd’s death, protests, some violent, have spread to cities around the country. Floyd, a black man, was declared dead soon after a white police officer held him down with his knee on Floyd’s neck while Floyd told him he couldn’t breathe. The officer, Derek Chauvin, was fired and charged with third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter.
According to arrest records, two men and a woman were arrested at 4321 Lassiter Mill Road in the North Hills area on charges of trespassing during an emergency. One of the men also faces a charge of possession of burglary tools. All three are Wake County residents, according to the records.
Four men were arrested overnight at 7901 Old Wake Forest Road and 8000 Town Drive in the Triangle Town Center Mall area on charges of trespassing during an emergency, and one also faces a charge of resisting an officer. All four are Wake County residents.
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