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The City of Akron has reinstated the nightly curfew amid ongoing civil unrest in the wake of the Jayland Walker shooting. The move from Mayor Dan Horrigan's office comes just one day after the city lifted the previous curfew and less than 24 hours after protesters once again turned violent Wednesday night into early Thursday morning. 

The following is a press release from the City of Akron regarding the most recent curfew installment: 

(City of Akron) - The City of Akron has issued a curfew for downtown Akron from 10pm-6am which will remain in effect until another order has been issued lifting the curfew. See the full order here. See map of curfew footprint here.

For the purposes of this order, downtown Akron is delineated as follows:

North: SR 59 (Perkins St/MLK Jr. Blvd.)

West: SR 59 (MLK Jr. Blvd.)

South: I-76/I-77

East: SR 8

Those excepted from the curfew restrictions are as follows:

1. All law enforcement, fire, and medical personnel and members of the news media, as well as other personnel authorized by the City of Akron, and the State of Ohio, or individuals otherwise exempt under the law.
2. Persons traveling directly between their place of work and their residence.
3. Persons traveling to seek medical care.
4. Persons fleeing from dangerous circumstances.

Additionally, High St. from Bowery St. to University Ave. will be closed to vehicular traffic nightly from 7pm-6am.

Less than 24 hours after Mayor Dan Horrigan lifted the curfew implemented for the Downtown area in the wake of protests that turned violent Sunday night into Monday morning, protests and riots continued in Akron. 

Wednesday night into early Thursday morning, a group of protesters reportedly showed up Downtown outside of the Akron Police Department headquarters on South High Street and then moved outside of Mayor Dan Horrigan's office, eventually moving to outside of the mayor's home. In an interview with the Ray Horner Morning show on Thursday, Mayor Horrigan explained that protesters made threats against him and his family and that one person drove up onto his lawn. 

In total six people were arrested in Akron Wednesday night into Thursday morning. Charges range from rioting to failure to disperse and more, according to the Akron Municipal Court's case search website. The website also revealed that two of those arrested were not from Akron. First, Jacob Blake Sr. was charged with rioting in Akron - he is the father of Jacob Blake who was shot and seriously injured by a police officer in Kenosha, Wisconsin in 2020. That incident led to rioting in Kenosha. Also arrested Wednesday night was Bianca Austin, the aunt of Breonna Taylor who was shot and killed by police in Louisville, Kentucky in 2020.  

The latests arrests come after Mayor Horrigan issued the following statement regarding the curfew and protests: 

The continuing protests are in response to the Akron Police shooting death of Jayland Walker, whose family has called for peace in the city as the investigation into his death continues. As for reinstating the curfew in Akron, Mayor Horrigan has not yet indicated that he will do so. 

Akron's Deputy Mayor for Intergovernmental Affairs, Marco Sommerville, joined Ray to talk about the death of Jayland Walker and the ongoing investigation.

The investigation of the police shooting of Jayland Walker continues. Protesters line the streets downtown. Mayor of Akron, Dan Horrigan, and Akron Police Chief, Steve Mylett, joined Ray to talk about it. There is now a curfew in effect downtown, the Mayor explains why. Mylett talks about deadly force protocol, releasing body camera footage, and more.

A police chase Monday led to a deadly officer involved shooting, killing 25-year old Jayland Walker, of Akron. Akron Mayor Dan Horrigan told Ray that it is being investigated by outside agencies and that the process will require some patience.