Akron Archives - Flux https://flux.community/tag/akron/ A platform for change Tue, 05 Jul 2022 03:30:20 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Hundreds march in Akron enraged by police killing of Jayland Walker https://flux.community/julia-conley/2022/07/hundreds-march-in-akron-enraged-by-police-killing-of-jayland-walker/ Tue, 05 Jul 2022 13:00:03 +0000 https://flux.community/?p=11554 Hundreds of people in Akron, Ohio gathered outside the police department’s headquarters and marched through the city late Sunday, demanding justice for Jayland Walker after police footage was released showing that the 25-year-old Black man had been fatally shot from behind at least 60 times by officers as he tried to flee from a traffic stop on June 27. Demonstrators chanted Walker’s […]

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