DALLAS (AP) – Dallas police made dozens of arrests in downtown Sunday night to enforce a nighttime curfew that was expected to be in place for several days.
The curfew is in effect from 7 p.m. to 6 a.m. Squad cars and police on foot quickly moved in to pick up anyone still on the streets downtown and police said more than 70 were arrested.
The curfew was put in place to prevent a repeat of violence that broke out after the death of George Floyd and the treatment of black people by police.
Images went viral of a Dallas woman who was hit with rubber bullet fired by police as she walked with groceries bags.
She says she was walking home with her groceries when police fired some sort of pellet in her face. Says she’s not a protester. #DallasProtests pic.twitter.com/pqR42AOiAo
— Happening Now 🐦 (@HappeningNow__) May 31, 2020
Yo, look at the #HoustonProtests hashtag and then #DallasProtests . Don't EVER compare these 2 cities again pic.twitter.com/2e1jxh21yd
— 🚭🚯 (@MOJO32_) May 31, 2020
Looting has begun. Subway at Elm and Field. #DallasProtests pic.twitter.com/Lr40QDQC5T
— Kevin Krause (@KevinRKrause) May 31, 2020
This is for George. #BlackLivesMatter #DallasProtests #JusticeForGeorge pic.twitter.com/NjJFN2RF0W
— morgan lenamond🍋 (@mojadely) May 31, 2020
Meantime, Gov. Greg Abbott has sent more than 1,500 state troopers to various Texas cities to help control protests over the death of Houston native George Floyd in Minneapolis police custody.
— Greg Abbott (@GregAbbott_TX) May 31, 2020
Abbott said in a news release Saturday that troopers are being sent to Houston, Dallas, Austin and San Antonio.
Houston Police Chief Art Acevedo said on Twitter that nearly 200 people were arrested Friday and most will be charged with obstructing a roadway as several protesters blocked an interstate and a highway. In Austin, hundreds gathered Saturday at police headquarters and marched along Interstate 35.
