Police arrest protesters outside City Hall
Police arrest a protester outside City Hall on Wednesday, July 1, 2020.(Mark Weber/Daily Memphian)
Police arrest a protester outside City Hall on Wednesday, July 1, 2020. (Mark Weber/Daily Memphian)
Memphis activist Theryn C. Bond sheds tears as Memphis Police arrest a protester outside City Hall on Wednesday, July 1, 2020. (Mark Weber/Daily Memphian)
City of Memphis chief operating officer Doug McGowen (middle) speaks to activist before Memphis Police arrest a protester outside City Hall on Wednesday, July 1, 2020.(Mark Weber/Daily Memphian)
Police arrest a protester outside City Hall on Wednesday, July 1, 2020.(Mark Weber/Daily Memphian)
A Memphis activist who goes by 'Salamander' is arrested by Memphis Police outside City Hall on Wednesday, July 1, 2020. (Mark Weber/Daily Memphian)
Memphis protester 'Salamander' is removed by Memphis Police outside City Hall on Wednesday, July 1, 2020. (Mark Weber/Daily Memphian)
'Salamander' used cords to link to the fence outside City Hall before being arrested Wednesday, July 1, 2020. (Mark Weber/Daily Memphian)
Memphis Police Deputy Chief Micheal Hardy (middle) talks to a protester outside City Hall on Wednesday, July 1, 2020. (Mark Weber/Daily Memphian)
Protesters form a human barricade outside City Hall before being arrested Wednesday, July 1, 2020. (Mark Weber/Daily Memphian)
A protester is arrested outside City Hall on Wednesday, July 1, 2020. (Mark Weber/Daily Memphian)
A protester sits inside a tent outside City Hall before being arrested by Wednesday, July 1, 2020. (Mark Weber/Daily Memphian)
Police remove a protester outside City Hall on Wednesday, July 1, 2020. (Mark Weber/Daily Memphian)
Memphis activist Seema Rasoul (middle) waves to a protester who is inside a police car after being arrested outside City Hall on Wednesday, July 1, 2020. (Mark Weber/Daily Memphian)
Memphis sanitation workers clean up tents outside City Hall after Police arrest protesters on Wednesday, July 1, 2020. (Mark Weber/Daily Memphian)
Memphis police began arresting protesters outside City Hall Wednesday morning, July 1, as they stood their ground and refused to leave.
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Memphis City Hall George Floyd protests Occupy City HallYolanda Jones
Yolanda Jones covers criminal justice issues and general assignment news for The Daily Memphian. She previously was a reporter at The Commercial Appeal.
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