CURFEW EXTENDED. 153 Arrested from Cincinnati dusk-to-dawn curfew after riots.

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Citywide Curfew is to be extended to second night at least. Updated curfew arrest numbers. 153 Arrested For Curfew Violations Thursday Night. Relatively calm night. Detailed articles from various sources. They give a bigger picture of the history and politics of the last few days. There are 6 articles after the many links.

The spin doctors, hate-radio call-in shows, corporate media pundits, and the whole corporate state are trying, as usual, to sweep this under the rug, blame the victims, divide black and white activists, and generally try to act like "it's business as usual." But the emperor is wearing no clothes, and it is kind of hard to ignore the U.S. version of MARTIAL LAW, 2 million inmates, and businesses in danger of going out of business due to a citywide curfew. And they don't dare try to impose a "black-only" neighborhood curfew, due to the obvious apartheid nature of what is already a ghetto-like concentration of poverty, police violence, no safety net, etc.. Cincinnati, like many cities, is already a tinderbox. We need a real war on poverty, and an amnesty for many inmates. Just like Russia's recent amnesties for hundreds of thousands of inmates. Instead, the U.S. Prison Industrial Complex extends its reach.

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Cincinnati Curfew Extended.

Story filed Friday April 13, 2001. 11:56 AM EDT.

by JOE MILICIA
Associated Press Writer

CINCINNATI (AP) -- Scores of people were arrested overnight for curfew violations, but peace was largely restored to the city's streets after three days of rioting over the shooting death of a black man. Officials said Friday that the curfew would extend at least one more night.

There had been sporadic reports of rock and bottle throwing and gunfire overnight, and a fire at a delicatessen caused $100,000 damage, Police Chief Thomas Streicher said.

But overall, ''we believe we are returning to a great sense of normalcy,'' Streicher said. He said the decision on how long to extend the curfew will be evaluated daily.

There were 153 arrests related to the curfew that lasted from 8 p.m. Thursday to 6 a.m. Friday and drastically changed routines in the city of 331,000. There also were 54 adults and nine juveniles arrested for other charges, Streicher said.

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Curfew To Continue Friday.
Extensions To Be Considered Each Day.
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CINCINNATI, 12:18 p.m. EDT April 13, 2001 -- The curfew in Cincinnati will continue Friday evening, with any extensions to the city's state of emergency to be considered on a daily basis.

WLWT Eyewitness News 5's Mark Kahler reports on the extension of Cincinnati's curfew.

The curfew will apply to the same area -- all of Cincinnati -- and between the same hours -- 8 p.m. and 6 a.m. -- that it did Thursday, Cincinnati police chief Thomas Streicher said.

City and law enforcement officials would not speculate Friday morning on whether the curfew will continue after Friday.

Large crowds are expected downtown Saturday morning and afternoon for the funeral of Timothy Thomas, the unarmed man killed by a Cincinnati police officer a week ago.

Streicher called Saturday "crucial."

"We expect a large turnout for that," Streicher said. "We also have some intelligence information that there are going to be some large crowds around Saturday afternoon."

Officials applauded the efforts of everyone who stayed indoors during the first night of the curfew.

"Last night went well beyond our expectations," Streicher said. "We had an excellent amount of voluntary compliance."

WLWT Eyewitness News 5 and ChannelCincinnati.com will continue to update this story throughout the day.

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Curfew To Stay In Effect.
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4/13/01 11:57:01 AM

At a press conference Friday morning, Cincinnati Police Chief Tom Streicher said the curfew for the City of Cincinnati will continue.

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A state of emergency and curfew were declared Thursday morning by Cincinnati Mayor Charlie Luken.

The curfew, which runs from 8 p.m. to 6 a.m. nightly until further notice, kept most protesters out of the streets Thursday night.

Tri-state Curfews
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Cincinnati:
8 p.m. to 6 a.m.

Norwood:
8 p.m. to 6 a.m.

Cheviot:
10 p.m. to 6 a.m.

Green Township:
10 p.m. to 6 a.m.

Golf Manor:
8 p.m. to 6 a.m.

Elmwood Place:
10 p.m. to 6 a.m.

The curfew applies to everyone in all 48 Cincinnati neighborhoods, including Hyde Park, Price Hill and Clifton.

The communities of Norwood, Cheviot, Elmwood Place, Green Township, Golf Manor and St. Bernard are also enforcing similar curfews indefinitely.

However, the curfew didn't keep everyone off the streets overnight.

Police told 9News they made 153 arrests for curfew violations. Another 54 adults were arrested for other charges. Nine juveniles were arrested on other charges.

Arrests Last Night
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153 curfew violations
54 adults- other
9 juveniles- other

Chief Streicher said there were sporadic incidents of rock and bottle throwing late Thursday night, and some fires were set, but there weren't any reports of injuries.

The worst fire was reported at the Redwood Carryout on Woodford Road in Kennedy Heights.

The fire caused $100,000 in damages to the carryout.

Despite all the arrests, Chief Streicher said the curfew went beyond his expectations.

So what if you violate the curfew? You'll be charged with a first degree misdemeanor.

It's punishable by a maximum of six months in jail or a $1,000 fine. There is also a provision that allows for up to a $5,000 fine for organized groups that violate the curfew.

Due to the amount of police protection already in place, Cincinnati police will not respond to routine or non-emergency runs, until further notice.

If you are involved in a minor accident, police ask that you report the information to a police district.

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Curfew: 153 Violators Arrested
Thursday Night Remains Relatively Calm.
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CINCINNATI, 11:43 a.m. EDT April 13, 2001 -- Police arrested 153 people for violating curfew during the first night of a state of emergency in Cincinnati.

CINCINNATI VIOLENCE
153 arrested for curfew violations, including 54 adults.
State of Emergency declared in Cincinnati, Norwood and Cheviot.
Curfew set from 8 p.m. to 6 a.m. until further notice.
Emergency Hotline: (513) 564-2200.
Damage estimates: Being calculated.
Ohio State Highway Patrol on patrol.
Friday Closings

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OPINIONS
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INVESTIGATION
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Who was Timothy Thomas?
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Thursday: See Streets From Sky5
Thursday: Police Chief Talks About Arrests
Thursday: Police Organize
Thursday: More Businesses Damaged
Thursday: Curfew Enacted
Wednesday: Lieutenant Reacts
Wednesday: Protesters Move Down Streets
Wednesday: Friday Cruiser Tape
Wednesday: Businesses Clean Up
Wednesday: Officials Speak Out
Tuesday: Crowd Scatters From Tear Gas
Tuesday: Injured Speak Out
Tuesday: Businesses Damaged
Tuesday: Police Assess Damage
Tuesday: Downtown Problems
Tuesday: Raw Protest Video
Tuesday: Cleanup From Monday's Protests
Tuesday: Meeting To Improve Relations
Monday: Tensions Rise
Monday: City Council Interrupted
Monday: Protesters Target Police
Saturday: Family Members Talk

In addition, 54 adults were arrested for other offenses, and nine juveniles were arrested. Five of the juveniles were cited for curfew violations, WLWT Eyewitness News 5 reported.

City officials instituted the 8 p.m. to 6 a.m. curfew in response to protesting, looting and vandalism that began Monday afternoon and continued for three nights.

Cheviot and Norwood also instituted a curfew during those hours, but there is no word on how many arrests were made in those communities.

The streets were virtually empty most of the evening, WLWT reported.

A few people challenged the curfew, but police officers were "pretty active" in enforcing it, Cincinnati police chief Tom Streicher said.

The most serious damage Thursday was the result of an arson fire set a the Redwood Deli in Kennedy Heights. Damage was estimated at $100,000, Streicher said.

The people arrested for curfew would be jailed and charged with a misdemeanor, the chief said.

Officials have not decided how many nights the curfew will be enforced. Streicher said that he thought it would be enforced through the weekend, but may be lifted sooner if the next few nights are peaceful.

WLWT Eyewitness News 5's Teri Barr reported that there has been relatively little violence Thursday night during the citywide curfew.

Officers fired non-lethal beanbag guns several times. One person was hit with the beanbags four times and was taken to a hospital, Barr reported.

Mayor Charles Luken signed the order enacting the curfew at 10:27 a.m. Thursday, in response to unrest that has broken out during the past three nights.

"The time has come for us to enact serious measures to deal with and quell the violence on Cincinnati streets," Luken said. "The violence must stop and the violence will stop."

City and police officials plan to announce plans for Friday evening at 11 a.m. Friday, WLWT reported.

Conversations are ongoing with the governor's office over whether to bring National Guard troops to the city, Luken said.

Luken received permission from Ohio Gov. Bob Taft Thursday to use 120 Ohio State Highway Patrol officers on a 24-hour schedule to help keep peace in the city. The officers were in place by Thursday evening.

Hamilton County Sheriff Simon Leis agreed to provide deputies to patrol outlying areas while Cincinnati police officers concentrate on the areas with disturbances.

All Metro buses obeyed the curfew across Cincinnati. Nighttime taxi service was also halted.

The curfew forced cancellation of some Easter weekend events, including a Good Friday tradition in which Roman Catholics climb the hillside steps of Immaculata Church after midnight and pause on each step to pray.

The violence, described as the worst in Cincinnati since the aftermath of the assassination of Martin Luther King in 1968, began Monday night, three days after an unarmed black suspect was shot by a Cincinnati police officer.

Timothy Thomas, 19, was shot and killed by Officer Steven Roach, 27, near the corner of Republic and 13th streets in Over-the-Rhine after a brief foot chase.

Thomas was wanted on 14 misdemeanor warrants, including receiving stolen goods, police said. He also faced traffic violations, including driving without a license and failing to wear a seat belt.

Thomas was shot once in the chest at relatively close range by the officer, who thought that Thomas was reaching for a weapon in his waistband, according to news reports.

Thomas, who was the father of a 3-month-old son, was engaged to be married and was about to start a new job. He was the fourth black man killed by Cincinnati police since last November. Three were shot and a fourth died of asphyxiation while he was in police custody, resulting in charges against two officers.

Roach has been placed on paid administrative leave for seven days. He has not commented on what happened.

Reports of crime sprees began coming in to Cincinnati police on Monday night after a raucous City Council meeting

At least 66 people were arrested Monday night and Tuesday morning, and several dozen people were hospitalized. Windows in major stores were broken, newspaper racks and garbage cans were thrown into the streets, and a hot dog cart was overturned, WLWT reported.

The worst of the disturbances were reported Tuesday afternoon and Wednesday morning, when stores were looted and set on fire and people were pulled from their cars and beaten, WLWT reported.

Tensions appeared to ease by Wednesday, but shortly before 11 p.m., a Cincinnati police officer was hit by gunfire near Vine and Green streets.

The bullet struck the gun belt of officer Andy Noguera and bounced off of his stomach, leaving a large bruise and a small cut. Noguera, a 12-year-veteran of the force, was taken to The University Hospital as a precaution, but his injuries were not considered severe, WLWT reported. He was released Thursday.

The suspect started firing at officers and then began to run as he fired, according to Cincinnati police spokesman Lt. Ray Ruberg.

The man accused of firing at Noguera has not been caught. He was described as a 6-foot-tall black male with a heavy build, Ruberg said.

Police reported 82 arrests Wednesday night and Thursday morning. The crime also spread to other parts of the city, including University Heights, Walnut Hills, Avondale, Evanston and Norwood. Vandals also struck again in the area around Findlay Market, WLWT reported.

Thieves reportedly struck Deveroes stores on Reading Road, Race Street and Elm Street. The thieves returned after police left the scene, and there were reports of people hiding in the basement of one of the stores.

At least three people have been charged with ethnic intimidation since the violence began, WLWT reported.

On Thursday, President Bush asked Attorney General John Ashcroft to discuss ways the government can restore calm.

"The president understands the very strong emotions involved and he joins Cincinnati and Ohio leaders in their appeal to the people of Cincinnati for calm and a nonviolent resolution to the current situation," White House spokesman Ari Fleischer said.

A funeral for Timothy Thomas has been scheduled for Saturday morning. Police and city officials fear that the services may touch off additional violence.

Stay tuned to ChannelCincinnati.com and WLWT Eyewitness News 5 for additional updates.

April 12, 2001: Curfew Begins At 8 p.m.
April 12, 2001: Emergency Hotline Established
April 12, 2001: Norwood Under State Of Emergency
April 12, 2001: Bush Gets Involved In Unrest
April 12, 2001: Taft Issues Statement On Unrest
April 12, 2001: NAACP President Leads Meeting
April 12, 2001: Police Release Cruiser Tape Of Shooting
April 12, 2001: Police Officer Shot As Unrest Spreads
April 12, 2001: Guard Troops May Be Called To City
April 12, 2001: Justice Department To Investigate Death
April 11, 2001: Over-the-Rhine Neighbors Look For Hope
April 11, 2001: Who Is Officer Steven Roach?
April 11, 2001: Sporadic Violence Continues Overnight
April 11, 2001: Shooting Protests Turn Violent
April 10, 2001: Cleanup Begins After Shooting Protests
April 10, 2001: Police Face More Protests
April 10, 2001: Police, Protesters Clash Over Shooting

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Curfew Restores Calm in Cincinnati.

Story filed Friday April 13, 2001. 8:24 AM EDT

by JOE MILICIA
Associated Press Writer

CINCINNATI (AP) -- Scores of people were arrested overnight for curfew violations, but peace was restored to the city's streets after three days of rioting over the shooting death of a young black man by a police officer.

Officials were to decide Friday how long to keep the citywide curfew in place and what changes were needed to ensure that violence wouldn't resume once restrictions were eased.

''Some people need to be fired,'' said the Rev. Damon Lynch III, head of the Cincinnati Black United Front. ''If nothing changes, nothing will change. The mayor needs to make some quick and deliberate moves.''

Mayor Charles Luken reluctantly declared a state of emergency Thursday and imposed the curfew to halt Cincinnati's worst racial violence since Martin Luther King's assassination in 1968.

''I have lived in this city all of my life and I love it to death,'' Luken said. ''I never thought I would sign an emergency order because of civil unrest.''

Police reported 98 arrests for violating the curfew that lasted from 8 p.m. to 6 a.m. and drastically changed routines in the city of 331,000. Only those who were going to work or had emergencies were allowed to travel.

Businesses closed early, concerts and sports events were rescheduled and Holy Thursday services were called off.

''We understand this is a holy week,'' Luken said. ''We ask those citizens whose services are affected to stay in their houses and pray.''

Some blacks initially vowed to break the curfew. Less than an hour before it went into effect, NAACP national President Kweisi Mfume used a bullhorn on the steps of a Baptist church and urged a reluctant crowd to go home.

''We've got to protect our young brothers in the community tonight,'' said Mfume, who visited the riot-torn city for the day.

Speaking on ABC's ''Good Morning America'' on Friday, Mfume called Cincinnati ''ground zero'' in race relations.

''If it's not solved here, it won't be solved anywhere,'' he said. ''When police officers, particularly good officers, get tainted by those who take the law into their own hands, it's up to the police to break the blue wall of silence.''

Police Chief Thomas Streicher, also appearing on ''Good Morning America,'' said the shootings need to be looked at in context. He cited an example of a woman officer who was shot three times and kidnapped before she managed to shoot her assailant. She is permanently disabled, he said.

As dusk fell, helmeted police -- some on horseback -- patrolled the otherwise deserted streets while a sheriff's helicopter hovered overhead. There was no sign of the roaming groups that had looted stores, set fires and attacked motorists the last three nights.

''It's been a very quiet evening,'' police Capt. Dave Gregory said. ''Pretty much everyone is in compliance with the (curfew). We expected this.''

At the city's request, Gov. Bob Taft ordered the state Highway Patrol to assist Cincinnati police overnight. Luken could request the Ohio National Guard as well, but the success of the first night of the curfew made that less likely.

''It seems to be working, but it's a very tenuous circumstance,'' Luken said.

Timothy Thomas, 19, will be buried Saturday following a church service in Over-the-Rhine, the neighborhood where most of the rioting happened. Thomas was killed last Saturday as he fled a white officer, Stephen Roach, who was trying to arrest him for failing to appear for misdemeanor charges and traffic violations. Roach, 27, has been placed on leave. Roach has not commented, but his union said he feared for his life during the encounter.

Four black men have been killed by police since November. Three were shot and one died of asphyxiation while being arrested, resulting in charges against two officers. In all, since 1995, 15 people have died at the hands of Cincinnati police -- all black males. In most of those incidents, the men first shot at or threatened officers.

Hamilton County prosecutors plan to present evidence in Thomas' death to a grand jury next week. The U.S. Justice Department and the U.S. attorney's office in Cincinnati have joined the FBI in federal investigations.

Mfume, who met with Thomas' mother and visited the spot where he was killed, urged more than 300 people at a town meeting Thursday evening to use their anger constructively.

''We are all angry, but we've got to sit down and say, 'What do we do tomorrow?' If there's no plan, there's no progress,'' Mfume said.

Many of the speakers at the NAACP's town meeting demanded an overhaul of the police department. Luken has agreed on the need for change without getting specific.

Any changes in the police department could meet resistance from officers. The head of the police union, Keith Fangman, went on a radio talk show Thursday and said the city shouldn't give in to the rioters.

''If we give one inch to these terrorists in the form of negotiations, then we've got no one to blame but ourselves when we turn into another Detroit or Washington, D.C.,'' Fangman said.

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Nearly 100 Arrested For Curfew Violations.
http://www.cincinow.com/specials/city_in_distress/news/story27.shtml

Web produced by: Melanie Hampton
4/13/01 6:23:20 AM

For the first time in a few days, Cincinnati is waking up after a relatively peaceful night. MORE DETAILS
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A state of emergency and curfew were declared Thursday morning by Cincinnati Mayor Charlie Luken.

The curfew, which runs from 8 p.m. to 6 a.m. nightly until further notice, kept most protesters out of the streets Thursday night. The city will decide Friday if the curfew will go back into effect Friday night.

Tri-state Curfews
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Cincinnati:
8 p.m. to 6 a.m.

Norwood:
8 p.m. to 6 a.m.

Cheviot:
10 p.m. to 6 a.m.

Green Township:
10 p.m. to 6 a.m.

Golf Manor:
8 p.m. to 6 a.m.

Elmwood Place:
10 p.m. to 6 a.m.

The curfew applies to everyone in all 48 Cincinnati neighborhoods, including Hyde Park, Price Hill and Clifton.

The communities of Norwood, Cheviot, Elmwood Place, Green Township, Golf Manor and St. Bernard are also enforcing similiar curfews indefinitely.

However, the curfew didn't keep everyone off the streets overnight.

Police told 9News they made 95 arrests for curfew violations.

click for larger picture At the scene
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Vandals did hit a business overnight in Kennedy Heights.

Fire broke out at the Redwood Carry Out Store on Woodford.

The fire did quite a bit of damage to the store.

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