Phoenix Protests Continue, Tucson Protest Starts Late

Protesters converge on a Phoenix Police vehicle, breaking out the back window.

PHOENIX — Protests in Phoenix continued on Friday night downtown Phoenix after a vigil for Dion Johnson, a man shot and killed by DPS earlier this week in Phoenix.

Other protests are happening across the country tonight for George Floyd, a man that died in police custody in Minneapolis earlier this week as well.

At approximately 11:30 protesters began breaking windows and lighting off fireworks. Protesters also began breaking windows and vandalizing Phoenix Police vehicles.


Protesters descended on downtown Tucson late Friday, breaking windows and tagging buildings.

Unlike Phoenix Mayor Kate Gallego, who remained silent Friday night, Tucson Mayor Regina Romero called for an end to the destruction:

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