Overview
- Social media footage from the Monday march shows an Aurora officer kneeling on a person as another is dragged by police, leading to a protest outside the police department Tuesday evening.
- Police say the demonstration began peacefully before students entered roadways and blocked traffic, with reports of fights, thrown water bottles and reckless driving that prompted enforcement actions.
- Three East Aurora High School students were charged with improper walking in the roadway, obstructing and resisting a peace officer, and one also faces an aggravated battery count.
- An officer sustained a head laceration and was taken to a hospital, and the department says it will review all available video and documentation from the nearly two-hour encounter.
- State Sen. Karina Villa and other local officials criticized the response, urged a transparent review and pressed for reconsideration of charges against students.