(24/7 News Source) -- Officials say a protest against police brutality held Thursday night in downtown Columbus turned violent just before midnight.
Hundreds of people began gathering around 7pm near the statehouse to protest the death of an unarmed African-American man by a police officer this week in Minneapolis. Some people threw debris at Columbus Police officers who then used spray to control the crowd, which left shortly after 10pm.
About an hour later, crowds reappeared and began smashing windows at the statehouse before police arrived in greater numbers to disperse the crowd.