GREENVILLE, S.C. (WLOS) — A large rally in Upstate South Carolina resulted in several arrests Saturday afternoon.
In a press release, the Greenville Police Department says officers monitored a picket downtown on June 25, regarding the U.S. Supreme Court's recent decision to overturn Roe v. Wade. Police say the picket was slated to run from 12-1 p.m. with 100 people present. However, approximately four to five hundred people were present during the rally which "exceeded the scheduled end time."
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Per the city's picketing ordinance, the department saysofficers separated opposing sides, but that they had to "address people in the roadway and parties from one side trying to go over to another" on several occasions.
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One person was arrested after multiple warnings, police say, along with several others who "interfered" following the first arrest. A total of six people were arrested during the picket, facing charges ranging from "pedestrians in the roadway, interfering with police, disorderly conduct, and resisting arrest."
The picket was ultimately deemed an unlawful assembly and officers dispersed both sides, the release says.
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"We have received a few videos from people involved and onlookers," the police department says. "There was not any use of OC or taser discharges."
A review of the incident will take place, which officials say is standard protocol.