There were two protests around the area in response to the lack of an indictment of the two Beavercreek police officers involved in the shooting of John Crawford III.
The two protests took place at the Xenia Courthouse and the Hamilton County Courthouse.
For two or three days leading up the failed indictment there were 15-20 people on the grounds,” Said Andrew Fisher witness of the Xenia event.
Fisher said that there were only about five people with signs on the grounds of the courthouse.
Protesters, and family members, gathered at the Hamilton county courthouse last Monday to protest the Grand jury decision to not indict the officers involved in the fatal shooting of John Crawford III at a Beavercreek Wal-Mart.
On Tuesday, Aug. 5 Beavercreek police officers, Sgt. David M. Darkow and Sean Williams, responded to a 911 call to reports of a man pointing and waving a gun at customers. Officer Williams shot Crawford, he later died from his injuries at an area hospital.
A Wal-Mart surveillance video of the shooting was released last week. The video drew criticism from protesters at the event.
“The gentleman from the video appears to do no wrong,” said Debra Greer, of Fairfield, in an interview with NBC affiliate WLWP Cincinnati. She added that he was killed for no reason.
The National Action Network, which advocates civil rights,had speakers at the event on Monday.
“We are not anti cop. We are pro- justice,”said bishop Bobby Hilton during the event.
Hilton said that the officers lied in their police statement.
The report said that officer Williams gave Crawford repeated commands to drop the weapon.
“Prior to the video, obviously you give the officer the benefit of the doubt, but when you see with your own eyes what occurred,” Cecil Thomas, retired police officer said to WLWT.
The NAA demanded that the Department of justice investigate the shooting of Crawford and lack of an indictment.