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ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — The Latest on arrests of protesters demonstrating outside Minnesota governor's home over death of black man shot by a police officer (all times local):
8 p.m.
Police have arrested at least 46 people while trying to reopen the street in front of the Minnesota governor's mansion.
St. Paul police said on Twitter that an additional 19 people were arrested Tuesday for public nuisance and unlawful assembly near the Summit Avenue residence. That's on top of the 26 adults and one juvenile who were arrested earlier in the day.
Police spokesman Steve Linders says an officer was treated for heat exhaustion.
Officers tried several times to reopen the street. Demonstrators have been camping outside the governor's residence since July 7, a day after Philando Castile was shot and killed by a St. Anthony police officer during a traffic stop.
Minneapolis NAACP President Nekima Levy-Pounds accused police of a "show of military force against unarmed peaceful protesters."
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6:30 p.m.
Police have arrested more than two-dozen protesters while trying to reopen the street in front of the Minnesota governor's mansion.
St. Paul Police spokesman Steve Linders says 26 adults and one juvenile were arrested Tuesday. Charges range from disorderly conduct to unlawful assembly to public nuisance.
Police have tried several times to reopen Summit Avenue.
Demonstrators have been camping outside the governor's residence since July 7, a day after Philando Castile was shot and killed by a St. Anthony police officer during a traffic stop.
Gov. Mark Dayton is in Philadelphia for the Democratic National Convention. A Dayton spokesman says the governor was not involved in the decision to clear the street.
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1:25 p.m.
Police have arrested at least 20 protesters for unlawful assembly in front of the governor's mansion on St. Paul's Summit Avenue.
Demonstrators have been camping outside the governor's residence since early July 7, a day after the shooting of Philando Castile, who was killed by a St. Anthony police officer during a traffic stop.
Police told the group Tuesday morning that they had to stop blocking the street. Protesters began cleaning up their belongings.
The Star Tribune reports police arrested three protesters on the sidewalk and another in the street about 11 a.m. after one allegedly removed a "No Parking" sign from a nearby curb.
Police had cleared the street before — on July 18 — but protesters went back into the road on Sunday.
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