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Don Leonard, who is running for Ohio's 15th Congressional District as a Democrat, was cited for violating the city's noise ordinance. He was charged with obstructing official business when he refused to comply with an order from police to step toward their vehicles.

Organizers said they expect at least 15,000 people at the Statehouse to protest the Trump administration.

In Columbus, protesters are gathering Saturday at 1 p.m. in Goodale Park to stand with Haitians and other immigrants and oppose Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Organizers in Cleveland, Cincinnati, Yellow Springs, Dayton, Akron and Toledo also have events planned.

Three people, including two students, were arrested at the Ohio Union on Tuesday over a protest targeting Customs and Border Protection recruiters during the annual spring career fair.

Second year student Guy Christensen and the American Civil Liberties Union of Ohio sued Ohio State last year, alleging the university violated his 1st and 14th amendment rights.

"Operation Buckeye" ran from Dec. 16 - Dec. 21. Meanwhile, hundreds at the Ohio Statehouse on Thursday night protested the death of Renee Good, who was shot and killed by an ICE officer in Minneapolis on Wednesday.

Dublin Jerome High School senior Corinne Embi did a project last year on transgender activism and anti-trans laws for a Women's Studies course. Embi wanted to organize a teach-in after school and ask other students to wear pink, blue and white clothing that mirror the transgender pride flag.

Four protesters, a legal observer and a street medic will get $800,000 total, to be split between the six of them. Each person claimed police shot them with knee knocker or rubber bullets or assaulted them by shoving them or grabbing them by the throat.

The nationwide "No Kings" protest will have a float and march alongside Columbus' LGBTQ+ Pride March on Saturday.

A records request fulfilled by Ohio State University one year after pro-Palestinian protests on campus reveals more about OSU's response. OSU police arrested dozens of peaceful protestors on April 25, 2024.