A coalition of racial justice organizations, community leaders and concerned residents gathered in front of Dayton City Hall to call attention to the police killing of Reginald Thomas and to demand accountability from the city of Dayton and its leadership.
Reginald Thomas was stopped by a Dayton police officer about 9:30 p.m. March 24 while riding his bicycle at North St. Clair and East Third streets.
Body cam recording shows the officer telling the man he was stopped because he didn’t have a light on his bike and was riding on the sidewalk. The officer asked Thomas if he had a gun and asked to do a pat-down search. Thomas then ran away, and the officer ran after him…