BELLEVUE, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) – The village of Bellevue says it will hold off on extending a curfew it set Monday.
Bellevue set a curfew through Wednesday in response to Sunday night’s violent events in nearby Green Bay.
Protests in the wake of the death of George Floyd took a destructive turn when people damaged businesses, threw rocks and bricks at officers and looted a downtown Green Bay gas station.
Although protests since Sunday night have been peaceful, Green Bay decided to extend its curfew to Monday, June 8.
Bellevue leaders say they are hopeful it will not be necessary to extend its curfew into the weekend.
Of the decision to not extend the curfew in advance, Bellevue Administrator Diane Wessel stated, “We are aware that there are planned peaceful demonstration events this weekend related to the murder of George Floyd. We are also aware that opportunist criminals have been using these peaceful demonstrations to diminish demonstrators’ message, incite further conflict, infringe on others’ rights, and do harm to business owners. We are hopeful that opportunist criminals will not parasitize these events but we are prepared to respond immediately if they do, or plan to.”
