Tyrone Turner / WAMU/DCist

Updated at 7:37 a.m. on July 10

Eleven people were arrested Tuesday in downtown D.C. near Lafayette Square and Black Lives Matter Plaza, according to D.C. police.

The arrests happened around 9:30 p.m., WUSA9 reported, but video footage appears to show arrests happening at different times of day. The Washington Post reported the arrests happened in a series of incidents.

One of the 11 people arrested was charged with simple assault and resisting arrest, and another with resisting arrest only, according to Metropolitan Police Department data. Another arrest was on a charge of assault on a police officer, and a fourth was on a charge of threats to kidnap or injure and resisting arrest. Four others were arrested on charges of “crowding, obstructing or incommoding.”

Now the activists arrested in Tuesday’s scuffle with police have reportedly been released and had charges against them dropped, according to DCMediaGroup, which covered the incident as it occurred. D.C. Superior Court was unavailable for comment by publication.

A video compilation of the arrests posted by DCMediaGroup on Twitter said it’s uncertain why charges were dropped, but that activists were seen blocking H Street during the scuffle.

Tuesday marked more than 40 days of demonstrations against racial inequity and police brutality in D.C.

Christian Zapata contributed reporting

This story has been updated with new information regarding protesters arrested during Tuesday’s scuffle with police and arrest numbers from MPD.

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