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Greenville resident Bill Gibson added the protest was more than drawing attention to police brutality; it also spread awareness on topics like mass incarceration and institutionalization of ...
People protest outside of Cracker Barrel on Dec. 15, 2024, where a group of 11 special education students and seven staff members from Maryland's Charles County Public Schools District were ...
Protests also started at a Walmart in Peoria, then appeared at the Walmart in East Peoria. The East Peoria police chief said that the protests were mostly peaceful, but that the police responded with pepper balls in instances when projectiles were thrown at the police line, and the side of a nearby Lowe's hardware store was set on fire. [36]
Protests began in Minneapolis on May 26, the day after the murder of George Floyd, when a video of the incident had circulated widely in the media. By midday, people had gathered by the thousands at the location of Floyd's murder and set up a makeshift memorial. [12] [13] Organizers of the rally emphasized keeping the protest peaceful. [14]
On June 3, thousands of people marched up and down Santa Monica Boulevard in West Hollywood to peacefully protest the murder of George Floyd and other acts of police brutality. [79] The crowd was overwhelmingly young, with most of the protesters being white along with some black and Asian protesters as well.
Protesters in cities across the U.S. hit the streets for a 10th straight night Thursday just hours after George Floyd’s family condemned the “pandemic of racism and discrimination” at a ...
Sonora: On June 3, hundreds of people met in downtown Sonora to protest peacefully. Across the street from the protest about 100 counter-protesters gathered. During a nine-minute moment of silence, the counter-protesters began reciting the Pledge of Allegiance. [39] [40] South Lake Tahoe: A few dozen people held a protest in late July. [41]
While some celebrities are speaking out against police brutality or donating money to help pay for protesters' bail and support the Black Lives Matter movement, others are taking to the streets ...