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Jordan Cooper and his brother lead a crowd in an 8-minute, 45-second moment of silence, which is the approximate time that a Minneapolis police officer kneeled on the neck of George Floyd.
A large group of protesters marched through downtown McDonough on Wednesday.
A large group of protesters marched through downtown McDonough on Wednesday.
A large group of protesters marched through downtown McDonough on Wednesday.
The McDonough Square was packed with supporters of Black Lives Matter on Wednesday.
Hundreds of citizens took a knee as part of an 8 minute, 45 second moment of silence on the McDonough Square on Wednesday.
A citizen expresses the difference between two recent protests.
A citizen holds up a sign stating “I’m human, not target practice.”
Demonstrators chant slogans and names of Black men and women who have lost their lives in the last several years.
A demonstrator holds a sign showing the names of Black men and women who have lost their lives in police custody in recent years.
A number of demonstrators sounded off on Wednesday. One of them, State Senate candidate Kelly Rose, said she told her daughter that a person had died in police custody. Her daughter asked if the person was Black.
Demonstrators at Wednesday’s event asked citizens to not forget the names of those who had died in police custody, including Breonna Taylor, a Louisville, Ky. resident who died March 13 as police served a “no-knock warrant.”
McDONOUGH – Hundreds of supporters of the Black Lives Matter movement marched through McDonough on Wednesday, congregating on the square.
The demonstration on Wednesday was a peaceful one and featured speeches from members of the community as well as a moment of silence that lasted eight minutes and 45 seconds.
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