Al Kipone schreef op 4 juni 2020 21:24:
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Protests against police brutality expand into the Richmond suburbs
As Richmond marked its sixth day of demonstrations against police brutality that has roiled the nation, protests expanded into the city’s suburbs on Wednesday with marches, chants and prayers.
The names of Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor and George Floyd rang out on Iron Bridge Road in Chesterfield County. Protesters from the Short Pump area shouted “Black Lives Matter” as they wound their way into the city limits. In Ashland, roughly 200 people knelt for 8 minutes and 46 seconds, the length of time Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin kept his knee on Floyd’s neck nine days earlier.
Demonstrators,
many of whom were white, pointed to the slaying of Arbery in February while he was out jogging and Floyd’s and Taylor’s deaths at the hands of police as proof that systems in place that disadvantage people of color should be reformed. Police leaders engaged with protesters across the region, condemning the recent slayings and pledging to engage in introspection about their own practices and policies.