The coronavirus pandemic is ongoing, but the 'continued anger” stemming from George Floyd's death, the latest in a string of police killings, drove people to protest anyway.
in the six years after Ferguson, more than in the six year prior — all but one of those killed were black, Latinx, or Asian.
“It’s years and years of the same thing going on,” said David Bicking, Vice President of Communities United Against Police Brutality, a Minneapolis advocacy group. “We’ve heard so much nice talk, but the system in place is designed to not discipline officers.” The couple held a sign listing the names of black people killed by police around the country. Duluth Police officers, wearing regular uniforms, not riot gear, looked on. Some were, by now, getting to know the protestors. Keliin said she spoke to one sergeant several times at different demonstrations. At one point, he even read aloud the list of names of people killed by police on her sign, drawing cheers from the crowd.
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