Lines of protesters — often but not always masked against the virus — snaked their way through side streets, while others converged in nearby parks. “It’s not just the racist institutions that we’re fighting,” he said later in an interview. ABC News' Alexander Mallin contributed to this report. Despite the grim numbers, organizers of the Harrisburg protest complained that they will have endured seven weeks of home lockdown once May 1 arrives. In Philadelphia, thousands of people filled the Benjamin Franklin Parkway, marching from the Philadelphia Museum of Art to City Hall, with some demanding that the city cut the Police Department budget by at least 10 percent. On Saturday, video posted on Twitter by a local reporter showed a number of white men with guns standing near the demonstration. Masked protesters, angry in part over the government’s treatment of Aboriginal people, shouted, “I can’t breathe,” and held signs saying “How many more?” and “Australia is not innocent.” The intensity, scale and scope of the demonstrations seemed to dwarf anything the country had seen on the issue of race in years. Demonstrators massed around the world, and even small towns with Klan histories became sites of protest.
For the mothers. Legal Statement. Most wore wearing face masks, but their collective chants were loud and clear: “George Floyd,” “Black Lives Matter” and “No justice, no peace.”. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, “That is unacceptable.”. “I just think that some of the governors have gotten carried away,” Trump said at a coronavirus briefing at the White House on Friday.
However, the government mandating healthy citizens to stay home, forcing businesses and churches to close is called tyranny,” reads a statement released by the Pennsylvanians Against Excessive Quarantine.
York: For two consecutive days over 1,000 protesters demonstrated against the death of George Floyd, and against police brutality, holding signs reading "Black Lives Matter" and "Racism is not tolerated here".
[cheering] Let justice flow like a mighty stream. Some danced and others played music, and chants of “Whose streets? ©2020 FOX News Network, LLC. Will you defund the Minneapolis Police Department? Lisa Hughes, the publisher of The Inquirer, said in a memo to the staff on Saturday that she had accepted Mr. Wischnowski’s decision to step down after 10 years across two stints as the leader of one of the country’s largest newsrooms. As he walked away, the crowd continued chanting, “Shame! In Seattle, a demonstration organized by health care workers drew thousands who walked from Harborview Medical Center to City Hall. Music was playing out of the back of cars. And in Colorado, where legislation to ban the use of chokeholds by law enforcement was introduced this week, a federal judge in Denver issued a temporary restraining order on Friday to limit officers’ ability to fire rubber bullets or use tear gas on protesters. PROTESTS EMERGE IN LANCASTER AFTER FATAL SHOOTING OF MAN ARMED WITH KNIFE: DA. And in cities and towns across Australia on Saturday, tens of thousands rallied in support of the Black Lives Matter movement, despite a warning from Prime Minister Scott Morrison that large gatherings could harm efforts to control the pandemic. He staggered backward and landed hard on the ground. It is a yes or a no. Munoz allegedly has a history of violent crime. The Maine protesters were led by the groups ReOpen Maine and Mainers Against Excessive Quarantine. Let kindness rain like a summer shower. "Start Here" offers a straightforward look at the day's top stories in 20 minutes. His account has since been deactivated. Our streets!” rang out even as the clouds broke and a downpour soaked the crowds. Demonstrators on foot and bicycle headed to the freshly painted Black Lives Matter mural on the main thoroughfare, passing cars with “BLM” and “Stop Killing Us” written on their rear windows. “I’m scared when I see a cop and I’m scared when I see a white person,” she said. The headline, published with the article on Tuesday, played on the slogan “Black Lives Matter,” a rallying cry for activists protesting police violence against blacks, particularly since the death of George Floyd last month. 24/7 coverage of breaking news and live events. Around the world, protests against racism and police brutality multiplied.