WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Protesters started to collect in Washington for a huge presentation on Saturday as street marches throughout the United States to protest the killing of a black man in custody enter a 12 th day and authorities transfer to control policing strategies.
George Floyd, 46, died on Might 25 in Minneapolis after a law enforcement officer knelt on his neck for nearly nine minutes. The killing has actually activated demonstrations against racism and cops brutality in cities and smaller sized communities nationwide, as well as demonstrations by fans all over the world.
Some activists have contacted social media for a million people to attend Saturday’s rally in the U.S. capital.
” We have a lot of public, open source info to recommend that the event on this upcoming Saturday may be one of the biggest we have actually ever had in the city,” Washington DC Police Chief Peter Newsham told local media without providing a quote. Regional media has anticipated 10s of thousands will attend.
Six buses unloaded several hundred uniformed military workers, many using body armor and carrying guards, at the White House premises early on Saturday, a Reuters photographer said. Military Humvees were parked on tree-lined city streets.
On the steps of the Lincoln Memorial, a little group of protesters sang worship songs as crowds gathered. Free bottles of water and treats were set up outside a church close by.
Delonno Carroll, a 27- year-old construction employee, stated he had actually come out to demonstrate since he “simply can not” sit and view from house.
” Our voices need to be heard,” Carroll said. “No longer can we have a guy call out for his mama on the streets and have to go through what G