As tens of thousands of people rallied in the nation’s capitol and demonstrated through the streets of New York on Saturday, protesters in other cities across the nation also held events of their own to denounce racial injustice. Chants of “Hands Up Don’t Shoot” and “I Can’t Breathe” were heard in cities from Boston to San Diego as protesters spoke out against police brutality and racial profiling. While the march in Washington had the largest turnout, with an estimate of more than 50,000 protesters, cities including New York, Chicago, Oakland and San Antonio each had significant participation from protesters who took to the streets in solidarity. In Los Angeles, on the corner of Hollywood and Highland, 50 protesters circled four intersections, disrupting traffic and chanting “no…
As tens of thousands of people rallied in the nation’s capitol and demonstrated through the streets of New York on Saturday, protesters in other cities across the nation also held events of their own to denounce racial injustice.
Chants of “Hands Up Don’t Shoot” and “I Can’t Breathe” were heard in cities from Boston to San Diego as protesters spoke out against police brutality and racial profiling.
While the march in Washington had the largest turnout, with an estimate of more than 50,000 protesters, cities including New York, Chicago, Oakland and San Antonio each had significant participation from protesters who took to the streets in solidarity.
In Los Angeles, on the corner of Hollywood and Highland, 50 protesters circled four intersections, disrupting traffic and chanting “no justice no peace, no racist police.”
It has been a bigger group than appeared last week, according to 28-year-old Sharlene, a recent transplant from New York.
“Everyone has a stake in this — everyone should be out here,” she told The Huffington Post. She talked about her brother, “the best kid you could imagine,” who has been stopped and frisked seven times by local police.
Nearby, hundreds marched from Berkeley to Oakland while more than a thousand rallied outside the Oakland courthouse. Meanwhile, in Boston, state police arrested 23 protesters Saturday afternoon, charging each of them with disorderly conduct.
Crowds across the nation consisted of people of all ages and demographics, reflecting a diversity praised by many.
“At previous protests for other similar causes, it’s been only black faces,” Los Angeles resident Aiesha Spires, 27, told The Huffington Post. “I appreciate the diversity and I appreciate that [the white allies] are taking cues from us and not taking over.”
Consensus among several protesters in Los Angeles was that awareness of racial injustice and accountability of police brutality were the salient needs.
That sentiment was shared among the tens of thousands of others who expressed the same concerns throughout the country — and as portrayed in images from protests across America. Take a look at some of them below:
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