Demonstrators gathered throughout the nation to call for justice for victims of police violence as well as calling attention to injustices faced by indigenous people and people of color on the Fourth of July.
July 5 (UPI) –Black Lives Matter demonstrators and indigenous groups held rallies Saturday calling attention to injustices facing people of color in America amid the Fourth of July holiday.
Rallies were held Saturday in Los Angeles, Washington, D. C., Chicago and other cities throughout the nation continuing calls for justice for victims of police violence and proposing that the Independence Day celebration is hypocritical given ongoing discrimination against indigenous people and people of color in the country.
In Los Angeles, more than 400 people gathered downtown to call for justice for George Floyd, Breonna, Taylor, Andres Guardado and others killed by police as well as soldier Vanessa Guillen who was killed at Fort Hood.
