BOSTON (AP) — Protesters gathered on Boston Common on Wednesday to again denounce police brutality against people of color, as authorities mopped up after violent…
BOSTON (AP) — Protesters gathered on Boston Common on Wednesday to again denounce police brutality against people of color, as authorities mopped up after violent demonstrations the previous night in Brockton.
Black Lives Matter called for more peaceful protesting aimed at ending white-on-black brutality, like the deadly arrest of George Floyd by a white Minneapolis police officer who pressed his knee into Floyd’s neck for several minutes even after he stopped moving and pleading for air.
Demonstrators began to come together on the Common at about 3:30 p.m.
They cheered after learning that prosecutors have expanded their case against the police who were at the scene of Floyd’s death, charging three with aiding and abetting a murder and upgrading the charges against the officer who pressed his knee on Floyd’s neck to second-degree murder.
The protesters also listened to speeches and held signs reading “White Silence=Violence,” “I Can’t Breath,” “Black Lives Matter,” and “No Justice, No Peace.
