«We know that it is a pivotal time right now, as people protest police brutality as we remember. Men, women who have been killed at the hands of police right now are fighting for social justice.»
CHICAGO (CBS) — Thousands in Chicago marched near Grant Park to celebrate Juneteenth with messages to end police brutality, reform law enforcement procedures and a call for racial equality and social justice.
Marchers wore Black Lives Matter shirts, carried signs and a large banner with the image of George Floyd.
The Minneapolis man died in police custody in May. Video shows the now ex-Minneapolis officer holding Floyd down with his knee on Floyd’s neck. That man, Derek Chauvin, is charged with Floyd’s murder.
Days after Floyd’s murder, civil unrest demonstrations took place in Minneapolis and across Chicago, including Chicago, where protesters demanded justice for Floyd and the countless others who died at the hands of law enforcement.
Juneteenth began in 1865.
