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Thu Jun 4, 2020, 06:34 AM Jun 2020

Portland protests against George Floyd killing continue: 'We don't have an end date'

Source: Oregonian


Updated Jun 04, 2020;

Portland protests continue for 7th night in response to death of George Floyd

Portlanders returned to the city’s core Wednesday for the seventh night to protest police brutality, amid a wave of demonstrations spurred by the killing of a black man by police in Minneapolis.

George Floyd died after a white police officer kneeled on Floyd’s neck for nearly nine minutes. Three other officers stood nearby as Floyd pleaded for air. On Tuesday, prosecutors in Minnesota announced that all four would face charges in connection with Floyd’s death. The officer who knelt on Floyd had already been charged but now faces a more severe accusation of second-degree murder.

In Portland, demonstrations demanding systemic change have continued to grow. More than 10,000 people gathered downtown on Tuesday, and several thousand people converged Wednesday in the Tom McCall Waterfront Park.

Rev. E.D. Mondainé, who leads the Portland chapter of the NAACP, called for help to exterminate the disease of racism and to end racist systems that have choked out the hope of better days........................................

Read more: https://www.oregonlive.com/portland/2020/06/portland-protests-continue-for-7th-night-in-response-to-death-of-george-floyd-live-updates.html



Way to go Portland.



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