There are at least two separate protests against anti-black racism planned for the city today and dozens of storefronts remain boarded up as a precaution.
Last Updated Saturday, June 6, 2020 2:32PM EDT
Floyd was killed in Minneapolis last week after an officer placed his knee against his neck for eight minutes and 46 seconds in an incident that was caught on video. A vigil was also held at Nathan Phillips Square on Friday night, where residents spoke about their experiences with anti-black racism. “Right now, by all accounts, everything has been peaceful. The messaging is pretty clear. We want the 99.9 per cent of people that are there to show why they are there, to speak about anti-Black racism, to have the time to say that,” Police Chief Mark Saunders told reporters on Saturday afternoon. “We’ve also asked for them to help. We’ve said look, that’s the message we want put out there, please if others are distracting that message, please help us, let us know who those people are.
“It is a normal protocol. We do that all of the time. There is nothing nefarious to it, in fact it is the right thing because we have learned in the past that if you leave things and if people do have a lot of emotion sometimes that can lead to actions and actions that can be regrettable,” Saunders said.
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