Surfers around the world are paddling out to sea in support of the Black Lives Matter movement to protest injustice and pay tribute to black lives lost to police brutality
Lou Harris, the founder of the East Coast Chapter of the Black Surfing Association, organized a paddle out in New York City's Rockaway Beach on June 6.The peaceful demonstration attracted more than 350 surfers who held Black Lives Matter signs and chanted the name of George Floyd, an unarmed black man who died after a Minneapolis police officer knelt on his neck."I expected it to be 50 or 60 people but hundreds of surfers showed up," Harris told CNN.
They then chant and throw the flowers into the water and chant.Read MoreAt the New York paddle out earlier this month, the surfers also sang"Happy Birthday" to Breonna Taylor, who would have turned 27 on June 5. Taylor was an EMT who was killed in March after officers forced their way inside her home."It really made me tear up," Harris said."This brings so much awareness to racial injustice.
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