In the midst of protests and destruction around the US, a moving scene unfolded in New York when some of the city's police officers knelt with protesters.
Aleeia Abraham shot a video of the officers taking a knee during a march in Queens calling for justice for George Floyd, who died while being arrested in Minneapolis, and in protest of the senseless killings of other black people.In the video, the protesters are kneeling and you can hear the crowd's surprise when some of the officers take a knee as well.
"Where do you want to walk? We'll walk all night."The New York march was peaceful and included a couple hundred people, Abraham said.Abraham, who runs an organization called The BlaQue Resource Network in Queens, said she'd never seen police do that in all her years of activism, or even on television at other protests."That's great, it's a good sign, but what we're really looking for is action," she said.
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