It was a moment spectators and participants described as 'surreal' and 'peaceful.'
“I am outraged,” Budde told the Washington Post. “I am the bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Washington and was not given even a courtesy call, that they would be clearing [the area] with tear gas so they could use one of our churches as a prop.”
The nationwide protests are in response to the murder of George Floyd. Today, the first of three memorial services was. A second memorial will be held Saturday in Raeford, NC where Floyd was born, and a funeral will be held on Tuesday in Houston where Floyd lived before moving to the Twin Cities about five years ago.
“Out of all the years that I’ve been marching and protesting and doing eulogies and speeches, I’m more hopeful going to this service than I have been in a long time,” the Rev. Al Sharpton said during a
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