A group of protestors gathered in front of the White House overnight following the death of George Floyd at the hands of the Minneapolis police, confronting Secret Service officers for more than five hours
"There needs to be change": Demonstrators show solidarity and call for end to police brutalityProtesters who gathered in cities across the United States told CNN of their frustration over George Floyd's death in Minneapolis.told CNN's Nick Valencia as he was being detained by police.Chelsea Peterson, in Portland, Oregon, told CNN she demonstrated Friday night to"show my solidarity with my black brothers and sisters" as they face injustice.
Peterson said it was"not enough to simply share a post or use a hashtag" to insist that black lives matter. In Minneapolis, Alicia Smith, a community organizer, told CNN:"There are no words in the English language that will convey the despair that I felt watching that man's life leave his body and him scream out for his mother. I heard my son saying, 'Mama, save me.'
Another protester, Craig Maxwell, in Charlotte, North Carolina, told CNN he turned out to demonstrate because he felt the need to step up his advocacy.
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