“I’m proud of the protests, but I’m not proud of the destruction,” he said. “My brother wasn’t about that”
) “I’m going to say that again: I’m proud of the protests, but I’m not proud of the destruction. My brother wasn’t about that.”
After the memorial concluded, peaceful protesters left the plaza. Several cleared out, mounting their bikes and awakening their dozing dogs next to them so they could go home. Others braved the humidity and carried on, passing out peanut butter and sunflower seed sandwiches and holding their signs up high while they marched across the Brooklyn Bridge.
One protester, Hannah Kavanagh, has been begging her mother to attend a demonstration all week. “My mom wouldn’t let me because she was worried about the social-distancing aspect of it,” said the 20-year-old. “But she could tell I really wanted to go, and it turns out this protest is a block and a half away from my house. I don’t want to be complicit. I want to do something to address this issue.”
“Systematic racism has been a huge part of America for a little over 400 years,” she continued. “I see it manifest in so many aspects of my life. I’m one of the lucky ones — I’ve never been pulled over or questioned by cops. I’ve never been arrested. There’s people that go through it so much more than I do. I just feel like it’s about time that this is addressed. Once and for all, this has to stop.
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