Thousands of protesters marched Saturday through the streets of what was once the capital of the Confederacy in the '5000 Man March Against Racism' that started and ended at the monument of Gen. Robert E. Lee.
“George carried the weight of a nation that is guided by white supremacy,” Floyd said. “A weight of police brutality that has permeated the Black community for far too long. And I weep because George was a man that should have been right here today. But instead his life didn't matter.”Ryan M. Kelly / AFP - Getty Images
“We picked the Robert E. Lee monument with the idea that this would be the last big gathering here,” said organizer Triston Harris. “What it means to us is, as we see the statue and we see the graffiti, see all of the Black Lives Matter support that’s now upon the statue, it's extremely ... I want to say, well ... thrilling, to see some of the ideas and see some of the creativity that has been placed upon the statute.
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