Some more images from along the route of the Black Lives Matter, Justice for George Floyd march last Saturday discussed in my last few posts. Click any image to see them all enlarged.
Day: June 19, 2020
Along the March Route

These next few posts will feature some images from along the route of the Black Lives Matter march in my last post.
Calling for Change
Last Saturday we joined a larger, longer march from 135th Street and St Nicholas Avenue across 135th Street and down Malcolm X Blvd, twisting a little bit to wind up at Frederick Douglass Circle. At the opening rally we heard spine-chilling stories from a couple of mothers of their experiences: one had called for help for her sick son only to see the responding police kill him; another was the mother of one of the Central Park Five who was incarcerated at 15 for 7 years for the rape of the Central Park jogger and was released as a registered sex offender. The horrors her family endured for decades before the actual perpetrator came forward are unimaginable. (Click any image to see them all enlarged.)