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Toledo Joins Nation in Protesting Floyd Murder
The last few minutes of
George Floyd’s life, spent under the knee of Minneapolis
Police Officer Derek Chauvin, turned into days of protests
around the nation, including in Toledo. On Saturday, May 30,
members and supporters of the Service Employees
International Union (SEIU) gathered on Secor Road to express
their dismay over police brutality and the murder of George
Floyd in Minneapolis.
Later in the day, the
Community Solidarity Response Network held a Police
Accountability March in downtown Toledo at the intersection
of Jackson and Huron and hundreds of Toledoans, most wearing
masks, many carrying signs, joined the CSRN. The stated
goals of the police accountability platform of the CSRN are:
1. A civilian review board with authority, 2. A ban on
chokeholds, 3. Change the option for disciplinary actions to
be removed from an officer’s file after two to five years.
During the protest,
Washington Muhammad, Jodie Summers, Ruth Leonard and Julian
Mack of the CSRN spoke of their distress over the current
state of affairs between the black community and law
enforcement officials in every part of the country.
Protesters here were, in fact, part of a nationwide pattern
of protests, many of which, as in Toledo, turned violent
after the peaceful demonstrators had had their say.
Leonard decried the
violence that followed in the evening after the peaceful
march but also noted that: “But
we did what we came to do. We shook the city. Now is not the
time to retreat. For my black brothers and sisters, now is
the time to ensure that our demands are met.”
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Fostoria Police Join Protesters
Across the nation this
past weekend, a variety of behaviors were on display
– from peaceful and respectful to violent and
destructive. And in some venues, such as here in
Fostoria, police officers joined those protesting
the murder of George Floyd.
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