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June 8, 2020

Uprising Against Racism, Police Brutality Brings Out 100,000s from Coast to Coast
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The nationwide uprising against police violence and anti-Black racism
saw hundreds of thousands of protesters take to the streets across the
U.S over the weekend. In New York, large-scale protests took place
throughout the city, many continuing into the night in defiance of an 8
p.m. curfew Friday and Saturday. In San Francisco, thousands of
protesters shut down traffic on the Golden Gate Bridge.

In Richmond, Virginia, protesters toppled the Confederate statue of
General Williams Carter Wickham and doused it with paint. Many in
Virginia, including some of Wickham's own descendants, had called for
the Confederate statue to be torn down for years.

On Friday, protesters around the country wished a happy 27th birthday to
Breonna Taylor, who was shot dead by Louisville, Kentucky, police inside
her own apartment in March.

This is a protester speaking at a rally in Los Angeles.

Robert Mc Queen: "Today we're taking a stand against police brutality,
and we're taking a stand against the system of oppression we see with
the police department. And it's not that it's a white cop or a Black cop
or a Mexican cop. They don't have color in the police department. They
have one color. It's blue."

We'll bring you voices from protests here in New York City later in the
broadcast.


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