A large crowd gathered at a Barrington park Saturday afternoon to call for an end to racial injustice and police brutality in response to the killing of George Floyd in Minnesota.
The Black Lives Matter protest, organized by a group of Barrington teenagers, drew hundreds of people to a field at Citizens Park near Northwest Highway and Lake Zurich Road.
For nearly an hour and a half, the audience — many holding signs — heard from speakers, chanted slogans and remained silent for more than eight minutes in memory of Floyd, who died May 25 while he was on the ground in handcuffs with a police officer kneeling on his neck.
During an emotional speech, the Rev. Zina Jacque, pastor of the Community Church of Barrington, said she’s furious because it took a video for the country to believe that “the problem my community has seen forever” is real.
Read more from the Daily Herald here.
Will being concerned and furious motivate the organizers to meet with the city council of Barrington to see what they plan for low-income integrated housing?
Proud of my community and its teenagers that organized this peaceful rally.
Also pleased with Generals Mattis, Powell & Kelly and former Commander-in Chiefs, George W. Bush (AKA Jr.) and Barack Obama and the rapidly growing list of former Republican leaders and office holders who this week showed are supporting positive changes in policing, and race relations while making clear they are NOT supporting Trump’s re-election.
Jan Goss
I hope they will also hold a all lives matter protest!
Right on point Nancy . Perhaps the organizers can give us a timeline while they are in the public eye