Barrington High School graduate Dominique Duval speaks to a crowd June 6, 2020 during a demonstration in Citizens Park in Barrington while event organizer Zoe Zakson holds a photo of Duval’s uncle taking part in the 1960s Civil Rights Movement. (Kulsoom Khan / Pioneer Press)
A crowd estimated at over 200 people gathered in Barrington Saturday to join other area and nationwide protests against police brutality – including unarmed African American people – in the wake of the death earlier this month of George Floyd in Minneapolis.
Floyd, who is African American, was killed on Memorial Day in Minneapolis while in police custody. He was apprehended for allegedly using a counterfeit $20 bill at a local store, according to published reports about the incident.
A video recorded by a bystander that has gone viral globally, appears to show now-former police officer Derick Chauvin, who is white, pressing his knee into Floyd’s neck for what officials said was 8 minutes and 46 seconds – all while other officers pinned Floyd down and applied pressure to his back. Another officer is seen in the video appearing to stand watch.
“I’m furious, because it took a video for the nation to believe that the problem my community has seen forever is real,” Pastor Zina Jacque, of Community Church of Barrington, said while addressing the crowd of demonstrators.
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