Angry protesters torched the Wendy’s Saturday night. The killing led to the resignation of Atlanta Police Chief Erika Shields and the firing of Garrett Rolfe, the officer involved in the shooting. “It’s happening almost every day, and we become accustomed to it.”Īfter two weeks of protests following the police killing of George Floyd in Minnesota, Atlanta erupted again over the weekend after Rayshard Brooks, a 27-year-old black man, was gunned down Friday night in a Wendy’s parking lot after a scuffle with police. “I’m a young black man and this needs to end. “This is in my control and it’s in my control to stop it.”Ĭook held a sign calling for the repeal of Georgia’s citizen’s arrest law. “That’s why I’m marching because I have to be a part of this - because these are my people getting killed every day,” he said. Wade Cook, a college student from Snellville, said he marched because the younger generation has to take action to stop racism and the deaths of black people nationwide. He added: "We’re sick and tired of being sick and tired.” We’re sick and tired that even if you go to vote, the polling stations don’t work and the people who you vote for forget that you put them in office." “We’re sick and tired that if you fall asleep in a drive-thru at Wendy’s, you’ll end up being killed even if you have no weapon. “We’re sick and tired that in Georgia you can get killed just for jogging,” New Birth Missionary Baptist Church pastor Jamal Bryant told the crowd. The “March on Georgia” rally was spearheaded by the NAACP and organized with a focus on ensuring “criminal justice reform, repealing citizen’s arrest, stopping voter suppression and ending police violence against our communities.” “This is not a moment, it’s a movement.” #gapol /VdOJhNqxx7- stephen fowler // voting+georgia politics June 15, 2020 Things are underway with Leading a moment of silence for George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, Breyona Taylor and Rayshard Brooks. Russell Federal Building on Spring Street and made its way to the Capitol. Rapper Young Jeezy was among the activists who kicked off the march at the Richard B. Another bore this message: “How Can We Vote for Change When You Won’t Let Us Vote.” “End 21st Century Lynching," one sign read. Protesters held so many signs it looked like a sea of social change messages. She spoke on a stage with an NAACP banner that read: “THE LARGEST AND THE OLDEST, THE BADDEST AND THE BOLDEST.” Young, the daughter of civil rights leader and former Atlanta mayor Andrew Young, said, “We are going to march, we are going to fight for better voting rights and we are going to fight at the ballot box in November.”
“I will fight for your right to express your First Amendment rights in this America that your ancestors bled and died for.” “I’m not happy that our children still have to take to the streets to fight for their lives, but I am proud of them,” said Andrea Young, the executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union of Georgia. The crowd chanted “No justice, no peace” and “I can't breathe.” They ticked off the names of black people killed in recent days, weeks and months. The protest came as lawmakers returned to the Capitol for the final days of the 2020 legislative session following a three-month hiatus due to the coronavirus pandemic. Hundreds of protesters on Monday marched through the streets of downtown Atlanta and gathered at the Capitol calling for social justice reform following the latest police killing and demanding better voting rights after last week’s problem-filled primary. Protesters gather outside of Georgia Capitol following recent cases of police brutality and voting issues.
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