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Thursday, June 3 2021
The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com MULTIMEDIA
Community members march to remember George Floyd
One year after the murder of
George Floyd, community members
gathered in Ann Arbor to protest
against police brutality and system-
ic racism Wednesday afternoon.
Protesters
marched
down
Washtenaw Avenue to the Washt-
enaw County Sheriff’s Office where
they joined hands in solidarity and
sang in memory of George Floyd
and other victims of police brutal-
ity both nationally and locally.
The protesters then took a knee
at the Hogback Road intersection
for 9 minutes and 29 seconds — the
amount of time former Minneapolis
police officer Derek Chauvin knelt
on Floyd’s neck. Protesters were
joined by Matthew Harshberger,
the director of public safety In
Pittsfield Charter Township, who
took a knee in solidarity.
Following the march was an
open mic where members of the
community shared their thoughts.
Among those who spoke were orga-
nizer Machelle Pearson, activist
Leslie Windless, and Washtenaw
County prosecutor Eli Savit.
ISAAC MANGOLD
Daily Staff Photographer