Local activists and demonstrators have taken to the streets of Washington, DC, to demand nationwide police reform and protest cops’ recent killings and shootings of unarmed Black individuals, including the recent attack which threatened the life of a Black man in Wisconsin.
Though demonstrations have regularly occurred in the US capital since the May 25 murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis, Minnesota, Monday’s protests appeared revitalized following the shooting of Jacob Blake, a 29-year-old unarmed Black man who was shot in the back seven times by police officers in Kenosha, Wisconsin, on Sunday.
Blake, who was shot in front of his sons – ages 3, 5 and 8 – is now in stable condition after being taken to a hospital in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, according to a news release issued by the Department of Justice.
Crump is also representing the families of Floyd, 26-year-old no-knock warrant shooting victim Breonna Taylor and Ahmaud Arbery, who was fatally shot by a father-son duo in Glynn County, Georgia.
Early demonstrations were interrupted by a car that crashed around the Columbia Heights area. Witnesses at the scene noted that “protester medics” were the first to attend to those injured from the crash, which was unrelated to the area protests.
“So, I think we should also be clear that our chapter hasn’t had protests. What you’re seeing are new groups and individuals who are calling for protests,” she told WTOP’s Nick Iannelli in a recent interview.
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