Protests for George Floyd have been taking place all around the city, and several videos posted on Saturday capture huge crowds throughout the Upper West Side, marching and chanting for justice. All appears peaceful on the UWS at this time.
Upper West Side. VERY PEACEFUL. Everyone is in full support. pic.twitter.com/t8H8x8f7m1
— Isabelle (@imalave) May 30, 2020
#georgesfloyd #upperwestside pic.twitter.com/W4Dl2TYSfB
— Richard Koscher (@richardkoscher) May 30, 2020
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More of right now on the UPPER WEST SIDE #protests #BLACK_LIVES_MATTER #GeorgeFloydProtests pic.twitter.com/v9f66ST70y
— ??JACOB DO TWITER?? (@jooaojacob) May 30, 2020
Thousands marching for George Flyod on W 86th and Central Park West. Cars honking to show solidarity. Protest is peaceful, NYPD is here but not intervening @fox5ny pic.twitter.com/UPheZTrHBq
— Kayla Mamelak (@KaylaMamelak) May 30, 2020
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Sorry for the guy, but same weekend 9 killed, 14 wounded in Chicago weekend shootings, but I guess those are not media worthy
And if the perpetrators are found in those shootings, they will by tried, and if found guilty, pay the price.
These protests are because of the number of instances where justice hasn’t been pursued either because the perpetrator was a police officer, or barbarically, just because of the victim’s skin color.
We don’t need protests to get people to acknowledge that shootings are bad. Everyone is already on board with that. We do need protests to remind the few corrupt police officers and those in political power, that you can’t get away with murdering someone just because you’re part of the PD, or just because the victim was a minority. This doesn’t even begin to touch on the deeper problems of privilege, which these issues rest upon.
Also, if those shootings were “not media worthy”, how do you know about them? Did you not read about them in the media…?
Bob – you’re taking what George is saying out of context. What he is saying is you have Black killing Blacks at an arming rate in Chicago daily and nobody marches through the streets, looting, setting fires etc.. Why not? And if you haven’t heard the Cop in this instance has been arrested and charged and will stand trial. Also don’t make Floyd out to be Mother Theresa either. He was confronted because he was accused of committing a crime and then resisted arrest. The cop did not just see him and kneel on him. It is extremely unfortunate and never should have happened. I’d like to see you and others with your point of view go march down the Magnificent Mile in Chicago breaking windows and looting because another dozen blacks shot another dozen blacks. Never happen, guess those particular live don’t “matter”.