Protesters mourning the murder of Sonya Massey at the hands of police in Illinois faced off with cops in Lower Manhattan on Thursday night, resulting in at
Protest ers mourning the murder of Sonya Massey faced- off with cops in Lower Manhattan on Thursday night resulting in at at least one arrest as New Yorkers fumed over police killing of yet another Black woman. least one arrest.
Many New Yorkers are still seething over the senseless slaying. Gathering in Washington Square Park on Thursday night, time almost seemed to rewind to 2020, when the streets were filled with fury over the police killing of George Floyd. Although the country has had a disturbing history of police officers gunning down people of color, many are calling this incident one of the worst they have ever seen.
For over an hour, speakers of color lamented that they have, for years, found themselves back on the streets protesting one lost life after another.
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