Americans from all races continued protests against the death of George Floyd in police custody with a leading Republican senator Mitt Romney joining in raising Black Lives Matter slogan with marchers in Washington D.C.
Romney, a former presidential candidate, is the first Republican leader to endorse protesters’ rallying cry on black lives matter in the wake of several incidents of police brutality against African Americans.
Ten days on after a former police officer – now facing second-degree murder charges- knelt on George Floyd’s neck for about nine minutes before Floyd was declared dead – protests against police brutality and racism have rocked major U.S. cities amid coronavirus outbreak.
.@MittRomney is marching with a group of nearly 1,000 Christians to the White House. Here he is on video saying why he’s walking: “… to make sure that people understand that Black Lives Matter” https://t.co/KCxJNchCMs pic.twitter.com/Za0Am2WL8g
— Hannah Natanson (@hannah_natanson) June 7, 2020
In contrast with last week’s acts of rioting and violence in cities the District, protests on Sunday remained mostly peaceful. Last week, President Trump denounced violence and called in federal forces to protect the White House, which was a scene of the demonstration.
A large protest march on Golden Gate Bridge drew thousands of people from San Francisco and the greater Bay Area.
A 17–year-old girl Tiana Day planned the march, aided by her father as people expressed their opposition police brutality.
“It’s really important that the youth today reaches out because we know we are the generation that will bring change and we will be able to conquer racism,” Day said.
17 year old Tiana Day of San Ramon organized today’s Golden Gate Bridge #BlackLivesMatter march with support from her father Tiayadi. Here she addresses the demonstrators before the start of the march at noon @sfchronicle pic.twitter.com/UX0kVsKv5X
— Jessica Christian (@jachristian) June 6, 2020
Day explained the significance of holding the march on the Bridge.
“Is everything. This is a huge landmark in California. For a lot of the people in the community, it’s a great place to meet and all march together for a great cause.”
She said the people of her age and the generation are smart and know how to voice their opinion.
“I have no choice but to use my voice and stand up for black kids in this country to get the same opportunities and chances at success as a white kid does,” she said. “Young black kids lose parents, friends, and siblings to police brutality. They are scared, they are hurting and they are scarred.
“What is happening in society today is wrong. We know the justice system is flawed. We know racism still exists today after 400 years of oppression. And we know that this is
