On May 30, thousands of people on Pan Pacific Park in Los Angeles, California. Under the hot sun, the protestors stood still, straining to hear the speakers on stage read off name after name.
Towards the end of the recitation came the ones that have dominated recent headlines: . . . Three more unarmed Black people whose senseless deaths have spurred people to action.Despite the threat of the coronavirus, which has disproportionately affected people of color, and the real threat of violence, as protests nationwide over the weekend were met with police force, those in Los Angeles came to listen, to march, and to make their voices heard.