Hundreds of community members gathered in downtown Syracuse to participate in a Black Lives Matter march on Monday afternoon. The purpose of the march was to protest against police brutality.
Protesters held signs with themes of police brutality and violence during the Black Lives Matter march.
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During a Black Lives Matter march in Syracuse, protesters sing: "I hear my brother saying I can’t breathe. Calling out the violence of these racist police. And we’re not going to stop until people are free.”
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Bonnie Schultz, Buddhist Chaplain at Syracuse University's Hendricks Chapel, and protester Louis Poindexter converse about the Black Lives Matter movement before the march starts.
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Protester Miranda Werntz and her son, Rockim, prepare their stroller with signs before the Black Lives Matter march on Monday afternoon.
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Syracuse University student Sarah Ibrahim holds a banner that says: "We can't breathe."
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The Black Lives Matter march ended in front of the Syracuse Police Department after about a mile march through downtown Syracuse.
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Organizers of the Black Lives Matter march provided water to the participants in order to combat the heat.
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Protesters passed around a petition against the absence of death reports in response to the recent death of Gary Porter.
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Hundreds of community members march down the streets of Syracuse to protest against police brutality.
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Alexis Rinck, a Syracuse University student, holds a sign promoting solidarity of races for the Black Lives Matter movement.
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Reflections of the marching crowd show in the puddles on the road from earlier rain.
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An anti-Black Lives Matter protester yells at demonstrators as they march by.
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Adrianna Cummings reads a poem entitled, "As I pass out flyers," on the steps of the Federal Building in Syracuse.
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Jaleesa Potts, a Syracuse community member, walks emotionally with hands up as other protesters around her shout: "Don't shoot!"
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Couple Domonique Baldwin and Ronald Lee march with other Syracuse community members while holding hands and chanting.
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Organizers led the entire crowd in united chants of "Hey hey ho ho these racist cops have got to go!"
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One sign held by a protester during the Black Lives Matter march reads: "Protest us from the protectors."
Riley Bunch | Staff PhotographerPublished on July 18, 2016 at 8:19 pm
