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Protesters Demand Justice? Speaking Out Artist /Activist Regina Hicks

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Tune Sunday May 31, 2020  evening @ 8pm  for a Emergency broadcast and update with a Interview  Artist /Activist Regina Hicks , Atlanta GA & Artist /Activiist  Demonica Flye Saint Paul MN,. Producer/ Host  Kareema Ali- Bowens People are moved to want to speak and to want to gather in solidarity and in protest, and we certainly honor and respect . We  know, large gatherings do pose a risk in any epidemic, but certainly where we stand today with the state of COVID-19 spread in our community. Knowing that we have community spread, we just want to again encourage folks who gather to be mindful of the risk." Toronto Police headquarters as protesters march to highlight the deaths in the U.S. of Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor and George Floyd, and of Toronto's Regis Korchinski-Paquet, who died after falling from an apartment building while police officers were present in Toronto, Canada on May 30. In Minneapolis,  George Floyd, an unarmed black man, died after he was pinned down by police officer Derek Chauvin. The video of the handcuffed man dying while Chauvin knelt on his neck sparked a fresh furor in the US over police treatment of African Americans. The video shared online showed Floyd pleading that he couldn't breathe. Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey fired four police officers following the death

Tune Sunday May 31, 2020  evening @ 8pm  for a Emergency broadcast and update with a Interview  Artist /Activist Regina Hicks , Atlanta GA & Artist /Activiist  Demonica Flye Saint Paul MN,. Producer/ Host  Kareema Ali- Bowens People are moved to want to speak and to want to gather in solidarity and in protest, and we certainly honor and respect . We  know, large gatherings do pose a risk in any epidemic, but certainly where we stand today with the state of COVID-19 spread in our community. Knowing that we have community spread, we just want to again encourage folks who gather to be mindful of the risk." Toronto Police headquarters as protesters march to highlight the deaths in the U.S. of Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor and George Floyd, and of Toronto's Regis Korchinski-Paquet, who died after falling from an apartment building while police officers were present in Toronto, Canada on May 30. In Minneapolis,  George Floyd, an unarmed black man, died after he was pinned down by police officer Derek Chauvin. The video of the handcuffed man dying while Chauvin knelt on his neck sparked a fresh furor in the US over police treatment of African Americans. The video shared online showed Floyd pleading that he couldn't breathe. Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey fired four police officers following the death

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Tune Sunday May 31, 2020  evening @ 8pm  for a Emergency broadcast and update with a Interview  Artist /Activist Regina Hicks , Atlanta GA & Artist /Activiist  Demonica Flye Saint Paul MN,. Producer/ Host  Kareema Ali- Bowens People are moved to...

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