2nd Protest Set For Wednesday
June 2, 2020 at 1:59 a.m.
2nd Protest Set For Wednesday
By Amanda [email protected]
Ofelia Rios and Maria Medina organized Saturday’s event in Central Park that drew nearly 100 people.
This time, Rios said, they will be more organized.
“Our first protest went wonderful,” Rios said. “We had no one that did anything wrong, and it went really good. On Wednesday, we will be more organized, we want to have an agenda and more speakers, and we’ve asked the police department to come and be a part of it, and we want them to speak as well.”
By Monday afternoon, Rios said she hadn’t heard back yet whether local police will agree to participate.
“I want people to feel free and in peace to come, because I know people are worried about causing riots and looting and all that, but I want them to know we have taken protocols to keep out the bad ones,” Rios said.
She said there will be a “group of five to 10 guys keeping a look out for anyone trying to cause ruckus.”
“We want the whole community to feel welcome to come,” she said. “This is a cause they should stand up for, regardless if there’s that many black people here in Warsaw or not.”
Protests have been filling the streets all across America since the Memorial Day death of Floyd, a 46-year-old black man who died while his neck was under the knee of white Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin.
Chauvin is facing third-degree murder and manslaughter charges for the incident, but protesters around the country are calling for the other officers involved in Floyd’s death to be arrested as well.
Ofelia Rios and Maria Medina organized Saturday’s event in Central Park that drew nearly 100 people.
This time, Rios said, they will be more organized.
“Our first protest went wonderful,” Rios said. “We had no one that did anything wrong, and it went really good. On Wednesday, we will be more organized, we want to have an agenda and more speakers, and we’ve asked the police department to come and be a part of it, and we want them to speak as well.”
By Monday afternoon, Rios said she hadn’t heard back yet whether local police will agree to participate.
“I want people to feel free and in peace to come, because I know people are worried about causing riots and looting and all that, but I want them to know we have taken protocols to keep out the bad ones,” Rios said.
She said there will be a “group of five to 10 guys keeping a look out for anyone trying to cause ruckus.”
“We want the whole community to feel welcome to come,” she said. “This is a cause they should stand up for, regardless if there’s that many black people here in Warsaw or not.”
Protests have been filling the streets all across America since the Memorial Day death of Floyd, a 46-year-old black man who died while his neck was under the knee of white Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin.
Chauvin is facing third-degree murder and manslaughter charges for the incident, but protesters around the country are calling for the other officers involved in Floyd’s death to be arrested as well.
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