Demonstrations that started in Minneapolis and Louisville spread on Saturday to dozens of cities as far afield as Alaska and Hawaii.
In a nod to the city’s history of police brutality, protesters spray painted “PIGS” and “FTP” on a nearby statue of former Mayor Frank Rizzo, and tried to set fire to it. Rizzo served as police commissioner in the early 1970s before being elected mayor, and has been criticized for how he handled raids of the Black Panther party and a violent shootout with the black liberation group MOVE.
The protest began peacefully earlier in the afternoon, with thousands of people taking to the iconic Art Museum stairs. “What do we want? Justice. When do we want it? Now.” demonstrators chanted, according to theIn Ohio's capital, local representatives, including Rep. Joyce Beatty, a 70-year-old black woman who has served in Congress since 2013, and the City Council president were pepper sprayed during a rally on Saturday morning.
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