Hundreds of protesters gathered at Pierson Park in McKinleyville to protest racism and police brutality against black people.
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Black Lives Matter and Defund the Police were common signs at the protest. -
Protestors applaud as a speaker finishes talking. -
Nikki Angela Valencia has been in Humboldt 5 months and helped organize today’s march and protest in McKinleyville. -
Allison Lui, left, and Alyssa Alvarez brought their horses to the protest to let people know there are people in the horse community that support them. -
Several hundred protesters marched from an empty lot at the corner of Central Avenue and Pickett Road in McKinleyville to Pierson Park Thursday afternoon. -
Several hundred protesters marched from an empty lot at the corner of Central Avenue and Pickett Road in McKinleyville to Pierson Park Thursday afternoon. -
Nikki Angela Valencia, center, has been in Humboldt 5 months and organized today’s march and protest in McKinleyville. -
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Vicky Ah-You spoke about systemic racism and oppression. -
Marche Hines, who has three mixed-race children asks the crowd to educate yourself any way you have to so my children can live their lives the way they were destined to. -
Noël August told the crowd that a teacher at McKinleyville Middle School had failed her adopted black daughter. -
A woman applauds one of the speakers.