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Protesters march and chant down Centre Avenue in East Liberty in a march centered on Black women and Black trans women. (Photo by Jay Manning/PublicSource)
Roughly 200 people gathered in front of Target in East Liberty Friday afternoon for a protest against police violence — the 28th day of such demonstrations in the Pittsburgh area.
Organizers gathered supporters to center the focus of the protest on assuring the safety of Black women and Black trans women in interactions with police.
Participants circled the intersection of Centre and Penn avenues to rally and hear speakers before beginning to march down Centre. The march crossed the Centre and Negley intersection, where the interactions between police and protesters on the evening of June 1 are being investigated to determine if police acted appropriately in using crowd deterrents. On Friday, protesters stopped at the intersection and chanted “Black lives, they matter here.”
Some of the organizers and supporters of the protest were there on June 1 when police deployed what appeared to be tear gas to disperse the crowd. Some spoke up to address the tension and emotion in the air stemming from that incident — noting that the police did not use gas on them this time, but instead stopped traffic for them to continue their movement.
As the protest marched past East Liberty businesses with “Black Lives Matter” signs in the windows, patrons and employees watched. Some cheered the protesters on and joined in on the chants, while others attempted to castigate and argue against protesters.
Below are some of the scenes from Friday’s demonstration in Pittsburgh:
A crowd gathered in East Liberty for a June 26, 2020 protest against police violence. (Photo by Jay Manning/PublicSource)A demonstrator holds a sign at a June 26, 2020 protest against police violence in East Liberty. (Photo by Jay Manning/PublicSource)A crowd gathered in East Liberty for a June 26, 2020 protest against police violence. (Photo by Jay Manning/PublicSource)Activist Lorenzo Rulli addresses a crowd gathered for a demonstration against police violence in East Liberty on June 26, 2020. (Photo by Jay Manning/PublicSource)A participant in a June 26, 2020 demonstration against police violence in East Liberty. (Photo by Jay Manning/PublicSource)Demonstrators hold signs at a June 26, 2020 protest in East Liberty against police violence. (Photo by Jay Manning/PublicSource)
Jay Manning is a visual storyteller and producer for PublicSource. He can be reached at jay@publicsource.org.
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Jay Manning is a visuals fellow at PublicSource. He also works as a freelance videographer and photographer in Pittsburgh. Hailing from South Carolina, he graduated in 2015 from Winthrop University with...
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