GRAND RAPIDS, MI -- The organizer of a downtown Grand Rapids protest over the Minnesota police officer fatal shooting of Daunte Wright, a Black man, said she is tired of “seeing my people die” in police shootings.
“I’m sick and tried of seeing my people die at the hands of those who took a vow to protect and serve,” said Alyssa Bates, president of the Justice for Black Lives group in Grand Rapids.
Bates and others spoke at Rosa Parks Circle for the rally “Call to Action: Justice for Daunte Wright.”
...“Daunte Wright was the same age as me, with an entire life ahead of him,” she said. “What happened with Daunte Wright was not an isolated situation. And like I said about George Floyd, Daunte could very well have been any of us.”
...Jakari Richardson, another speaker, said he was disappointed the rally didn’t attract more Black people. Most of the marches were white...Read all.
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