FBI investigators say that Sir Maejor Page of Toledo defrauded donors for more than $450,000 that they thought was going to Black Lives Matter of Greater Atlanta.
Out of the list of 10 proposed reforms that the NAACP came up with, they say that there is one in particular that Mayor David Berger has the power to change overnight, and that’s ending racial profiling.
The protests in Lima helped spread awareness about the recent murder of George Floyd, and also many other injustices in the community. Now, different organizations are stepping up to help make a change.
"Mama!"
"I can't breathe!"
The crowd cried out some of George Floyd’s last words as they knelt for 8 minutes and 46 seconds, the amount of time that a police officer knelt on Floyd’s neck and killed him.
Members of the community in Findlay gathered to shed light on the discrimination against black Americans that has the whole country protesting. The mayor of Findlay organized a gathering at Dorney Plaza to discuss unity, diversity, and inclusion in the community and to acknowledge the peaceful protests that have been going on downtown this past week.
A peaceful protest moved through downtown Lima today to fight against police brutality.
Curtis Shannon Jr., an 18-year-old from Lima organized the protest today for not only justice for George Floyd who was murdered by a police officer just days ago in Minneapolis, but also for justice for those in Lima who have been victims of police brutality.
The sounds of "Our lives matter, Lima lives matter" echoed the streets of south Lima as a group walked together in peaceful protest of the black-on-black crime that takes place here in Lima.