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Protest held outside Governor's mansion Sunday

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Protest held outside Governor's mansion Sunday
Protest held outside Governor's mansion Sunday

A peaceful protest was held outside the Governor's mansion Sunday afternoon in support of the events in Minneapolis.

MANSION TO SPEAK OUT AGAINSTPOLICE BRUTALITY ANDRACISM.AND THEY HAD A MESSAGE FORGOVERNOR TATE REEVES.

WE WANT CHANGE NOWORGANIZER LAST SAY THEGOVERNOR'S TWEETABOUT PROTESTS AND VIOLENCEAROUND THENATION IN THE WAKE OF FLOYD'SDEATH DIDN'T GOFAR ENOUGH TO ADDRESS THEUNDERLYING ISSUE.WHICH THEY SAY IS THE LONGHISTORY OFDISCRIMINATION AND MISTREATMENTOFBLACKS IN THE COUNTRY ANDMISSISSIPPI.THEY SAY THEY WANT THE GOVERNORANDSTATE LEADERS TALK ABOUT HOWTHEY CANWORK TO CREATE AN EQUAL SOCIETYFOR ALLMISSISSIPPIBRIA WILLIAMS/ORGANIZER ORANGE854054-1:05DO YOU CARE ABOUT THE LIVESTHAT ARE BEING TAKEN DO YOU CAREABOUT POLICE BRUTALITYAND IF YOU DO SHOW UP AND IF YOUDO SHOW US SPEAK UP THAT'S WHYWERE HERE TODAY NO HATE NODIVISION NO BURNING UP ANYTHINGCOMPLETE UNISONTO FIGHT FOR BLACK LIVESHENRY COTTON III/PROTESTING IFEEL LIKE AS A COUNTRY AMERICAWE'VE JUST BEEN DOING SO WRONGBY SO MANY MINORITIES FOR SOLONG IT'S THE BRANCH HASSNAPPED AND PEOPLE ARE ANGRYPEOPLE ARE OUTRAGED.VO CONTINUES WE DON'T THINK THEGOVERNORAND THE FIRST FAMILY WE'REINSIDE THE MANSION TO HEAR THEPROTESTERS LOUDCHANTS OUTSIDE.

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