Medical professionals, students attend peaceful protest in Sacramento

Rowena Shaddox reports

PEACE BUT JUST AFTER THOUSANDSOF PEOPLE CLEARED OUT OF CESARCHAVEZ PARK THEY'RE HERE NOWCLEANING UP THE MESS.AND LET'S TAKEHUNDREDS OF MEDICALPERSONNEL IN WHITE JACKETSALONG WITH OTHERS PEACEFULLYPROTESTED AND KNELT DOWN INSOLIDARITY FOR 8 MINUTES AND46 SECONDS IS THE AMOUNT OFTIME THAT GEORGE FLOYD'SFAMILY SAYS AN OFFICER PUT AKNEE TO HIS NECK.

THEY HELD UPSIGNS LIKE HASHTAG WHITE COATSFOR BLACK LIVES TO ILLUSTRATETHAT BLACK LIVES HAVE THEBACKING OF THOSE IN THEMEDICAL FIELD.

SEVERAL PEOPLESPOKE FROM THE CROWD INCLUDINGIAN JOSEPH WHO IDENTIFIEDHIMSELF AS A SECOND-YEARMEDICAL STUDENT AND A BLACKMAN, HOWEVERSO MANY PEOPLE.RIGHT PLACE WRONG TIME ANDTHERE WAS MEDICAL WORKERKEYONA MURRAY ME BEING BLACKAND WHAT'S GOING ON INAMERICA.I WANT PEOPLE TO SEE THATTOGETHER WE CAN MAKE CHANGE IFWE ALL CAN COME LOOK AT ALLTHESE PEOPLE HERE ALL SOMEBLACKS, I'M NOT GLAD, BUT WHATWE ARE PEOPLE AMONG THOSEPEOPLE WAS THE CHAN FAMILY WHOCAME FROM DAVIS THE DAD CHUNG10 CHANG CAME TO SACRAMENTOLAST NIGHT TO SEE FOR HIMSELF.THE CITY WAS SAFE ENOUGHBEFORE BRINGING HIS FAMILYHERE A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT WEREVERY THEY WERE ENCOURAGING ISAW KIDS THAT WERE PROBABLY INTHEIR A DRINK, SO I FELT QUITECOMFORTABLE AND I ALSO WANT TOBE HERE TO BE A GOOD ROLEMODEL FOR MY KIDS TO SHOW THEMTHERE'S A WAY TO STAND UP 2THINGS YOU MAY OR MAY NOTBELIEVE IN AND TO DO ITPEACEFULLY AND THE BLAIRFAMILY DROVE UP FROM OAKLANDPUTTING ANY KIND OF FEAR OFBEING HERE ASIDE I FEEL THISIS WORTH ANY RISK THAT WE'RETAKING THAT WE NEED TO SHOW UPSPEAK UP AND BE PART OF WHAT'SHAPPENING AS A FAMILY, IT'S ANEASY I DON'T THINK THEY WERETAKING ANY SIGNIFICANT RISKSNOW MIGHT BE HAZY WANT TO BEHERE.AND STUFF MIGHT HAPPEN ANDI'M LIKE YES, I WANT TO COME.THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IBELIEVE NEEDS TO BE TALKEDABOUT.NOW FOLLOWING THAT PROTESTWITH THE MEDICAL COMMUNITYPROTESTERS TOOK OFF FOR CESARCHAVEZ PARK HERE WHERE WE'RESTANDING JUST BEHIND ME YOUCAN SEE IN THE VIDEO THEREWERE QUITE A FEW PEOPLE EASILYABOUT A 1000 PEOPLE INATTENDANCE AND THEY WERECHANTING IN USE AND SAYINGTHINGS TOGETHER BEFORE THEYTOOK OFF DOWN 10 STREET HEADEDBACK THE CAPITAL AND EVENBEFORE REACHING THEIR THEREARE SO MANY PEOPLE THAT THEYACTUALLY STOPPED TRAFFICMOMENTARILY NOW WHICH THEY DIDREACH THE CAPITAL THEY WERECONFRONTED BY UNIFORMED POLICEOFFICERS AND THEY DIDN'T LEAVERIGHT AWAY, BUT THEY WERE VERYORDERLY THEY WERE VERY CALM ASTHEY TOOK BACK HERE OVER HEREHEADED BACK TO CESAR CHAVEZPARK AND THAT'S WHERE WE FOUNDTHEM TONIGHT YOU CAN SEE MANYOF THEM HAVE THEIR CELL PHONESIN HAND WITH LIGHTS HAS TOFIGHT A CLARK WAS SAYING NAMESOF PEOPLE THAT DIED IN POLICECUSTODY, INCLUDING OF COURSEHIS BROTHER STUFF ON AND OF