Gallery: 6/27 Black Lives Matter Protest
A protestor pumps her fist.
Photo by Isabelina Barrientos
"The JCAC has called for a protest to raise attention to the rates of COVID-19 in JSO prisons. We saw the news break yesterday that within a week the rates of positive tests for COVID-19 in JSO jails went from 0 to 71 inmates. This is without all of the inmates being tested." - Sara, an organizer with JCAC.
Photo by Isabelina Barrientos
Residents of the Berkman Plaza Condominiums watch the rally from their balconies.
Photo by John Aloszka
Christina Kittle, organizer and activist, speaks at the rally. "Our numbers are what scare them."
Photo by Isabelina Barrientos
Protestors on the steps of the Police Memorial Building.
Photo by John Aloszka
Protestors chant on the steps of the Police Memorial Building and Duval County Jail.
Photo by John Aloszka
The march beings outside of the Duval County Jail.
Photo by Isabelina Barrientos
Ben Frazier, president of the Northside Coalition, pumps his fist.
Photo by John Aloszka
"I've been protesting every weekend because i know firsthand what it feels like to be mistreated by the police and… they need an accountability program. JSO takes 40% of our budget in the city when things need to be reallocated for the community. We don’t have enough money to give air conditioning to the schools here in Florida, why are we militarizing the police?" - Jessica
Photo by Isabelina Barrientos
Organizers lead a march around the Duval County Jail.
Photo by John Aloszka
Protestors march around the jail with the Vystar Veterans Memorial Arena in the background.
Photo by John Aloszka
A protestor wears roller skates outside the Duval County Jail.
Photo by Isabelina Barrientos
Before the rally, a protestor holds a sign that says "White Silence is Violence"
Photo by John Aloszka
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