Feb. 28—GROTON — The Democratic primary for Groton City mayor has brought out a high level of interest from people — and also become contentious on social media. One side is alleging people are getting personal, while the other is taking issue with restrictions to social media access. Town Councilor Aundré Bumgardner, who is challenging incumbent City Mayor Keith Hedrick in a March 8 .
Groton It was a small but spirited group that gathered on Saturday outside a Groton shopping center on Long Hill Road, waving to passing cars and holding Black Lives Matter banners while huddling together to stay warm.
It was a reminder, participants said, that the movement is alive and well and that the issues of systemic racism brought to the national spotlight following the death of George Floyd and other Black individuals are still around.
“Don’t forget, because we haven’t,” said Nanayaa Ali, 18, a senior at Fitch High School.
Ali is a member of the Groton Youth Collective, a fledgling youth activist organization that helped spearhead a protest last summer in Groton that drew close to 1,000 people in protest of police brutality and racism.