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WOOSTER Amid the car horns and calls of support, a black pickup roared down East Liberty Street.
A man wearing a sleeveless shirt leaned out of the window with outstretched arms and middle fingers raised. Get a real job! he yelled as the truck drove by the 18 Black Lives Matter protesters downtown. We love you, too! responded one woman holding a Black Lives Matter sign. Another yelled, Thank you! It s the best way to respond to hate, said Ruth Sewell, a demonstrator at Wooster s daily protests.
Group has protested every day for past year
Like so many other protests in 2020, George Floyd s death catalyzed the Wayne County Racial Justice Coalition to demonstrate against police violence and advocate for police reform and for the city to declare racism as a public health crisis.
Despite changes at the federal level, the focus for most of those who ve been gathering locally is to enact change here, whether it’s greater transparency from the Wooster Police Department or improving the lines of communication between the public and Wooster City Council.
New year, new president, same challenges
Discussions about what the protest on the square would look like after the presidential election happened continuously over the summer and fall, but who sat in the White House was never a consideration for Justin Isaac, 34, of Wooster. His focus remains creating change at the local level and not waiting for a presidential decree to do the work.