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On the evening of May 2, a group of around 40 UC Santa Barbara students led a march from Storke Tower to Sea Lookout Park to honor victims of police brutality.
The march was organized by fourth-year sociology and linguistics double major Lillian Cheeks and fourth-year sociology major Kaela Bowens.Â
Cheeks said that the march had been planned over the past few weeks and was a result of emotions she and Bowens had been feeling over the lives lost to police brutality, as well as the recent conviction of former police officer Derek Chauvin for the murder of George Floyd.
âIt took complete unrest within the country and almost 365 days to confirm something we already knew to be true because we had seen it with our own eyes over and over and over again,â Cheeks said. âWeâd reached a point ⦠past anger, and we wanted to do something that would be more fulfilling and actually incite change.â