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Demonstrators chant Hands up! Don t Shoot! while protesting on May 31 at the intersection of Emanuel Cleaver II Blvd. and Main Street where Kansas City police had blocked off a portion of the boulevard in front of Mill Creek Park.
Looking back on the protests over George Floyd’s murder, KCUR and 41 Action News captured frustration, desperation, heartache and hope a national tragedy felt on a local level.
Images of George Floyd in his final moments moved Kansas City, our nation and our world in ways we are just beginning to comprehend.
Looking back on the protests at Mill Creek Park in the days following Floyd’s murder, KCUR and 41 Action News captured frustration, desperation, heartache and hope. People from every corner of our community experienced the 2020 protests from a unique vantage point.