RACIAL EQUALITY AND JUSTICE.
LARA: KMBC 9’S EMILY HOLWICK WAS
THERE FOR THE PEACEFUL PROTEST.
>> MARCHERS ARRIVED HERE AT THE
LAWN OF THE WORLD WAR ONE
MEMORIAL AFTER MAKING THEIR WAY
FROM KCPD HEADQUARTERS.
YOU CAN SEE MANY PEOPLE HAVE
GATHERED HERE AS SPEAKERS ARE
ADDRESSING THE CROWD.
THEY’RE CALLING FOR AN END TO
POLICE BRUTALITY AND RACISM.
THIS IS IN HONOR OF THE 57TH
ANNIVERSARY OF DR MARTIN LUTHER
KING JR.’S MARCH ON WASHINGTON
COMMEMORATING THE CIVIL RIGHTS
MOVEMENT WITH THE MARCH ON
KANSAS CITY.
THIS IS A PEACEFUL PROTEST THAT
HAS SEVERAL GOALS.
IN ADDITION TO ADDRESSING POLICE
BRUTALITY, PROTESTERS ALSO WANT
TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO GET OUT
AND VOTE ON NOVEMBER THIRD,
SAYING YOUR VOTE IS YOUR VOICE.
AND THEY WANT TO SHED LIGHT ON
EMERGING CIVIL RIGHTS LEADERS
HERE IN KANSAS CITY.
THE MARCH WAS ORGANIZED BY
SEVERAL COMMUNITY GROUPS
INCLUDING THE SOUTHERN CHRISTIAN
LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE, THE URBAN
LEAGUE OF GREATER KANSAS CITY,
AND THE NAACP.
SEVERAL SPEAKERS, INCLUDING
FAITH LEADERS AND CONGRESSMAN
EMMANUEL CLEAVER, THE SECOND
ADDRESSED THE CROWD WITH A
MESSAGE OF PEACE, UNITY AND
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