Demonstrators gather in peaceful protest outside Fort Myers Federal Court

Demonstrators gather in peaceful protest outside Fort Myers Federal Court

FEDERAL COURTHOUSE IN FEDERAL ACALL TO UNITE AS A CALL TO UNITEAS A COMMUNITY AND A NATION FORJUSTICE.PEOPLE GATHERED OUTSIDE THEFEDERAL COURTHOUSE IN FORT MYERSTODAY IN A PEACEFUDEMONSTRATION.FOX 4 SANDRA RODRIGUEZ SPOKEWITH SEVERAL OF THOSE WHOATTENDED WHO SAY IT TIME FORPOLICY CHANGE.

SANDRA?(0:34 - 0:40( 1:11 - 1:19)(1:26 - 1:32(1:39 - 1:49)THAT’S RIGHT DEMONSTRATOR TODCALLED FOR JUSTICE TO BE SERVEDFOR GEORGE FLOYD AND FOR THETO BE CHANGES IN POLICIEMOVING ANGER TO ACTION... TOKEEP THINGS PEACEFUL, THE NAACOF LEE COUNTY DID INVITE LAWENFORCEMENT WHO ALSO ADDRESSEDTHE CROWD...*NATS* "Officer, I can’tbreathe.

Officer, I can’tbreathe."5:31:2(James Muwakkil, PresidentNAACP-Lee County)"Lynching has been going onour communities amongst AfricaAmericans for far too long andit has to stop."CHANTS OF UNITY COULD BE HEARDIN DOWNTOWN FORT MYERS TODAY ASDEMONSTRATORS GATHERED INPROTEST OF GEORGE FLOYDS DEATHTHE MAN WHO DIED WHILE ICUSTODY OF MINNEAPOLIS POLICE*NATS* "Hands up, don’t shoot,hands up, don’t shoot."A PEACEFdon’t shoot."don’t shoot, hands up, *NATS*"Hands up,POLICE*NATS* "Hands up, don’t shoot,hands up, don’t shoot."A PEACEFUL PROTEST ORGANIZED BYTHE NAACP OF LEE COUNTY CALLINGFOR JUSTICE, EQUALITY ANDPOLICY REFORM1:49:35SOT(James Muwakkil, PresidentNAACP-Lee County)"As a country, we can do somethings together, and some ofthose things are looking atexcessive force or use of force,policies that allow the kneehold, the chokehold, take themout."MUWAKKILL CALLING FOR THECOMMUNITY TO COME TOGETHER ANDFORM A CHANGE A SENTIMENTSHARED BY DEMONSTRATORSSOT(DEMONSTRATOR, FORT MYERS):"It’s not just a black problemwhen something happens in ablack community, or against ablack person."SO(DEMONSTRATOR, FORT MYERS):"It was hard enough for me tothink of ways to explain to mychildren about what happened,and why it was unjust, and it’seven hard to try and imagine howsomeone of color has to explainthat to their kids."TODAY PROTEST SIMILAR TO WHAT WESAW OVER THE WEEKENDSOT(Lodovic Kimble, Psychologyprofessor, Former NAACPPresident):"Saturday the first march, wehad a third African, a thirdLatino, a third EuropeanAmericans.ONE THING ORGANIZERS MADE CLEARTODAY WAS THEIR WISH FOR IT TOREMAIN PEACEFULLAW ENFORCEMENT ALSO SPEAKING TOTHE CROWDSOT(SHERIFF CARMINE MARCENO, LEECOUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE):"We fully support your firstamendment right and that isprotest peacefully."SOT(Chief Derrick Diggs, Fort MyersPolice CORNER...4 IN YOUR RODRIGUEZ... FOXMYERS, SANDRA NOON... IN FORTTOMORROW AT HAPPEN HERE PROTESTSET TO PEACEFUL PROTEST SET TOHAPPEN HERE TOMORROW AT NO