Rome peaceful protest

Protesters hold peaceful protest in front of Rome Police Department

How much different our region is from others around the state...thisws hundreds gathered...peaceful ly... to protest the death of george floyd in minneapolis.

Tonight....demonstra tors gathered once again...this time in front of the rome police department....once again the goal...a peaceful protest... its your top story on this monday night.

About one hundred stood out in front of the police station chanting floyd's name as well as black lives matter.

The protesters stressed to our own brent kearney this evening that like the protests in utica, this one is peaceful as well.

"this is just a positive message that we are standiwith e want justice we want peace, we want equality across all counties.

This is our message.

Definitely this is going to be a positive change.

This is for our babies this is for our communities.

This is for our police officers this is for positivity."

Police departments across the area encourage protesters to remain peaceful.

Now, to washington, where president trump announced