June 7, 2020
By: Staff Report
TAMPA– Around 1,000 people came together Saturday at Curtis Hixon Park to call for justice for George Floyd. Despite heavy rain, demonstrators marched throughout the City of Tampa for several hours.
George Floyd protesters in Tampa Fla endure rain storm but kept going.. #BlackLivesMatter #COVID19 #tampaprotests #tampabay #jcreek #jadakiss #nyprotest pic.twitter.com/WmsVd8jOC3
— Hollywood_C_O (@Hollywood_C_O) June 7, 2020
Saturday afternoon, the park was packed with demonstrators with signs in hand chanting for justice for George Floyd. Demonstrations remained peaceful from beginning to end.
Tampa PD Tweeted, 0 Arrests, 0 Injuries, 0 Property Damage
June 6: #TampaProtests
— TampaPD (@TampaPD) June 7, 2020
0 Arrests
0 Injuries
0 Property Damaged pic.twitter.com/fmNzlo7qCJ
Protesters and Social Media users, such as @Whitest_Black23 shared images from yesterday’s peaceful protest online.
#TampaProtests #BLM pic.twitter.com/ecbFS6x0rA
— Alexis Not Texas (@Whitest_Black23) June 7, 2020