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Photos: Power of the People Marion March
Jun. 21, 2020 11:20 pm
Community members gathered at Marion Square Park for a rally against violence, racial discrimination and police brutality. The group then marched along Seventh Avenue to Collins Rd. and continued marching on the roadway.
Demonstrators raise their fists in protest in front of a Marion police vehicle during a march against racial discrimination and police brutality in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, on Saturday, June 20, 2020. The march started with a rally in Marion Square Park. Marchers proceeded along Seventh Avenue in Marion and onto First Avenue in Cedar Rapids then proceeded west along Collins Rd. NE. Before turning around past F Avenue NE. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)
People gather to listen to speakers during a march against racial discrimination and police brutality in Marion, Iowa, on Saturday, June 20, 2020. The march started with a rally in Marion Square Park. Marchers proceeded along Seventh Avenue in Marion and onto First Avenue in Cedar Rapids then proceeded west along Collins Rd. NE. Before turning around past F Avenue NE. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)
Activist Ray Walker and other demonstrators march with their hands up and shout 'hands up, don't shoot' during a march against racial discrimination and police brutality in Marion, Iowa, on Saturday, June 20, 2020. The march started with a rally in Marion Square Park. Marchers proceeded along Seventh Avenue in Marion and onto First Avenue in Cedar Rapids then proceeded west along Collins Rd. NE. Before turning around past F Avenue NE. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)
Demonstrators march along Collins Rd. NE during a march against racial discrimination and police brutality in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, on Saturday, June 20, 2020. The march started with a rally in Marion Square Park. Marchers proceeded along Seventh Avenue in Marion and onto First Avenue in Cedar Rapids then proceeded west along Collins Rd. NE. Before turning around past F Avenue NE. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)
Levi Durkee shouts Black lives matter as demonstrators occupy and intersection along Collins Rd. NE during a march against racial discrimination and police brutality in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, on Saturday, June 20, 2020. The march started with a rally in Marion Square Park. Marchers proceeded along Seventh Avenue in Marion and onto First Avenue in Cedar Rapids then proceeded west along Collins Rd. NE. Before turning around past F Avenue NE. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)
A demonstrator raises a fist in the air during a march against racial discrimination and police brutality in Marion, Iowa, on Saturday, June 20, 2020. The march started with a rally in Marion Square Park. Marchers proceeded along Seventh Avenue in Marion and onto First Avenue in Cedar Rapids then proceeded west along Collins Rd. NE. Before turning around past F Avenue NE. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)
Activist Ray Walker holds up a fist as he and other demonstrators occupy the intersection of First Avenue and Collins Rd. during a march against racial discrimination and police brutality in northeast Cedar Rapids, Iowa, on Saturday, June 20, 2020. The march started with a rally in Marion Square Park. Marchers proceeded along Seventh Avenue in Marion and onto First Avenue in Cedar Rapids then proceeded west along Collins Rd. NE. Before turning around past F Avenue NE. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)
Activist Ray Walker and other demonstrators march with their hands up and shout 'hands up, don't shoot' during a march against racial discrimination and police brutality in Marion, Iowa, on Saturday, June 20, 2020. The march started with a rally in Marion Square Park. Marchers proceeded along Seventh Avenue in Marion and onto First Avenue in Cedar Rapids then proceeded west along Collins Rd. NE. Before turning around past F Avenue NE. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)
Braxton Scott (left) and India Snow-Watt march during a demonstration against racial discrimination and police brutality in Marion, Iowa, on Saturday, June 20, 2020. The march started with a rally in Marion Square Park. Marchers proceeded along Seventh Avenue in Marion and onto First Avenue in Cedar Rapids then proceeded west along Collins Rd. NE. Before turning around past F Avenue NE. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)
A sign on a backpack of a marcher shows the names of people of color who were killed during a march against racial discrimination and police brutality in Marion, Iowa, on Saturday, June 20, 2020. The march started with a rally in Marion Square Park. Marchers proceeded along Seventh Avenue in Marion and onto First Avenue in Cedar Rapids then proceeded west along Collins Rd. NE. Before turning around past F Avenue NE. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)
Demonstrators occupy an intersections along Collins Rd. NE during a march against racial discrimination and police brutality in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, on Saturday, June 20, 2020. The march started with a rally in Marion Square Park. Marchers proceeded along Seventh Avenue in Marion and onto First Avenue in Cedar Rapids then proceeded west along Collins Rd. NE. Before turning around past F Avenue NE. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)
Marie Holmes of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, shouts at a police officer as she and others demonstrate during a march against racial discrimination and police brutality in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, on Saturday, June 20, 2020. The march started with a rally in Marion Square Park. Marchers proceeded along Seventh Avenue in Marion and onto First Avenue in Cedar Rapids then proceeded west along Collins Rd. NE. Before turning around past F Avenue NE. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)
Marie Holmes (left) of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, shouts at a police officer as she and others demonstrate during a march against racial discrimination and police brutality in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, on Saturday, June 20, 2020. The march started with a rally in Marion Square Park. Marchers proceeded along Seventh Avenue in Marion and onto First Avenue in Cedar Rapids then proceeded west along Collins Rd. NE. Before turning around past F Avenue NE. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)
Demonstrators raise their fists in protest in front of a Marion police vehicle during a march against racial discrimination and police brutality in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, on Saturday, June 20, 2020. The march started with a rally in Marion Square Park. Marchers proceeded along Seventh Avenue in Marion and onto First Avenue in Cedar Rapids then proceeded west along Collins Rd. NE. Before turning around past F Avenue NE. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)
Demonstrators talk to a Cedar Rapid police officer during a march against racial discrimination and police brutality in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, on Saturday, June 20, 2020. The march started with a rally in Marion Square Park. Marchers proceeded along Seventh Avenue in Marion and onto First Avenue in Cedar Rapids then proceeded west along Collins Rd. NE. Before turning around past F Avenue NE. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)
Demonstrators raise their fists in protest in front of a Marion police vehicle during a march against racial discrimination and police brutality in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, on Saturday, June 20, 2020. The march started with a rally in Marion Square Park. Marchers proceeded along Seventh Avenue in Marion and onto First Avenue in Cedar Rapids then proceeded west along Collins Rd. NE. Before turning around past F Avenue NE. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)
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