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Photos: Protests continue in Cedar Rapids police station, courthouse
May. 31, 2020 9:06 pm, Updated: May. 31, 2020 11:47 pm
Hundreds of protestors took to the streets of Cedar Rapids starting at the Linn County Courthouse before marching through SE Cedar Rapids and to the police department.
Activist Ray Walker of Cedar Rapids speaks to a crowd of hundreds gathered to protest the death of George Floyd during a rally at the Linn County Courthouse in Cedar Rapids on Sunday, May 31, 2020. Floyd was a black Minnesota man who died while in custody of the Minneapolis Police Department. One officer, who was recorded kneeling on Floyd's neck, has been charged with third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter. (Andy Abeyta/The Gazette)
Protestors gather at the Cedar Rapids police station after marching around SE Cedar Rapids on Sunday, May 31, 2020. (Andy Abeyta/The Gazette)
Rahma Elsheikh, 17, of Cedar Rapids holds up a sign while protesting with hundreds of others at the Linn County Courthouse in Cedar Rapids on Sunday, May 31, 2020. (Andy Abeyta/The Gazette)
Protestors prepare to march down the 3rd Avenue bridge away from the Linn County Courthouse and into downtown Cedar Rapids on Sunday, May 31, 2020. (Andy Abeyta/The Gazette)
Hundreds of protestors gather at the Linn County Courthouse in Cedar Rapids on Sunday, May 31, 2020. (Andy Abeyta/The Gazette)
Protestors march behind police vehicles down 3rd Avenue SE in Cedar Rapids on Sunday, May 31, 2020. (Andy Abeyta/The Gazette)
Willie Pledge of Cedar Rapids puts his hands up in the air as other protestors lay down with their hands behind their backs all chanting, 'George Floyd, I can't breathe' at the Linn County Courthouse in Cedar Rapids on Sunday, May 31, 2020. (Andy Abeyta/The Gazette)
A protestor holds a sign up while in a crowd of hundreds gathered at the Linn County Courthouse in Cedar Rapids on Sunday, May 31, 2020. (Andy Abeyta/The Gazette)
Protestors march down 2nd Street SE in Cedar Rapids on Sunday, May 31, 2020. (Andy Abeyta/The Gazette)
Protestors hold up signs at the Linn County Courthouse in Cedar Rapids on Sunday, May 31, 2020. (Andy Abeyta/The Gazette)
Protestors gather at the Cedar Rapids police station after marching around SE Cedar Rapids on Sunday, May 31, 2020. (Andy Abeyta/The Gazette)
A sign showing the word 'hope' is seen atop the Veterans Memorial building as hundreds of protestors gather at the Linn County Courthouse in Cedar Rapids on Sunday, May 31, 2020. (Andy Abeyta/The Gazette)
Christian Bramow and Willie Pledge of Cedar Rapids join hands while chanting together in protest at the Linn County Courthouse in Cedar Rapids on Sunday, May 31, 2020. (Andy Abeyta/The Gazette)
Amber Thompson of Cedar Rapids holds up a sign while protesting with hundreds of others at the Linn County Courthouse in Cedar Rapids on Sunday, May 31, 2020. (Andy Abeyta/The Gazette)
Protestors march down 2nd Avenue SE in Cedar Rapids on Sunday, May 31, 2020. (Andy Abeyta/The Gazette)
Hundreds of protesters gather in front of the Linn County Courthouse in Cedar Rapids on Sunday, May 31, 2020. (Andy Abeyta/The Gazette)
Activist Esperance Mwamini of Cedar Rapids leads a crowd of hundreds of protestors in chants at the Linn County Courthouse in Cedar Rapids on Sunday, May 31, 2020. (Andy Abeyta/The Gazette)
Sierra Durin, 15, of Cedar Rapids (left) and Augie Charipar, 16, of Cedar Rapids (right) hold sings in protest at the Linn County Courthouse in Cedar Rapids on Sunday, May 31, 2020. (Andy Abeyta/The Gazette)
Activists on the stairs of the Cedar Rapids police station argue with one another about the intentions of the protest in Cedar Rapids on Sunday, May 31, 2020. (Andy Abeyta/The Gazette)
Protestors stand on the front steps of the Linn County Courthouse in Cedar Rapids on Sunday, May 31, 2020. (Andy Abeyta/The Gazette)
Protestors walk up the steps to the Linn County Courthouse in Cedar Rapids on Sunday, May 31, 2020. (Andy Abeyta/The Gazette)
Saleemah Gibbs of Cedar Rapids holds a sign showing photographs of black men and women killed including two of her brothers who she says were killed in Philadelphia at the Linn County Courthouse in Cedar Rapids on Sunday, May 31, 2020. (Andy Abeyta/The Gazette)
A man holds a sign up while protesting at the Linn County Courthouse in Cedar Rapids on Sunday, May 31, 2020. (Andy Abeyta/The Gazette)
Hundreds gather to protest at the Linn County Courthouse in Cedar Rapids on Sunday, May 31, 2020. (Andy Abeyta/The Gazette)
Activist Ray Walker of Cedar Rapids speaks to protestors at the Linn County Courthouse in Cedar Rapids on Sunday, May 31, 2020. (Andy Abeyta/The Gazette)
A protestor holds up a sign amid a crowd of hundreds at the Linn County Courthouse in Cedar Rapids on Sunday, May 31, 2020. (Andy Abeyta/The Gazette)
Protestors hold up signs at the Linn County Courthouse in Cedar Rapids on Sunday, May 31, 2020. (Andy Abeyta/The Gazette)
Willie Pledge of Cedar Rapids (center) lays down with his hands behind his back with other protestors while chanting, 'George Floyd, I can't breathe' at the Linn County Courthouse in Cedar Rapids on Sunday, May 31, 2020. (Andy Abeyta/The Gazette)
Protestors begin marching down the 3rd Avenue bridge away from the Linn County Courthouse and into downtown Cedar Rapids on Sunday, May 31, 2020. (Andy Abeyta/The Gazette)
Protestors march on 2nd Ave SE in Cedar Rapids on Sunday, May 31, 2020. (Andy Abeyta/The Gazette)
Some protestors stayed in their cars chanting with the crowd at the Cedar Rapids police station in Cedar Rapids on Sunday, May 31, 2020. (Andy Abeyta/The Gazette)
Protestors sit on walls at the Cedar Rapids police station in Cedar Rapids on Sunday, May 31, 2020. (Andy Abeyta/The Gazette)
Protestors gather at the Cedar Rapids police station after marching around SE Cedar Rapids on Sunday, May 31, 2020. (Andy Abeyta/The Gazette)
A man among the crowd of protestors takes the opportunity to try and skateboard down a handrail at the Cedar Rapids police station in Cedar Rapids on Sunday, May 31, 2020. Shortly after he was yelled away from the stairs by protesters, some shouting, 'this isn't the time for that.' (Andy Abeyta/The Gazette)
Protestors walk away from the Cedar Rapids police station on 1st Street SW in Cedar Rapids on Sunday, May 31, 2020. (Andy Abeyta/The Gazette)
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