Black Lives Matter protest at Freedom Corner

Ben Matthews and Jeff Long

Sunday, June 21, 2020

For the fourth consecutive week, weekend demonstrations were held to raise local awareness for the Black Lives Matter movement in the wake of George Floyd's death at the hands of Minneapolis police. On Sunday, a group of a few dozen protestors gathered at Freedom Corner in Capaha Park to raise signs in support of the Black Lives Matter movement and knelt for an 8-minute, 46-second-long moment of silence in Floyd's memory.

Elwood Voss holds a megaphone and reads the names of victims of police brutality to conclude an 8-minute, 46-second-long moment of silence in memory of George Floyd on Sunday, June 21, 2020, at Freedom Corner in Cape Girardeau. (Ben Matthews ~ Southeast Missourian)
Elwood Voss reads local statistics regarding racially disproportionate rates for traffic stops during a Black Lives Matter protest Sunday, June 21, 2020, at Freedom Corner in Cape Girardeau. (Ben Matthews ~ Southeast Missourian)
A demonstrator holds a sign during a Black Lives Matter protest Sunday, June 21, 2020, at Freedom Corner in Cape Girardeau. (Ben Matthews ~ Southeast Missourian)
Demonstrators hold signs during a Black Lives Matter protest Sunday, June 21, 2020, at Freedom Corner in Cape Girardeau. (Ben Matthews ~ Southeast Missourian)

Demonstrators hold signs during a Black Lives Matter protest Sunday, June 21, 2020, at Freedom Corner in Cape Girardeau. (Ben Matthews ~ Southeast Missourian)
A group of demonstrators cheer at a passing truck as its occupants raise fists of support during a Black Lives Matter protest Sunday, June 21, 2020, at Freedom Corner in Cape Girardeau. (Ben Matthews ~ Southeast Missourian)
From left, September Knupp of Cape Girardeau, Ashland Bowman of Springfield, Illinois and Rocky Johnston of DeSoto, Missouri, take part in a Sunday protest at Freedom Corner in Capaha Park. (Jeff Long ~ Southeast Missourian)