Cape Girardeau demonstrators march in honor of George Floyd

Demonstrators stand near the intersection of Broadway and North West End Boulevard during a Black Lives Matter demonstration Sunday, May 31, 2020, at Freedom Corner in Cape Girardeau. (Ben Matthews ~ Southeast Missourian)

Ramona Robinson-Bailey, center, sings "There is Power in the Name of Jesus" as she is joined by, from left, Gwyndle McGee, Leslie A. Washington and Geneva Allen-Patterson as demonstrators arrive for a Black Lives Matter demonstration Sunday, May 31, 2020, at Freedom Corner in Cape Girardeau. (Ben Matthews ~ Southeast Missourian)

A sign bearing the names of deceased persons of color stands on a table next to water, food and hand sanitizer during a Black Lives Matter demonstration Sunday, May 31, 2020, at Capaha Park in Cape Girardeau. (Ben Matthews ~ Southeast Missourian)

Demonstrators raise signs during a Black Lives Matter protest Sunday, May 31, 2020, at Freedom Corner in Cape Girardeau. (Ben Matthews ~ Southeast Missourian)

The Rev. Renita Green, bottom center, speaks to a crowd of demonstrators near the intersection of Broadway and North West End Boulevard before opening the floor for members of the public to share their emotions during a Black Lives Matter demonstration Sunday, May 31, 2020, at Freedom Corner in Cape Girardeau. (Ben Matthews ~ Southeast Missourian)

Emily Salter, center, is greeted with hugs from her friends Raniya and Theresa during a Black Lives Matter demonstration Sunday, May 31, 2020, at Freedom Corner in Cape Girardeau. (Ben Matthews ~ Southeast Missourian)

Kelsi Parker, far right, gives an introduction before leading a chant during a Black Lives Matter demonstration Sunday, May 31, 2020, at Freedom Corner in Cape Girardeau. (Ben Matthews ~ Southeast Missourian)

A sign rests against a pillar at Freedom Corner during a Black Lives Matter demonstration Sunday, May 31, 2020, in Cape Girardeau. (Ben Matthews ~ Southeast Missourian)

Bob Katsantonis, 10, expresses his thoughts and expresses his solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement during a demonstration Sunday, May 31, 2020, at Freedom Corner in Cape Girardeau. (Ben Matthews ~ Southeast Missourian)

From the front passenger window of Engine 1, Cape Girardeau master firefighter David Uptmor waves to participants in a Black Lives Matter demonstration memorializing George Floyd as the truck's emergency lights flash for the crowd on Sunday, May 31, 2020, in Cape Girardeau. (Ben Matthews ~ Southeast Missourian)

A passing motorist raises a fist through their sunroof as demonstrators gather for a Black Lives Matter event memorializing George Floyd on Sunday, May 31, 2020, in Cape Girardeau. (Ben Matthews ~ Southeast Missourian)

A demonstrator raises a sign during a Black Lives Matter demonstration Sunday, May 31, 2020, at Freedom Corner in Cape Girardeau. (Ben Matthews ~ Southeast Missourian)

Cape Girardeau resident Cantrell Andrews speaks during a Black Lives Matter demonstration Sunday, May 31, 2020, at Freedom Corner in Cape Girardeau. (Ben Matthews ~ Southeast Missourian)

The Rev. William Bird Jr. speaks about the importance of community response during times of racial tension and, after acknowledging the diversity of his audience, expresses his desire to see peace and justice for all during a Black Lives Matter demonstration Sunday, May 31, 2020, at Freedom Corner in Cape Girardeau. (Ben Matthews ~ Southeast Missourian)

Emilia Hinckley, field director for Missouri's 8th Congressional District candidate Kathy Ellis, listens to a speaker at a Black Lives Matter demonstration Sunday, May 31, 2020, at Freedom Corner in Cape Girardeau. Ellis's sign memorializes the death of Nina Pop, a transgender woman stabbed to death in Sikeston, Missouri, earlier this month. (Ben Matthews ~ Southeast Missourian)

Shelby Seabaugh, right, hands a bottled water to 12-year-old Johnny Bland while working to ensure participants at a Black Lives Matter demonstration stay hydrated on Sunday, May 31, 2020, at Freedom Corner in Cape Girardeau. (Ben Matthews ~ Southeast Missourian)

Robin Hankinson, 72, left; writes her name on a sign worn by Damontae Maxwell, 24, right; as Hankinson's husband Allen Gateman, 65, waits to write his name during a Black Lives Matter demonstration Sunday, May 31, 2020, at Freedom Corner in Cape Girardeau. The married couple from Pocahontas, Missouri, said they have attended demonstrations against racial injustice in the past, but none as large as the demonstration on Sunday. (Ben Matthews ~ Southeast Missourian)

A passing motorist raises a thumb towards while driving on Broadway during a Black Lives Matter demonstration at Freedom Corner on Sunday, May 31, 2020,  in Cape Girardeau. (Ben Matthews ~ Southeast Missourian)

Demonstrators march southbound on Perry Avenue on Sunday, May 31, 2020, in Cape Girardeau while protesting the death of George Floyd. (Ben Matthews ~ Southeast Missourian)

Demonstrators march eastbound on Broadway on Sunday, May 31, 2020, in Cape Girardeau while protesting the death of George Floyd. (Ben Matthews ~ Southeast Missourian)

Alicia Davault, left, distributes bottled water after demonstrators marched around Capaha Park in memory of George Floyd on Sunday, May 31, 2020, in Cape Girardeau. (Ben Matthews ~ Southeast Missourian)

Demonstrators make their way back to Freedom Corner after marching around Capaha Park in memory of George Floyd on Sunday, May 31, 2020, in Cape Girardeau. (Ben Matthews ~ Southeast Missourian)

Demonstrators make their way back to Freedom Corner after marching around Capaha Park in memory of George Floyd on Sunday, May 31, 2020, in Cape Girardeau. (Ben Matthews ~ Southeast Missourian)

Demonstrators make their way back to Freedom Corner after marching around Capaha Park in memory of George Floyd on Sunday, May 31, 2020, in Cape Girardeau. (Ben Matthews ~ Southeast Missourian)

Lucy Mills, 10, left, holds a sign with her sister, Cierra Mills, 20, right, during a protest in memory of George Floyd on Sunday, May 31, 2020, in Cape Girardeau. (Ben Matthews ~ Southeast Missourian)

Demonstrators perform a sit-in protest at the intersection of Broadway and North West End Boulevard on Sunday, May 31, 2020, in Cape Girardeau. (Ben Matthews ~ Southeast Missourian)

A patrol vehicle turns northbound as demonstrators perform a sit-in protest at the intersection of Broadway and North West End Boulevard on Sunday, May 31, 2020, in Cape Girardeau. (Ben Matthews ~ Southeast Missourian)

Demonstrators perform a sit-in protest at the intersection of Broadway and North West End Boulevard on Sunday, May 31, 2020, in Cape Girardeau. (Ben Matthews ~ Southeast Missourian)

Demonstrators perform a sit-in protest at the intersection of Broadway and North West End Boulevard on Sunday, May 31, 2020, in Cape Girardeau. (Ben Matthews ~ Southeast Missourian)

Motorists attempt to navigate around a group of demonstrators performing a sit-in protest at the intersection of Broadway and North West End Boulevard on Sunday, May 31, 2020, in Cape Girardeau. (Ben Matthews ~ Southeast Missourian)

Thomas Shaner, right, expresses his appreciation for Cape Girardeau Police patrolman Justin Barkley after shaking hands with the officer during a protest Sunday, May 31, 2020, in Cape Girardeau. (Ben Matthews ~ Southeast Missourian)

Demonstrators at Freedom Corner move into the intersection of North West End Boulevard and Broadway to perform a sit-in protest on Sunday, May 31, 2020, in Cape Girardeau. The protest was held after the death of George Floyd, an unarmed black man who died on Memorial Day after a police officer knelt on his neck for more than eight minutes during an arrest in Minneapolis, Minnesota. (Ben Matthews ~ Southeast Missourian)

Cape Girardeau police Chief Wes Blair, right, makes a phone call as officers watch over a sit-in protest at the intersection of Broadway and North West End Boulevard on Sunday, May 31, 2020, in Cape Girardeau. (Ben Matthews ~ Southeast Missourian)

Demonstrators perform a sit-in protest at the intersection of Broadway and North West End Boulevard as a Cape Girardeau Police Department patrol vehicle helps divert traffic from the area on Sunday, May 31, 2020, in Cape Girardeau. (Ben Matthews ~ Southeast Missourian)

Cape Girardeau resident Michael Toeniskoetter speaks to Chief Wes Blair as demonstrators conclude a sit-in protest at the intersection of Broadway and North West End Boulevard during a Black Lives Matter march Sunday, May 31, 2020, in Cape Girardeau. (Ben Matthews ~ Southeast Missourian)

Demonstrators march eastbound toward the intersection of Broadway and Henderson Avenue on Sunday, May 31, 2020, in Cape Girardeau. (Ben Matthews ~ Southeast Missourian)

Demonstrators march eastbound through the intersection of Broadway and Henderson Avenue on Sunday, May 31, 2020, in Cape Girardeau. (Ben Matthews ~ Southeast Missourian)

Demonstrators march eastbound into the 1000 block of Broadway Street on Sunday, May 31, 2020, in Cape Girardeau while protesting the death of George Floyd. (Ben Matthews ~ Southeast Missourian)

Demonstrators march eastbound into the 900 block of Broadway Street on Sunday, May 31, 2020, in Cape Girardeau while protesting the death of George Floyd. (Ben Matthews ~ Southeast Missourian)

Cape Girardeau K-9 officer Johnny Spencer, left, and Chief Wes Blair, second from right, redirect traffic from the intersection of Broadway and North Pacific streets as demonstrators march eastbound on Sunday, May 31, 2020, in Cape Girardeau to protest the death of George Floyd. (Ben Matthews ~ Southeast Missourian)

Demonstrators march eastbound through the intersection of Broadway and North Ellis streets on Sunday, May 31, 2020, in Cape Girardeau to protest the death of George Floyd. (Ben Matthews ~ Southeast Missourian)

Demonstrators march eastbound through the 700 block of Broadway Street alongside a Cape Girardeau Police Department patrol vehicle on Sunday, May 31, 2020, in Cape Girardeau to protest the death of George Floyd. (Ben Matthews ~ Southeast Missourian)

Demonstrators march eastbound through the 500 block of Broadway Street on Sunday, May 31, 2020, in Cape Girardeau to protest the death of George Floyd. (Ben Matthews ~ Southeast Missourian)

Demonstrators march eastbound through the 300 block of Broadway Street on Sunday, May 31, 2020, in Cape Girardeau to protest the death of George Floyd. (Ben Matthews ~ Southeast Missourian)

Demonstrators march eastbound through the intersection of Broadway and North Spanish streets on Sunday, May 31, 2020, in Cape Girardeau to protest the death of George Floyd. (Ben Matthews ~ Southeast Missourian)

After marching more than a mile down Broadway Street to protest the death of George Floyd, demonstrators gather around the Rev. Renita Green on Sunday, May 31, 2020, at Water Street in Cape Girardeau. (Ben Matthews ~ Southeast Missourian)

After marching more than a mile down Broadway Street to protest the death of George Floyd, demonstrators listen as the Rev. Renita Green speaks on Sunday, May 31, 2020, at Water Street in Cape Girardeau. (Ben Matthews ~ Southeast Missourian)

After taking part in a sit-in protest at the intersection of North West End Boulevard and Broadway and marching eastward to Water Street, protesters gather in a circle as the Rev. Renita Green speaks Sunday, May 31, 2020, in Cape Girardeau. At Water Street, the group of demonstrators observed a moment of silence and read the last words of George Floyd -- an unarmed black man who died on Memorial Day after a Minneapolis police officer knelt on his neck for more than eight minutes during an arrest. (Ben Matthews ~ Southeast Missourian)

After marching more than a mile in protest of the death of George Floyd, the Rev. Renita Green speaks to demonstrators gathered at the intersection of Broadway and Water streets on Sunday, May 31, 2020, in Cape Girardeau. (Ben Matthews ~ Southeast Missourian)

After marching more than a mile in protest of the death of George Floyd, the Rev. Renita Green directs demonstrators to take a knee at the intersection of Broadway and Water streets for a moment of silence on Sunday, May 31, 2020, in Cape Girardeau. (Ben Matthews ~ Southeast Missourian)

A demonstrator comforts Tristan Parker, 20, of Thebes, Illinois, as she cries during the reading of George Floyd's last words at the conclusion of a moment of silence commemorating his death during a protest Sunday, May 31, 2020, in Cape Girardeau. (Ben Matthews ~ Southeast Missourian)

Cape Girardeau resident Michael Toeniskoetter reads the last words of George Floyd, an unarmed black man who died after a Minneapolis police officer knelt on his neck for more than 8 minutes during an arrest, during a protest Sunday, May 31, 2020, in Cape Girardeau. (Ben Matthews ~ Southeast Missourian)

Members of the Cape Girardeau Police Department park their patrol vehicles at the intersection of Broadway and Main streets to divert traffic away from a peaceful protest Sunday, May 31, 2020, in Cape Girardeau. (Ben Matthews ~ Southeast Missourian)

Ava Johnson, 7, looks toward her father, Marcus Johnson, during a moment of silence in memory of George Floyd on Sunday, May 31, 2020, in Cape Girardeau. (Ben Matthews ~ Southeast Missourian)

Tears fall from behind Ramona Robinson-Bailey's heart-shaped glasses after the reading of George Floyd's last words during a demonstration Sunday, May 31, 2020, in Cape Girardeau. (Ben Matthews ~ Southeast Missourian)

Demonstrators cry out the names of people who have died as a result of encounters with police during a protest in memory of George Floyd on Sunday, May 31, 2020, in Cape Girardeau. (Ben Matthews ~ Southeast Missourian)

Michael Toeniskoetter speaks to crowds at Freedom Corner after a march Sunday, May 31, 2020, in Cape Girardeau. (Ben Matthews ~ Southeast Missourian)

A jet trail is seen in the sky above Freedom Corner after a march in memory of George Floyd on Sunday, May 31, 2020, in Cape Girardeau. (Ben Matthews ~ Southeast Missourian)

A sign is seen placed over the torch of a replica version of the Statue of Liberty at Freedom Corner after a march in memory of George Floyd on Sunday, May 31, 2020, in Cape Girardeau. (Ben Matthews ~ Southeast Missourian)

A sign is seen placed over the torch of a replica version of the Statue of Liberty at Freedom Corner after a march in memory of George Floyd on Sunday, May 31, 2020, in Cape Girardeau. (Ben Matthews ~ Southeast Missourian)

Cape Girardeau resident Damontae Maxwell, 24, poses for a portrait with a sign bearing hundreds of signatures from those in support of the Black Lives Matter movement after a march Sunday, May 31, 2020, in Cape Girardeau. (Ben Matthews ~ Southeast Missourian)