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Perryville protest for Black Lives Matter movement

Ben Matthews
Sunday, June 7, 2020

Hundreds of protestors took posts around the Perry County Courthouse to express their emotions and stand in solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement on Sunday, June 7, 2020, in downtown Perryville, Missouri. More than a dozen counter-protestors sat on North Jackson Street across the street from the group of demonstrators throughout the day which ultimately concluded without violence.

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    Demonstrators chant and hold signs at the intersection of West St. Maries and North Jackson streets on Sunday, June 7, 2020, during a Black Lives Matter protest in Perryville, Missouri. (Ben Matthews ~ Southeast Missourian)
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    Demonstrators gather in front of the Perry County Courthouse during a Black Lives Matter protest on Sunday, June 7, 2020, in Perryville, Missouri. (Ben Matthews ~ Southeast Missourian)
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    Demonstrators march around downtown Perryville, Missouri, on Sunday, June 7, 2020, during a Black Lives Matter protest. (Ben Matthews ~ Southeast Missourian)
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    Demonstrators march around downtown Perryville, Missouri, on Sunday, June 7, 2020, during a Black Lives Matter protest. (Ben Matthews ~ Southeast Missourian)
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    Demonstrators march around downtown Perryville, Missouri, on Sunday, June 7, 2020, during a Black Lives Matter protest. (Ben Matthews ~ Southeast Missourian)
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    Members of the Perryville Police Department stand nearby as protestors engage in a discussion with counter-protestors on Sunday, June 7, 2020, in Perryville, Missouri. (Ben Matthews ~ Southeast Missourian)
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    Demonstrators chant and hold signs at the intersection of West St. Maries and North Jackson streets while a truck flying a Trump 2020 flag passes on Sunday, June 7, 2020, during a Black Lives Matter protest in Perryville, Missouri. (Ben Matthews ~ Southeast Missourian)
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    Perryville Police Chief Direk Hunt keeps watch as demonstrators chant and hold signs at the intersection of West St. Maries and North Jackson streets on Sunday, June 7, 2020, during a Black Lives Matter protest in Perryville, Missouri. (Ben Matthews ~ Southeast Missourian)
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    Counter-protestors sitting on the west sidewalk of North Jackson Street shout at a photographer on Sunday, June 7, 2020, during a Black Lives Matter protest in Perryville, Missouri. (Ben Matthews ~ Southeast Missourian)
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    Perryville resident Rick Drescher, right, steps into North Jackson Street to confront a photographer as protesters move to defend the photographer on Sunday, June 7, 2020, in Perryville, Missouri. (Ben Matthews ~ Southeast Missourian)
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    Perryville police officers step in to defuse a situation between protestors and Perryville resident Rick Drescher, right, on Sunday, June 7, 2020, in Perryville, Missouri. (Ben Matthews ~ Southeast Missourian)
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    Perryville resident Alison Lalumondiere and her 11-year-old son, Cayden Blackwell, cross North Jackson Street after distributing yellow flowers symbolizing friendship to members of the Perryville Police Department on Sunday, June 7, 2020, in Perryville, Missouri. (Ben Matthews ~ Southeast Missourian)
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    Demonstrators chant and hold signs at the intersection of West St. Maries and North Jackson streets on Sunday, June 7, 2020, during a Black Lives Matter protest in Perryville, Missouri. (Ben Matthews ~ Southeast Missourian)
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    A driver holds a Blue Lives Matter flag out the window while driving past a group of demonstrators at the intersection of West St. Maries and North Jackson streets on Sunday, June 7, 2020, during a Black Lives Matter protest in Perryville, Missouri. (Ben Matthews ~ Southeast Missourian)
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    Demonstrators chant and hold signs at the intersection of West St. Maries and North Jackson streets on Sunday, June 7, 2020, during a Black Lives Matter protest in Perryville, Missouri. (Ben Matthews ~ Southeast Missourian)
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    An advocator for social justice who asked to remain unidentified raises a sign in front of the Perry County Courthouse as members of the Perryville Police Department stand nearby on Sunday, June 7, 2020, in Perryville, Missouri. (Ben Matthews ~ Southeast Missourian)
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    Demonstrators chant and hold signs at the intersection of West St. Maries and North Jackson streets on Sunday, June 7, 2020, during a Black Lives Matter protest in Perryville, Missouri. (Ben Matthews ~ Southeast Missourian)
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    After attaching a sign to the back of a truck, a counter-protestor begins driving south on North Jackson Street on Sunday, June 7, 2020, during a Black Lives Matter protest in Perryville, Missouri. (Ben Matthews ~ Southeast Missourian)
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    Members of the Perryville Police Department follow a counter-protestor in a truck as he drives north on North Jackson Street toward the nearby police station Sunday, June 7, 2020, during a Black Lives Matter protest in Perryville, Missouri. (Ben Matthews ~ Southeast Missourian)
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    A counter-protestor's sign is seen in the rear windshield of a truck parked on North Jackson Street across from Black Lives Matter protestors on Sunday, June 7, 2020, in Perryville, Missouri. (Ben Matthews ~ Southeast Missourian)