Outrage over the death of George Floyd, a black man who died earlier this week at the hands of Minneapolis police, has spread across the nation.
In Anchorage, demonstrators rallied in solidarity with protesters around the country Saturday afternoon, a day after Anchorage’s police chief described what happened in Minneapolis as “unfathomable.”
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Protesters marched through the streets of downtown Anchorage midday Saturday, beginning at Town Square Park and finishing on the dandelion-covered Delaney Park Strip.
The downtown event was organized by Markus Vinson, 16, who will start his junior year at East Anchorage High School in the fall.
“I’m feeling really overwhelmed,” Vinson said while marching in front of a few hundred demonstrators downtown in what was billed as a peaceful protest. “It started out just me and my friend group, it was only supposed to be a couple of people.”