They wanted other parts of the larger St. Louis community — and specifically, predominately white areas — to be a part of the experience. We're not here to agitate. During a six-minute moment of silence, a passerby shouted, "Blue lives matter!" Before people began marching, St. Charles County Police spoke with protest leaders.First, there were fewer than 10 people waiting and holding signs outside Trailhead Brewing Co., located near St. Charles' historic Main Street. "This young man wants to hold a peaceful protest and we're going to help him do that," said St. Charles police Lt. Tom Wilkison They shut down Main Street – …
Show it to us on the streets. and "Whose streets? We have to make people uncomfortable so they understand why we're uncomfortable," said organizer Alana Williams.Notifications can be turned off anytime in the browser settings.One march organizer said St. Charles police reached out to him so they could protest police brutality together
ST. CHARLES COUNTY, Mo. We're not here to fight.
Hundreds of protesters gathered for the second march of the day in St. Charles. Protesters shushed him. A second crowd, slightly larger than afternoon protest, marched down Main Street. We are anti-corruption, anti-racism. In another instance, a man refused to move out of the way of those marching; protesters crowded around him, and a police officer ultimately persuaded the man to move to the sidewalk.We're stopped on N. Main Street for six minutes of silence. Several people held signs out of their sunroofs in support of the protest.While walking on the stretch of Highway 94 that crosses over Interstate 70, protesters briefly stopped along the metal fencing and held their signs up so the cars driving by on I-70 could read their messages. Phones in hand, spectators watch as the protesters pass by.The group originally convened in the parking lot of the St. Louis Outlet Mall, located in Hazelwood, which had closed early for the planned protest. “So, we try to build as many bridges with the community as we can because we can't do our job without having a relationship with the community in which we serve.”"I hope the country goes to where I can finally look at you as a human being and you can look at me as a human being, and I just want to be treated like everyone else, you know," Jones said.At the end of the Main Street protest, organizers, protesters and police officers were seen kneeling for a moment of silence over the death of George Floyd.One protester said it was a powerful moment, and he hopes it endures. "'—scores of people stepped out from restaurants and bars and onto the sidewalks to watch the demonstration. — Two protests with hundreds of participants took over some of the busiest areas of St. Charles Wednesday.In one, protesters walked down Highway 94, which was blocked off to traffic by police. © 2020 KSDK-TV. 1600 S Brentwood, Suite 550, St. Louis, MO 63144Copyright 2020 SLM Media Group. Today, you can walk those same brick-lined streets, along the Nationally Registered Historic District, and shop in those same buildings. They think it's a joke."
She's a graduate of the Missouri School of Journalism. "They think it's a game. The demonstration concluded around 10:30 p.m.Earlier today, the American Civil Liberties Union of Missouri announced it has “While long shifts and being the subject of the protest is understandably challenging for police, that is no excuse for violating the Constitution,” Tony Rothert, legal director of the ACLU of Missouri, said in a statement.The St. Louis Board of Aldermen also met today, and Mayor Lyda Krewson helped pass a resolution in remembrance of Anthony Lamar Smith, Former associate editor Sarah Kloepple edited the news, family, and weddings sections and contributes to the dining section. They protested on Main Street, walking alongside police while calling for justice in the death of George Floyd.More than 1,000 people were expected for the peaceful protest.March organizer James Jones said St. Charles police reached out to him so they could protest police brutality together.“They actually reached out to me because they saw I was doing a protest in Wright City with my little cousin Jayden that she held; and they contacted me through Facebook,” Jones said. Much of it was peaceful, but some moments became tense.
They were heading west toward Interstate 70.Police in marked vehicles blocked off intersections and stopped traffic so the protesters could safely walk on the highway.At one point, protesters were seen walking between cars that were sitting in traffic. "This young man wants to hold a peaceful protest and we're going to help him do that," said St. Charles police Lt. Tom WilkisonThey shut down Main Street – and several other streets in downtown St. Charles – to march for the same cause.“Going back to the foundations of modern policing, the people are the police and the police are the people,” Lt. Wilkison said.
They think it's a joke!" When the cameras are off, show it to us. "That meant that they were for the change. Much of it was peaceful, but some moments became tense. All rights reserved.More than 100 demonstrators walked and chanted through the historic district. Police helped keep both protests safe for participants and people in the area. Protesters marched north on Main Street in St. Charles, then looped back around, for close to 40 minutes. At one point, a car tried to drive through the crowd, and a woman hit the windshield with a flag pole. About a dozen people went down onto I-70 to hold up signs as cars and trucks flew by.The organizers even got on the ground on their stomachs for a moment of silence in memory of Floyd.The protesters then turned around and went east on Highway 94 back to the Marcus St. Charles Cinema where the protested started at 3 p.m.The organizers told 5 On Your Side they're from north St. Louis County.