Armed with only face masks and signs, hundreds of protesters joined together in and around Minnesota Square Park in St. Peter Thursday, calling for "Justice for George Floyd."
"What I wanted is to keep the emphasize on George Floyd," said Bukata Hayes, executive director of the Greater Mankato Diversity Council, which covers Blue Earth, Nicollet and Region Nine counties. "I think his life was unnecessarily taken. It’s times like these, where we have to take an accounting, look around, move forward together and clearly address what happened. So this was our part to support a community that is mourning, that is hurt and looking for assistance in finding a way forward."
"What I wanted is to keep the emphasize on George Floyd," said Bukata Hayes, executive director of the Greater Mankato Diversity Council, which covers Blue Earth, Nicollet and Region Nine counties. "I think his life was unnecessarily taken. It’s times like these, where we have to take an accounting, look around, move forward together and clearly address what happened. So this was our part to support a community that is mourning, that is hurt and looking for assistance in finding a way forward."
