and Eric Garner in New York. Miami protesters were seen overtaking both the northbound and southbound lanes on I-95, and causing it to shut down. "No justice, no peace, no racist police," the Black Lives Matter protesters chanted. The rally stayed peaceful, but things got a tense when a small group of protesters in support of Black Lives Matter arrived. And there's a Saturday protest planned in Miami, a city with its own history of violent protests following the shooting death of a black man by white officers in 1979. At one point, about three dozen officers on bikes rode by the protesters and gave high-fives to supporters who applauded and took photos. Fulton is currently running for a seat on the Miami-Dade Board of County Commissioners.
The mother of Trayvon Martin joined hundreds of demonstrators at a rally in downtown Miami, demanding racial equality. FIU student Nathalie Polo and Miami Dade College student Alexander Mendez are organizing a peaceful protest at 1 p.m. Saturday in front of the Trump National Doral … Before the protesters stopped to kneel, someone dropped multiple eggs from the second or third floor of an apartment building, and they splattered on the ground next to demonstrators, according to the Miami Herald. The Miami Beach protest was led by Egyptia Green, a rising eighth grader who also led another protest last week.
The Miami Beach protest was led by Egyptia Green, a rising eighth grader who also led another protest last week. Across Biscayne Bay, a 13-year-old protester led about 100 demonstrators past tourists in swimsuits in Miami Beach on Sunday to protest police abuse. No one was hit by the eggs, but police officers said a report had been filed and they would try to figure out who was responsible. Those who attended the rally - called "Law and Order" - came carrying American flags and chanting in support of President Donald Trump.
Evelio Medina, the "Law and Order" organizer, said he was not against the protests supporting Black Lives Matter, but rather the protests that cause property damage. At one point, demonstrators lined up U.S. flags that spelled out “RESIST” on a blocked-off downtown street. A 13-year-old protester led about 100 demonstrators past tourists in swimsuits in Miami Beach on Sunday to protest police abuse. A group of counter-protesters rallying in support of law enforcement gathered at Bayfront Park in Downtown Miami Sunday afternoon, as protests in support of the Black Lives Matter movement and calls to defund the police continue across the nation.
"It’s vandalism, it’s burning, it's looting that I have an issue with,” Medina said. Just a few blocks away, the mother of Trayvon Martin joined hundreds of demonstrators at a rally in downtown Miami, demanding racial equality. Fulton's unarmed son, Trayon Martin, was killed by a neighborhood watch volunteer, George Zimmerman, while walking back from a central Florida convenience store in 2012. The protest in Downtown Miami was originally scheduled to wrap up at 6 p.m., but more and more people have continued to join the peaceful marchers, all under the supervision of Miami Police. Tempers flared until minutes later when the two groups separated. The protesters chanted “Black Lives Matter" and “No Justice, No Peace" before stopping along a main tourist strip to kneel silently for nearly nine minutes, the amount of time officer Derek Chauvin kept his knee on Floyd’s neck. Christian De La Rosa, Reporter. Sybrina Fulton joined the demonstrators who carried signs that read “Stop Killing Us" and “We Are All Equal" at the Torch of Friendship, a 60-year-old monument erected as a welcoming beacon to the city’s Latin American and Caribbean neighbors.