An anti-racism rally at the Alberta Legislature Friday spilled out into downtown Edmonton, where peaceful protesters walked down Jasper Avenue. Nightwatch reporter Sarah Komadina was with them and had this live report during Global News at 11.
Raw video from an anti-racism rally taking over downtown Edmonton streets Friday, where in a show of solidarity Edmonton police took a knee and participated in a moment of silence with peaceful protesters.
Video shows a Black woman being struck with batons and pepper balls by multiple officers, one of whom then pins the woman down with a baton.
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Officers responded to shots fired in the 200 block of Barclay Parade S.W. on Friday night.
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The Paris police department said on Friday it had decided to ban the demonstrations because of the risks of social disorder and health dangers from large gatherings due to the coronavirus pandemic.
John Bijelic, 57, was taken to hospital where he died, police said.
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"We all have to share this planet, so we're all just trying to live together and at the end of the day and nobody should be judged — no matter what — because of the pigment of their skin."
Black Albertans Hazelyn Williams and Hakiza Froanck speak about the powerful impact of thousands of people showing up to the anti-racism rally at the Alberta legislature on Friday night.
Thousands of people attended the anti-racism rally at the Alberta legislature in Edmonton on Friday night. Sarah Komadina reports live from the rally.
And after a chanting “Black lives matter,” thousands of people at the Alberta legislature took a knee and raised a fist in solidarity against racism during a rally in Edmonton on Friday night.
Investigators said Berg "led a transient lifestyle in the Fraser Valley area."