'We've Been Protesting Peacefully For Years And Nothing Has Changed': Demonstrators Plan To Protest Daily In Baltimore After George Floyd's Death
BALTIMORE (WJZ) -- For the third day in a row, demonstrators took to the streets of Baltimore to decry the death of George Floyd, an unarmed man who died in police custody in Minnesota.
A group of around 50 people gathered at City Hall Sunday evening under the watchful eye of a heightened Baltimore Police Department presence. Nearby streets were barricaded by city trash trucks.
One of the protesters said he expects to see the demonstrations continue daily.
"I'm sorry last night got violent, but now you're listening, now we've got your attention," the protester, a teen named Marcus, said. "We've been protesting peacefully for years and nothing has changed.
In some areas, people spent part of Sunday cleaning up the broken glass and the other remnants of the previous night's protest.
The city's public works department posted photos of a worker removing graffiti from the walls of City Hall.
Graffiti removal at City Hall.
Posted by Baltimore City Department of Public Works on Sunday, May 31, 2020
"It's just a shame that it's come to this," one person said. "It's just a shame that so many people have lost hope."
Around 10 p.m. Sunday, police tweeted a small group of protesters were in the downtown area, but most were peaceful.
BPD continues to monitor a small group of protestors in the downtown area. At this time, most protestors are demonstrating peacefully.
— Baltimore Police (@BaltimorePolice) June 1, 2020
Earlier, police reported arresting 14 people, including two minors, following reports of damage to businesses and burglaries overnight.
WJZ COMPLETE COVERAGE: George Floyd's Death And Its Impacts In Maryland
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- George Floyd Death: Baltimore A 'National Example' Of How To Protest Peacefully, Young Says
- George Floyd Death: Gov. Hogan Says Baltimore 'Showed The Nation How To Promote Positive Change' With Demonstrations This Weekend
- George Floyd Death: Protestors Gather Outside Baltimore's City Hall, Some Demonstrators Got Violent
- George Floyd Death: Protest Held In Baltimore's Inner Harbor
- Marilyn Mosby Defends Decision To Quickly Charge Officers In Freddie Gray Case After Attorney Compares It With George Floyd Investigation
- George Floyd Death: Baltimore Police Commissioner Says Video Was 'Disgusting And Shocking To The Conscience'
- George Floyd Death: Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan Says It's Not Fair To Compare With Freddie Gray Case
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Baltimore has been spared much of the violence and damage reported in other U.S. cities, including New York City and Los Angeles, leading both Mayor Bernard C. "Jack" Young and Governor Larry Hogan to call the demonstrators in the city a national example.
Read the latest coverage of the George Floyd protests in Minneapolis from WCCO-TV | CBS Minnesota.