Black Lives Matter protest taking place in Brandon

WINNIPEG -- A peaceful Black Lives Matter protest is taking place in Brandon, Man. Saturday afternoon.

The protest started at 5 p.m. in Princess Park, and is expected to go until 9 p.m. 

"Black folk, now is your time more than ever to scream at the top of your lungs and fight as hard as you can," said the Brandon Black Lives Mater Movements most recent post. "We will stand together as we fight against everything that has been made to hurt us."

 

 

 

 

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Black folk, know is your time more than ever to scream at the top of your lungs and fight as hard as you can. We will stand together as we fight against everything that has been made to hurt us. This is a movement that represents our hardships and our oppression as Black people. It represents our strength and our will. It represents all those lives that have been wrongfully taken. Times are changing and Brandon will be apart of that change.

A post shared by June 13th (@brandon.blmmovement) on Jun 12, 2020 at 2:12pm PDT

During the protest there was an opportunity for black attendees to speak on the issue.

The organizers asked that people be COVID-19 conscious and to not take photos of protesters faces.

This is a developing story. More details to come.

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  A Black Lives Matter rally in Brandon, Man. on June 13. (Source: CTV News/Gary Robson)

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  A Black Lives Matter rally in Brandon, Man. on June 13. (Source: CTV News/Touria Izri)