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LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) – Protestors gathered in south LA’s Liemert Park to hold a candlelight vigil for two of the most recent police-involved killings involving men of color, 20-year-old Duante Wright of Minnesota and 13-year-old Adam Toledo of Chicago.
Closing arguments are scheduled for Monday, April 19, with the jury going into deliberation immediately after.
For some people at the Liemert Park vigil, these latest events are just another painful reminder of Floyd’s death last year.
“There’s an epidemic of police brutality and it’s disproportionately affecting black and brown men and every time there’s a new name it breaks my heart and I just wanted to show my support in whatever small way I can,” Gavin Hickson, who attend Sunday’s vigil, told CBSLA’s Laurie Perez.
Social justice activist Shelley Bruce said she’s unsure how she will react to the Chauvin verdict when it comes down, but whatever it might be, she doesn’t believe that it’s going to stop police violence.
“I almost could cry at this moment because I know that there’s more pain to be experienced by my community,” Bruce told CBSLA. “Regardless of what happens in this trial, I don’t think it’s gonna be the last time that we see someone in our community murdered by police.”
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