But, at the end of the day, a man is dead. ", Tuesday's protests also included an urban trail riding club dubbed Nonstop Riders. It wasn’t long before most of the crowd began to disperse accordingly, but some folks, entirely peacefully, did not—and this was when the trouble began.
We passed a number of folks brandishing signs, on cardboard cutouts and poster paper and computer sheets and Tupperware. On our way back toward East End, around five o’clock, we passed a handful of bars, where occupants were drinking and leaning on the patio gates, wearing jerseys and shades, and eyeing marchers (most of these folks were white), and also a group playing soccer on an indoor court, entirely removed from the proceedings—reminders of just what a massive city we live in.
A street later, we crossed paths with a group of at least fifty college-aged folks, and, not even a block behind them, an even larger set of police. Every handful of steps or so, a marcher nearby seemed to note that their social-media postings weren’t going through. Trae tha Truth spoke. The diversity of the marchers can’t be overstated: from the midst of the crowd, it was easy to see why Houston is routinely referred to as the most diverse city in the country. Microsoft sees service improvements after outage, SFA student on false report against her: 'I can't sleep', Low levels of disinfectant found in Lake Jackson water spots, HPD officers will now 'cite and release' minor offenses, Advice from Houston educators for virtual learning, Worldwide death toll from coronavirus eclipses 1 million, Texas House Speaker in Lake Jackson amid threat in water, Officer charged in Breonna Taylor case pleads not guilty, Texas sheriff indicted after chase suspect killed last year, 2 former Texans and Houston trainer indicted for health fraud, HISD's virus dashboard launches with 23 cases confirmed. People attending the vigil wore school colors and shirts that read, "I can't breathe.
Some clustered under the overpass by the convention center. An unidentified Houston police officer was caught on tape comforting a small child on Tuesday, during a protest over the death of George Floyd. Video shows the beginning of a fight at a Black Lives Matter rally in Houston on May 29, 2020. Yes. What they did to him was wrong. On social media, people inquired after marchers they hadn’t heard from in hours. Will be used in accordance with our Privacy Policy. “The one downtown?” the woman asked. Before the march started, Bun B had called for participants to kneel for thirty seconds of silence, in memory of Floyd. On Wednesday morning, the Houston police department announced that it had arrested more than two hundred people the previous night. © 2020 EHM PRODUCTIONS,INC. To revisit this article, select My Account, then View saved stories. But she only nodded. Presidential candidate Joe Biden's expected to attend the funeral. We passed a man in a Joker mask waving from a stop sign, imploring passersby to watch where the money was flowing. Peaceful protests for George Floyd turned disruptive in Houston, This Verizon store in downtown Houston has been cleared out. More than a handful of Houston’s usual photo-op set turned out—including Joel Olsteen, whose nationally lauded megachurch remained closed to evacuees at the outset of Hurricane Harvey—but even their presence was eclipsed by the swells of everyday Houstonians who had shown up to walk and express solidarity.
https://t.co/JWVFZ4E8cq pic.twitter.com/MahLvOpsl3. She pursed her lips, frowning, and I braced myself for what she was going to say. pic.twitter.com/x1h8UpmyQy. Something has to change.”. Marchers were reportedly being led onto buses. Get TMZ breaking news sent right to your browser! Yes. Really. A reporter there got video of them showing up to the protest and they were met with boisterous applause. L. and I made it out of downtown, sticking to side streets. In the midst of mass unrest all over the States, Houston’s protests thus far had seemed considerably calmer: no curfew had been enforced; no mass destruction or disruption had taken place downtown; arrests had been made, three hundred and fifty in total, but they had looked nothing like the violent scenes of police playing out in other cities.