were handed down in the police killing of George Floyd. “I’m glad the other officers in the case have been charged, but we need to keep this momentum going until they change the system. This can’t happen again. We have had enough.”
Many protesters had been gassed by police officers on Monday night as President Trump made his way to a photo opportunity outside St. John’s Church. But the mood by the church Wednesday evening was one of cautious optimism and determination. There was the sense not of a wave cresting but of one beginning to swell. The news about the new arrests in the case was good—but it was just a start. “These charges need to stick,” said Nicole, 29.
Things were tenser at the front lines, where angry protesters stood face-to-face with two rows of heavily armed soldiers in riot gear. The protesters at times shouted things like, “See me, man? I’m a human being! Just like you.” But the overall mood was calm. “The protesters don’t scare me,” said Cat, 27. She nodded at a tank that hulked nearby. “I’m more scared that there’s an excessive amount of police force being used against people who just want to be heard.
There was the sense that something was different—that terrible things had happened and were still happening but that maybe some white people were starting to wake up now. Maybe this time things would be different. “Initially, I was going to protest through social media, but as an older person, six or seven days in I wanted to be a part of this and not just be on the sidelines,” said Marena Montgomery, 37, a D.C. native who works at Howard University.
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